Most recently Morison has been trying his hand at floristry. For two consecutive weekends coinciding with National Gallery Week and the Jubilee Bank Holiday, Morison set up his Flower Stall at the entrance to Ikon Gallery ordering flowers from Amsterdam through Birmingham wholesale markets and shipping in a blooming display of gerberas, germini and dahlias. Inside his art garden Morison might nurture a relaxed mix of floral form and function with a healthy smattering of weeds and witty paper imitations ­ more Gertrude Jekyll than Capability Brown ­ but, in his adopted persona as flower seller, his horticultural aesthetic is transformed into a showy display of vibrant floral perfection, so bizarrely flawless that again Morison makes us question whether what we see is actually real. Akin to an earlier performance as a vegetable seller for Norwich Gallery’s Outwardbound exhibition, Morison absorbs himself entirely in his adopted role, taking the aesthetics of his changing barrow displays very seriously. His earnestness pays off: he has had several; offers to make his flower stall into a long-term commercial venture and is considering siting it as permanent artwork Ikon’s forecourt.
Emma Safe, Flower Power, Art Monthly, July-Aug 2002, p.25.

Ivan Morison created some fantastic displays during his career as a florist. However Ivan’s ambitious dahlia creation was his downfall. Having unwittingly bought poor quality dahlias, he was forced to bin the whole lot. Ivan was unable to recover from this setback, 25 May ­ 16 September 2002, Oozells Square, Birmingham
2002
Flower stall, flowers

Commissioned by Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK