MorYork Gallery

If you’ve been here before, you know it’s never the same twice. You just can’t see everything in one visit. There’s always something new and amazing. And if you’ve never been to MorYork in Highland Park, one of our hidden marvels is waiting for you.
If you are accustomed to viewing art hanging on carefully lit bare walls, be prepared for something quite different.
It’s a particularly special time this weekend (June 12 – 14, 2015) because a friend of ours is showing his photographs at MorYork! Arthur Barrett is «an artist and image-​catcher» of considerable talent. Beautifully composed images of pastoral and industrial landscapes are quietly arresting; colorful patches turn out to be a community’s spontaneous art project Arthur happened to encounter and photograph. Some of his subjects are ordinary objects, surfaces and edges, seen through a lens that finds their poetry and elegance. In addition to the forty-​plus photographs, there is also a book of photographs taken by Arthur of the interior of MorYork (incredible!) on sale. Oh, and a book titled «Walt,» photographs of the Disney Music Hall by Arthur Barrett. We congratulated Arthur, bought a print, and met some kind, gentle folks. All in all, we had a very good evening.

An incredible gallery with an eclectic and high quality selection. It hosts incredible live music events with its good acoustics and nice décor.

«Abducted»
That’s the response I gave when a friend asked me to describe a visit to MorYork.
The private galley is most likely not open unless they are hosting a show such as Alchemy 2 which was active last night. The exhibiting artists had some cool stuff, but simply could not compete with the decades of disturbing sculptures primarily from reclaimed/​repurposed materials that occlude the shop. The artist owner creates his own world in the space and as a visitor it definitely felt otherworldly except that there was just enough familiar (e.g., materials used such as buttons or cellophane) that it felt extra creepy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, to quote Seinfeld.