Have I Reasons: Work and Writings, 19932007 Robert Morris
The writings are arranged chronologically, beginning with Indiana Street, a vivid autobiographical account of the artists early years in Kansas City, Missouri. Have I Reasons includes reflections on Morriss own site-specific installations; transcripts of seminars he conducted in conjunction with exhibitions; and the textual element of The Birthday Boy, the two-screen video-and-sound piece he installed at the Galleria dellAccademia in Florence, Italy, on the occasion of the five hundredth anniversary of Michelangelos David. Essays range from original interpretations of Cezannes Mont Sainte-Victoire paintings and Jasper Johns early work to engagements with one of Morriss most significant interlocutors, the philosopher Donald Davidson. Have I Reasons conveys not only Morriss enduring deep interest in philosophy and issues of resemblance and representation but also his more recent turn toward directly addressing contemporary social and political issues such as corporate excess and preemptive belligerence.