Victoria Morton has created Particlisation, 2023 especially for Whitechapel Gallery to accompany Action, Gesture, Paint Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970, 9 Feb - 7 May 2023.

When making her lithograph, Morton exploited the organic nature of the lime stone printing plates, by painting directly onto the surface of the stones. For Morton this process felt familiar, like painting with watercolour - in this way she could achieve a deep space full of tonal modulations in one layer.

Morton describes her edition as having the appearance of an x-ray or enhanced night vision, with both landscape and bodily qualities. Movement and stillness are activated by smaller diagrammatic details and touches on the surface.

The title of the work, Particlisation is a word invented by the artist, suggesting an idea of matter dissolving and dispersing into the greater atmosphere.