Morgan Craig
Biography
From http://www.morgancraig.org/
"I believe that architectural structures act as both repositories and as vehicles for memory by profoundly influencing culture and identity and by providing a tangible framework through which facets of a society can be expressed. I have been inspired to build a body of work dealing with how identity is influenced by the types of architectural edifices present in a given landscape. All must take into account the forgotten factory, asylum, or prison. Neglected, ignored, or often instilling rancor in the public, these buildings paradoxically offer one the most scintillating of subject matter: how beautiful the bitter pill. My work is not merely a method of documentation, but a visual forum where one may question what it is about these edifices that instills such emotion in people. While evidence of these pasts or present-day difficulties may not be pleasant, I feel it imperative that societies realize their impact on the past, present, and future concepts of identity and history."
Morgan Craigs portrayal of light captures energy, movement, and a vivid sense of time and space. Craig received an MFA in Painting from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a BFA in Painting with Teacher Certification from Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia. The artist has been featured in periodicals including New American Paintings, American Art Collector Magazine, and Direct Art Magazine. He has shown at SOFA, Chicago; Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA; Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA; Current Gallery, Baltimore; and Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, among others.
