Richard Allen Morris is a "painter's painter." He creates works that passionately explore the potential of painting as an artistic practice. The Museum celebrates Morris' remarkable achievements with the first comprehensive retrospective of his work with Richard Allen Morris: Retrospective, 1958-2005, an exhibition that includes 150 paintings made over the course of a fifty-year career.
Beginning with early works in which Morris honed his skill by borrowing motifs from contemporary and old masters, the retrospective includes examples of his work from the many different styles he has adopted throughout his career. From portrait faces reminiscent of cartoon caricatures to his own version of constructivist painting made with colored adhesive strips, Morris has experimented with almost every aspect of gestural and hard-edge painting. Abstraction has been predominated in the work be it in painting or an assemblage technique in which he cut his rejected paintings into strips and piled them onto a new support. 

Richard Allen Morris: Retrospective, 1958-2005 is organized by Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld. The San Diego presentation is made possible thanks to the generous participation of the patrons at the MCASD Art Auction 2004. Special thanks to John Baldessari and David Reed for their contributions. Additional support has been provided by the Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust, Clark Tess Properties, and Dr. Charles G. and Monica Cochrane.