Kim Morgan: Range Light

Ingrid Jenker

MSVU Art Gallery
36 pp 20 col. ill. 10 x 7 in softcover 
978-1-894518-58-1
$20.00 Can. $23.00 U.S. (16 €)
February 2012

For Kim Morgan, the dilapidated range light that used to guide passenger ferries into a Prince Edward Island harbour is more than a memory of times past. Using latex rubber reinforced with mosquito netting, Morgan casts imprints of the exter ior and interior surfaces of the range light. Embedded in the rubber are flakes of loose paint and faint impressions of graffiti which preserve a haunting trace of the building’s descent from utility into neglect. Sewn together, the interior and exterior sections span sixty feet, incorporating more than 2000 square feet of latex. In its paradoxical expression of the relationship between inert materiality and living presence, Kim Morgan’s soft architecture makes an unprecedented contribution to the scope of contemporary sculpture in Nova Scotia.





 








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