Morgan: De-Lineation
@ ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, March 16th
ENGAGE Projects is thrilled to announce our upcoming solo exhibition by self-determined ‘non-objective’ painter Morgan. The exhibition entitled De-Lineation will fill the gallery with decisive strokes of color and chaos made throughout his decades-long career. Perhaps more akin to the process of drawing, the works call on feelings of frustration and irresolution as viewers attempt to visually untangle the impossible knots of Morgan’s creation. It is this impossibility that wields the success of the works, illustrating a dimensional interconnectedness that words can only grasp at. The prefix ‘de-,’ meaning to “debar” or “derail,” according to the Collins Dictionary, harks back to larger themes of contradiction within the human experience. Please join us on Friday, February 16, 6:00-8:00pm for the opening reception of the exhibition and celebration with the artist.
Morgan is an artist whose work comprises painting, drawing, printmaking and occasional writing and curatorial projects. He is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he also received his formal education and art training. It was in Philadelphia, as an art student, that he met his artist wife of 40 years, Arlene Burke-Morgan (b. 1950-2017), also a native of Philadelphia. During his career, Morgan has been an artist-in-residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art (Charlotte, North Carolina) and the Harwood Museum of Art (Taos, New Mexico).
His list of solo exhibitions include Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art (New York), Kidder Smith Gallery (Boston), Thomas Barry Fine Arts (Minneapolis), David Lusk Gallery (Memphis), and the Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia) among many others. Group exhibitions in which his paintings, drawings and/or prints were featured include The American Academy Institute of Arts & Letters (New York), David Richard Contemporary (Santa Fe), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and Rochester Art Center (Minnesota).
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