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Galerie Parterre

29.08.25 - 19.10.25

Lilian Morrissey – The Audacity

Exhibition
Lilian Morrissey

Berlin-based artist Lillian Morrissey´s textile works focus on medieval kings, authoritarian politicians, oligarchs, and key figures of the New Right, expressing the backlash of a system believed to have been overcome. Her tapestries, embroidered on cotton, are the result of intensive journalistic research, but at the same time they are humorous caricatures of a time in which reality seems to have overtaken satire. Between fabric and thread, Morrissey takes up the didactic function of medieval tapestries. Morrissey confronts viewers with a visually condensed chronicle of often male-charged gestures of power. The artist´s figures see themselves as brave and righteous champions, but behind this self-image lies a brutal, egocentric, and patriarchal reality. Morrissey´s work unfolds a coherent critique of the staging of power and the dynamics of domination, whose forms change while their ideological foundations remain alarmingly constant.

Lillian Morrissey, Sulla (with the severed heads of his critics), 2023, 120 x 145 cm, Stickerei und Mixed Media auf Panama-Baumwolle © Lillian Morrissey