Malcolm Morley.

Malcolm Morley "Ring of Fire" 2009 Sperone Westwater Gallery

At 77, Malcolm Morley is as enthralled by daredevil destruction as a little boy crashing his toy trucks. In fact, an elaborate warship model destroyed by a German bomb during the WWII London blitz may have inspired his entire body of work. Early paintings of ocean liners copied from postcards and travel brochures seem to recreate the lost toy boat, and recent depictions of colliding racing cars and half-demolished buildings could be flashbacks to the 1944 explosion. Morley’s latest images of motorcycle racing, another method of courting danger, are on view at Sperone Westwater Gallery, Apr. 16-June 20, 2009.

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