Cohen East Gallery

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts

January 22 - March 7, 2021

GoggleWorks is excited to present a solo show by Philadelphia-based artist Morgan Craig.

“I believe that architectural structures acting as both repositories and as vehicles for memory profoundly influence culture and identity by providing a tangible framework through which facets of a society can be expressed. Consequently, 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. My work is not merely a method of documentation, but a sociopolitical/socioeconomic commentary on the effects of hubris, avarice, free trade, outsourcing, deregulation, deterritorialization, neoliberalism, obsolescence, and international-finance-capital upon communities throughout the world. Within the realm of Jacques Derrida’s theory of Hauntology, the paintings speak of the slow disintegration of the future, and the abysmal fragmentation of the past.

My work is created, using pencil, charcoal, and oil paint. All of the source material is derived from personal research.”

Morgan’s work can also be found online at www.morgancraig.org