Video by resident alumnus Trey Burns, generously underwritten by the Corsicana Visitors’ Bureau.
SEAN DONOVAN
Brooklyn, New York
M 2 3 presents Praxis of Matter - an exhibition of new work by Sean Donovan, including work from residency in Corsicana, on view 13 January through 26 February 2023.
Sculptor Sean Donovan explores how political and ecological motivations shape our understanding of environmental crises. Through assembling and replicating discarded industrial architecture and human detritus, Sean creates playful installations that call attention to climate change. In Corsicana, he continues his series investigating the ecological impacts of toxic pipelines by creating sculptures made from toxic resin and fiberglass, materials utilized in the oil industry. m23.co/sean-donovan
DAVID THORPE
Berlin, Germany
Shifting to watercolors during the pandemic, David Thorpe renders fantastical botanical forms that gesture to the fragile ways life insists, struggles, suffers, and flourishes. These strange, sometimes-hopeful, sometimes-ominous works take as source inspiration “De Materia Medica,” a millennia-old manuscript on the medicinal uses of plants, yet bear contemporary titles that furtively suggest political implications. In the studio, David attends to preparatory drawings and sketches which experiment with scale ahead of returning to watercolors. He is also working on poetic texts to accompany the paintings. caseykaplangallery.com/artists/Thorpe
SONYA SCHÖNBERGER
Berlin, Germany
Sonya Schönberger’s practice combines social anthropology, experimental film, audio and design. She has honed her method of documentation over the last decade, conducting private conversations with WWII witnesses and survivors in German and the US. At the heart of each of her projects lies the goal of connecting memories and narratives of national trauma in order to examine their effect on future generations. While in Corsicana, Sonya expands the scope of her interviews, collecting the stories of local residents to better locate the city’s multi-layered past. sonyaschoenberger.de