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Artist Statement for Morgan E. Zigler
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Condemned to a schizophrenic art practice, Morgan flips between his heartfelt connection with the natural world (environmental sensitivity, activism and learning practical skills for self-sufficiency), his searching for Jewish roots (manifesting in a series of exhibitions concerning the holocaust entitled 'Surviving Memory' and in my journey to study Judaism and art in Jerusalem in 2005), alternative protest activities (with the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army and through many unsolicited public works), and his martial side (martial arts, fire performance and many long wanderings). Morgan calmly observes the interactions between these personalities and finds it quite entertaining when they act out in public and create. He wonders which will prevail.
He is currently volunteering at Ruskin Mill College (an institution which teaches teenagers with special needs practical skills, based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK), in woodland management and biodynamic farming, slowly learning and becoming healthy after his long Institutionalization (see education).
Concerned with the connection between art and the changing natural environment, I have recently started seeking a route and funding for a journey from Glasgow’s river Clyde to Clyde River (on Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut), in order to discover some adventure and my roots in the far north of Canada, on my way home to the west coast. I plan to document this journey, and exhibit the work I create from it.
Some preliminary research have taken the form of pen and ink portraits of people who give me lifts hitch-hiking throughout the UK, drawn together with fragments of their conversation and facts about their lives on small pieces of recycled paper. Continually the topics of environmental sustainability, climate change, green consciousness and politics come up with little prompting. It is becoming a survey, a representing of the views and opinions of a nation of diverse people, and I am excited about the potential for this project.
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