Christian Brothers University (CBU) presents Cory Dugan: Hapax Legomena

When:
August 12, 2016 – October 12, 2016 all-day
2016-08-12T00:00:00-05:00
2016-10-13T00:00:00-05:00
Where:
Ross Gallery
650 E Pkwy S
Memphis, TN 38104
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Rollin Kocsis
9013213243
Christian Brothers University (CBU) presents Cory Dugan: Hapax Legomena @ Ross Gallery | Memphis | Tennessee | United States

The Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University (CBU) announces “Hapax Legomena,” an exhibition of recent work by Memphis artist Cory Dugan.
Dugan’s art has long been concerned with language, words, and literary topics—ranging from conceptual works and installations to two-dimensional and digital works alternating between linguistic explorations and the visual patterns made by words to more blatant and whimsical wordplay. His current series is drawn from the linguistic term that gives the exhibition its title, “Hapax Legomena.” The simple dictionary definition of the term is usually for the singular hapax legomenon: a word appearing only once in a document or corpus. It comes from the Greek, meaning “something said only once.” Taking form in works on paper, photography, and video, Dugan’s new work explores the idea of words that appear only once—only once in the entire Hebrew Bible, only once in the Christian New Testament, only once in all the plays by William Shakespeare.