Our MID-SHOW RECEPTION for GLUE PAPER SCISSORS is well underway, and we hope you are with us...or else en route! Of the dozens of artists and art-lovers who have joined us already, one group has journeyed the farthest: ANTHONY MORGAN and his friends and colleagues from Elizabethtown, PA. The artist, who owns the popular Black Gryphon Dining & Spirits, chose to shut down the joint completely today and follow his heart and his art all the way to OFF THE WALL. As much as any of our eight artists, Anthony inspired the concept for this show when we first saw his extraordinary collages 13 months ago. The story’s kicker is that Anthony wasn’t just showing us a portfolio or submitting to a juried show. At a bleak juncture of the pandemic, he was donating work to us to SAVE DIRTY FRANK’S — even though he really did not know our bar or gallery very well at all. A similar passion drives Anthony’s creative process. “When I view images, some are imprinted in my mind with the power of a metal punch, which will ‘haunt’ me until I take up the challenge to produce an analog collage with them,” he explains. “My work is an examination of these elements and how they affect me, my life and others who view them. Since my analog collages are a collection of already produced images, put together differently, it allows them to work together in a way that was never intended.” Welcome, friend! You always have a home away from home here in Philly.
ANTHONY MORGAN
“Feed or Slaughter”
mixed-media collage
250.
