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Topic: HOME SCHOOL: Book of Hours - Margaret Curtis in conversation with Jason Andrew & Tracey Morgan
Time: Jun 18, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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HOME SCHOOL: Book of Hours - Margaret Curtis in conversation with Jason Andrew & Tracey Morgan

"As we emerge from quarantine, and begin to move freely in linear time again, we might ask ourselves whether it is a source of comfort or despair that we’ve been here before?"
from the press release for the upcoming exhibition at Tracey Morgan Gallery

Join us for a lively and illuminating conversation with the artist Margaret Curtis and Appalachia Now! curator Jason Andrew as they discuss that question, as well as other issues that Curtis' work invokes and demands. TMG gallery director Tracey Morgan will begin the conversation with Margaret by discussing how this show was made, altered, and affected by the pandemic.

In Book of Hours, Curtis alludes to the highly personalized texts and illuminated manuscripts used in the Middle Ages— a time of deep social inequality, recurrent plague, and theocratic cruelty—to structure time and provide solace amidst uncertainty. We find ourselves in a similar moment. As advancing climate change whips up apocalyptic dread, the world, wracked by pandemic and vast structural inequalities, seems to be embracing a return to cultures of cruelty, where might makes right. Curtis considers the work in this exhibition her Book of Hours, the product of attempts to structure time through a daily studio practice, itself a meditation amidst the compounding stresses of life during quarantine.
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Margaret Curtis

lives and works in Tryon, NC. She received her BA from Duke University. Her work has been exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Andy Warhol Museum, PA; The Wexner Center, OH; among others. She was also featured in the Bad Girls exhibition curated by Marcia Tucker at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY. Reviews and features of Curtis’ work have appeared in Art Forum, The New York Times, Art in America, Art News, Modern Painters, New Art Examiner, among others. Her work is in permanent collections throughout the United States.
(photo by Amos Moses)
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Jason Andrew

is an independent scholar, curator, and producer. A prominent figure in the Brooklyn art scene, Mr. Andrew is the co-founder and director of Norte Maar, a non-profit now celebrating nearly two decades of encouraging, promoting, and presenting collaborative projects in the arts. Specializing in the field of Postwar American Art, Mr. Andrew is also a Founding Partner at Artist Estate Studio, LLC, an entity that advocates for the legacy of artists like Jack Tworkov and Elizabeth Murray among others. His recent regional survey of artists living and working in Southern Appalachia inaugurated the new Asheville Art Museum in 2019. His writings on art can be found at Hyperallergic.com and TwoCoatsofPaint.com
(photo by Ross Collab)
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Tracey Norman-Morgan

has over twenty-years of gallery, research and curatorial experience, including over a decade specializing in photographic based art work.
In 2017, Morgan opened her own gallery in Asheville, NC. The gallery specializes in contemporary photography, works on paper, painting, sculpture and installation by emerging and established artists from the United States and abroad. The secondary focus of the gallery is to promote the visual arts in the community by highlighting work created by regional artists or pertaining to Western North Carolina. Each year, the gallery presents a rotation of well-researched exhibitions by individual artists as well as curated group shows that explore historical and contemporary themes. Exhibitions have included: Laura Letinsky: Betwixt and Between, Sharon Core,
Future Past: Experiments in Photography, Stacy Kranitz: Fulcrum of Malice, among others. Morgan received her B.A. in Art History from Florida State University.
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Margaret Curtis
Book of Hours
June 19 - August 1, 2020
Appointment Only Opening Preview: June 19, 3:00 - 6:00pm
Tracey Morgan Gallery is pleased to present Book of
Hours, an exhibition of new work by Margaret Curtis. The
exhibition features painting, works on paper, and sculpture,
many created during the Covid-19 pandemic. This
will be Curtis’ first exhibition with the gallery.

The opening preview will be by appointment only Friday,
June 19 from 3:00pm - 6:00pm. To register for a time slot,
please email info@traceymorgangallery or call 828 505
7667.