“This Is Only Temporary,” an exhibition of artworks by Southeast Missouri State University alumna Candice Malyn Corgan will be on view Jan. 28 through Feb. 25 at the Arts Complex Gallery in Southeast’s River Campus Arts Annex and Complex.
An opening reception will take place on Friday, Feb. 4 from 5-7 p.m.
Corgan is a multidisciplinary artist from the Midwest. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Southeast in 2013. Her love of process led her to study at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in Albuquerque, New Mexico ,where she received a Tamarind Trained Printer Certificate in 2015 and a Tamarind Trained Master Printer Certificate in 2016. In 2019, she earned a Master of Fine Arts in studio arts from Syracuse University (New York). She is currently based in St. Charles, Missouri.
In her work, Corgan highlights the absurdity found in the mundane by using humor and play to discuss bleak realities about contemporary culture. She examines the fine lines that divide joy and boredom; dreams and reality; hopes and failed expectations. Through playful interaction and whimsy, she analyzes a culture of affirmation and distraction. Her current studio practice involves human observation, found images, amateur photography, material play and ready-mades. Using her own experience byway of this observational research, she draws references from the contemporary human experience. She looks at how people interact in the world, using absurd means to approach the bittersweet, and searching for meaning in nothing.
The Arts Complex Gallery in the River Campus Arts Annex and Complex is located at 340 S. Frederick St. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 1-4 p.m. All gallery exhibitions, events and talks are free and open to the public.