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Morris coined the phrase ‘the viral
sublime’ for her investigation of viral
landscapes through paint. These hidden,
almost fantastical worlds, will either
support or destroy the organism that
hosts them. By inhabiting the viral
sublime of her imagination, her
paintings take viewers into an
immensely rich seam of knowledge at a
new turning point in medical science,
which is rarely represented in visual
arts. Morris’ anti-Romantic reworking of
the sublime keeps terror, or at least an
unsettling queasiness in mind, rather
than surrendering totally to awe and
beauty.
WEMBLEY STADIUM TOURS
Wembley Stadium Tour takes visitors
deep into the heart of the stadium and
into areas usually reserved for the
biggest and best names in sport and
music such as Beckham, Messi,
Ronaldo, Tom Brady, Anthony Joshua,
Ed Sheeran and Beyonce.
The award-winning, 75 minute,
guided tour includes access to the
Dressing Rooms, Press Room, Players
Tunnel, Pitchside and the iconic Royal
Box to have a photograph taken with a
replica of the world-famous FA Cup.
With multiple accessible train routes,
ample parking, a café, plentiful restroom
facilities and the London Designer Outlet
shopping centre next door, the Wembley
Tour caters for all visitor needs. It is
open 12 months a year and 7 days a
week with the exception of certain event
dates in the calendar. Tours depart at
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and
15:00 with pre-booking advised.
Easily accessible via any of these
stations; Wembley Park via Metropolitan
and Jubilee Lines, Wembley Stadium
Station via Chiltern Line and Wembley
Central Station via Bakerloo Line,
London Overground and National Rail.
All tours are conducted in English.
Printed translation guides are available
in 9 languages. Book online at visiting
www.wembleystadium.com/tours or
calling 0800 169 9933.
THE VIRAL SUBLIME AT HERRICK
GALLERY
With a devotion to the substance of
oil paint, Suzi Morris’ inaugural show
The Viral Sublime opens at Herrick
Gallery on 29 November. The exhibition
is a mini-retrospective of large-scale and
smaller paintings completed over the
past few years. Each canvas is
composed of multiple veils of
translucent colour leading the eye from
translucent pools through to denser
areas, built up over time as the paintings
evolve through a process of composition
and erasure. This is the first time that
she has exhibited diptychs and triptychs
that comprise aluminium and canvas in
London.
Paintings by Suzi Morris.
As viruses are now digital avatars in
genomic medicine, one of Morris’
objectives is to highlight how genomic
science is revolutionising mainstream
healthcare and what it will mean in
general medical practice. Morris says,
‘Art has many functions, and I have
increasingly come to understand to
varying degrees, that my paintings are
the result of a process of embodying my
imagination’s relationship with what I
experience within my body.’
The Viral Sublime is open at Herrick
Gallery from 29 November to
16 December. The Gallery is located on
Piccadilly, the nearest tube stations are
Green Park or Hyde Park Corner, both
on the Piccadilly Line.
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