Margaret Morgan's work excavates yet another one of modernity's secret spaces and draws our attention to those uses that, though unseen, are essential to its functioning. Gleaned from several continents, Century, 1998, assembles nearly two decade's worth of photographic research and archival documentation of public restroom design. Morgan excavates those uncanny "as if unseen" architectural spaces which parallel the development of the modern institution. Institutional spaces like the museum, the union office, even the café, all contribute to the modern public sphere, and their lavatories are essential to their functioning as any other service they provide.

In 1997, Margaret Morgan was awarded two Australia Council grants for Visual Art. In 1994, she received an MFA from the University of California at Irvine, and in 1990, was a Fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program. She holds a BA in Visual Arts from the College of Fine Arts, University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Exhibitions featuring Morgan's work include Bathroom at the Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, NY; Trash at the Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA; and Out of Order at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia She also collaborated with Mel Chin and the Gala Committee for Uncommon Sense at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Her work is featured in the 1997 Princeton Architectural Press anthology, Plumbing, Sounding Modern Architecture. Forthcoming exhibitions include Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany and the Living Room, Santa Monica, CA.

Morgan's project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its art funding and advisory board.