As a tribute to the British-American painter Malcolm Morley, who died in New York City on June 1, 2018, I have resurrected a review I wrote of Malcolm Morley: The Art of Painting, a retrospective exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, January 20-April 16, 2006.  The review, which until now has remained unpublished, was written for The Wall Street Journal.  The images reproduced with this post are akin to, but not necessarily the same works featured in the show. Malcolm Morley at MOCA Malcolm Morley emerged in the late 1960s as a prominent member of the group of artists known as Superrealists who made paintings based upon photographic sources. Then, for the better part of the next 30 years, his art veered off in … [Read more...]