Untitled, 1967 (remade in 2011)

In Untitled, curves of thick, heavy felt sag and fold, emphasizing the effects of gravity on the fabric and imbuing it with anthropomorphic, skin-like qualities. To create soft sculptures like this work, Morris employed a method of hanging and draping that allowed the medium to determine its own shape in response to his placement of it, which he believed would remove the artist’s hand and subjective decisions from the final product. He coined the term “anti-form” to describe this type of work, which, rather than relying on industrial materials, fixed systems and seriality—all elements associated with Minimalism—embraced chance and organic processes to address the sculptural object’s existence as a body in space.