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Margaret Morrison: Paradigm Shift
Woodward Gallery is proud to announce Margaret Morrison鈥檚 new solo exhibition, Paradigm Shift, at the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, GA this Summer. Margaret Morrison鈥檚 paintings investigate Caravaggio鈥檚 use of theatrical light. This narrative series of ten large oil paintings on canvas describes various stages of faith-based, spiritual enlightenment from awakening to transcendence. Morrison has been represented by Woodward Gallery since 1995.
In 2017, Professor Margaret Morrison proposed a Faculty Research Grant to the University of Georgia鈥檚 (UGA) Willson Center for the project, Contemporary Examination of Caravaggio鈥檚 Dramatic Staging and Lighting 鈥� A Collaboration between Painting and Theatre. This project resulted in a series of paintings investigating Caravaggio鈥檚 use of theatrical light. Morrison and her collaborator, Professor Anthony Marotta of the UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies, explored various methods of stage choreography for the purpose of photographing and collecting reference images.
鈥淎s a fifth-generation Mormon,鈥� Morrison recalls, 鈥淚 grew up on faith-promoting stories of my ancestors who left everything behind to build a new Zion in the wilderness of the American West. This faithful narrative of Mormonism鈥檚 founding was unblemished, spiritually uplifting, and literally a part of my DNA. If any aspect of our history or practice gave me consternation, I placed it on my metaphorical shelf to be dealt with later.鈥�
Professors Anthony Marotta and Margaret Morrison discussed how to include the theater students in their Caravaggio theater project and, in response, Morrison created a script for Marotta and his students. This resulted in a stage performance, directed by Marotta and documented by photographer, Gabrielle Rosenthal. The resulting collaboration provided Margaret Morrison with exceptional reference material for a body of artwork entitled, Paradigm Shift. This suite of ten large oil paintings on canvas describes various stages of enlightenment from awakening to transcendence鈥� a faith-based, spiritual experience that Margaret Morrison had been through, personally.
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Woodward Gallery is proud to announce Margaret Morrison鈥檚 new solo exhibition, Paradigm Shift, at the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, GA this Summer. Margaret Morrison鈥檚 paintings investigate Caravaggio鈥檚 use of theatrical light. This narrative series of ten large oil paintings on canvas describes various stages of faith-based, spiritual enlightenment from awakening to transcendence. Morrison has been represented by Woodward Gallery since 1995.
In 2017, Professor Margaret Morrison proposed a Faculty Research Grant to the University of Georgia鈥檚 (UGA) Willson Center for the project, Contemporary Examination of Caravaggio鈥檚 Dramatic Staging and Lighting 鈥� A Collaboration between Painting and Theatre. This project resulted in a series of paintings investigating Caravaggio鈥檚 use of theatrical light. Morrison and her collaborator, Professor Anthony Marotta of the UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies, explored various methods of stage choreography for the purpose of photographing and collecting reference images.
鈥淎s a fifth-generation Mormon,鈥� Morrison recalls, 鈥淚 grew up on faith-promoting stories of my ancestors who left everything behind to build a new Zion in the wilderness of the American West. This faithful narrative of Mormonism鈥檚 founding was unblemished, spiritually uplifting, and literally a part of my DNA. If any aspect of our history or practice gave me consternation, I placed it on my metaphorical shelf to be dealt with later.鈥�
Professors Anthony Marotta and Margaret Morrison discussed how to include the theater students in their Caravaggio theater project and, in response, Morrison created a script for Marotta and his students. This resulted in a stage performance, directed by Marotta and documented by photographer, Gabrielle Rosenthal. The resulting collaboration provided Margaret Morrison with exceptional reference material for a body of artwork entitled, Paradigm Shift. This suite of ten large oil paintings on canvas describes various stages of enlightenment from awakening to transcendence鈥� a faith-based, spiritual experience that Margaret Morrison had been through, personally.
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