Untitled (Piss Painting 1)

Morag Keil

BornNationalityBased In
1985BritishLondon
Biography

Morag Keil’s practice is ouroboric: self-referring, self-erasing, self-consuming, regurgitating. Keil’s installations have the bald efficiency of something bargain-bucket but workable. This amateurish construction — of clunky paper-mâché houses downtrodden with office heels, of a low-fi camera’s glitchy rove over motorbikes — actualises her reflection of contemporaneity’s squashing and conditioning of subjectivity, as well as the interlocking of production and pleasure. Beneath the watermark of professionalism and propriety lies a cesspit of personal contradictions and anxiety-trimmed mediations. Through a wide variety of mediums including painting, photography, sculpture, installation and video, as well as collaborative projects with artists such as Georgie Nettell, Keil’s work often relieve the aestheticising cliché of the post-financial crash and millennial precarity. In her gallery exhibition, Here We Go Again, the artist simulated in three dimensions an out of date video game mocking home automation: doors with peepholes open up to doors, walls painted in soft pink and green screen, and televisions playing a lush forest CGI animation from a BBC One ident, which then cut to a blue circle that wobbled as a voice-over asked in the half-droning tones of Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa. Behind Keil’s work is the demand to know why we live like this and the impulse to tear it all down; but, until that happens, we wander. ...

Selected Artworks
Computer 3
Morag KeilComputer 3, 201640.5 x 50.5 x 2cmPrice on Request
Dollhouse
Morag KeilDollhouse, 201978.1 x 58.1 x 72.1cmPrice on Request
Eye Painting 3 & Eye Painting 4
Morag KeilEye Painting 3 & Eye Painting 4, 201940 x 50cmPrice on Request
Dizzy
Morag KeilDizzy, 2011-2019Price on Request
Reap what you sow
Morag KeilReap what you sow, 201345 x 80 x 32cmPrice on Request
Clock
Morag KeilClock, 2018Price on Request
Here We Go Again (Again)
Morag KeilHere We Go Again (Again), 2018200 x 122 x 122cmPrice on Request
Civil War
Morag KeilCivil War, 2012Price on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 12)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 12), 201436 x 28 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 4)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 4), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
Potpourri
Morag KeilPotpourri, 2013Price on Request
Dolce & Gabbana 2
Morag KeilDolce & Gabbana 2, 201631.5 x 21.5 x 1.5cmPrice on Request
Dolce & Gabbana 1
Morag KeilDolce & Gabbana 1, 201631.5 x 21.5 x 1.5cmPrice on Request
Computer 2
Morag KeilComputer 2, 201636 x 45.5 x 2cmPrice on Request
Palais de Token (Coffee)
Morag KeilPalais de Token (Coffee), 201354 x 64 x 2cmPrice on Request
Palais de Token
Morag KeilPalais de Token, 201360 x 80 x 2cmPrice on Request
Helmet
Morag KeilHelmet, 201727.94 x 25.4 x 33.02cmPrice on Request
Drawer
Morag KeilDrawer, 201720.32 x 78.74 x 29.21cmPrice on Request
That's Why We Work to Make Life Better
Morag KeilThat's Why We Work to Make Life Better, 201659.4 x 84cmPrice on Request
Palais de Token (Grey Portrait)
Morag KeilPalais de Token (Grey Portrait), 201365 x 54cmPrice on Request
Eye Painting 1 & Eye Painting 2
Morag KeilEye Painting 1 & Eye Painting 2, 201934.9 x 45.1 x 1.9cmPrice on Request
Pepsi
Morag KeilPepsi, 202264 x 43 x 8cmPrice on Request
Casper
Morag KeilCasper, 202250 x 64 x 20cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 11)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 11), 201436 x 25 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 4)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 4), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
New Look
Morag KeilNew Look, 201840 x 55 x 1.5cmPrice on Request
Accessorize
Morag KeilAccessorize, 201830 x 70 x 1.5cmPrice on Request
Computer 1
Morag KeilComputer 1, 201646 x 61 x 2cmPrice on Request
Computer 3
Morag KeilComputer 3, 201640.5 x 50.5 x 2cmPrice on Request
Palais de Token (Grey Portrait)
Morag KeilPalais de Token (Grey Portrait), 201365 x 54 x 2cmPrice on Request
Eye Painting 1 & Eye Painting 2
Morag KeilEye Painting 1 & Eye Painting 2, 201934.9 x 45.1 x 1.9cmPrice on Request
Pepsi
Morag KeilPepsi, 202264 x 43 x 8cmPrice on Request
Casper
Morag KeilCasper, 202250 x 64 x 20cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 11)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 11), 201436 x 25 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 4)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 4), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
New Look
Morag KeilNew Look, 201840 x 55 x 1.5cmPrice on Request
Accessorize
Morag KeilAccessorize, 201830 x 70 x 1.5cmPrice on Request
Computer 1
Morag KeilComputer 1, 201646 x 61 x 2cmPrice on Request
Computer 3
Morag KeilComputer 3, 201640.5 x 50.5 x 2cmPrice on Request
Palais de Token (Grey Portrait)
Morag KeilPalais de Token (Grey Portrait), 201365 x 54 x 2cmPrice on Request
The Price of Freedom
Morag KeilThe Price of Freedom, 2024100 x 200 x 30cmPrice on Request
The Price of Freedom II
Morag KeilThe Price of Freedom II, 2024100 x 200 x 28cmPrice on Request
Eye I and II
Morag KeilEye I and II, 202341 x 51 x 2cmPrice on Request
Computer 7
Morag KeilComputer 7, 201646 x 61 x 2cmPrice on Request
Camera 2
Morag KeilCamera 2, 202341 x 51 x 2cmPrice on Request
Thumper
Morag KeilThumper, 202341 x 51 x 2cmPrice on Request
Splat
Morag KeilSplat, 202341 x 51 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 1)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 1), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 2)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 2), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 3)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 3), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
Untitled (Piss Painting 5)
Morag KeilUntitled (Piss Painting 5), 201472 x 56 x 2cmPrice on Request
Gallery Representation