Morgan Betz

Morgan Betz’s (1974, the Netherlands) paintings and objects are not beautiful in the classical sense of the word. He deliberately crashes off the track to find out whether anything new can be made from the ruins. His work can be described as a reservoir of images, fragments, and quotations. The accumulation of all these layers enables Betz to redefine the materials he has collected in terms of content. The process of making the work becomes an exercise in finding the right balance between directness, construction, and the tension of a planned outcome. Betz’s quest is for a closing equilibrium in which the image achieves tranquility: the moment at which it needs nothing beyond itself to convince and is no longer an illustration of ideas.