Ron Crusan
Ron Crusan has been an active artist for 50 years. He has exhibited his work in galleries and group shows from North Carolina to Maine. In 1998 he participated in a group show at Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, and in 2006, he was awarded an artist residency at the TWINS Art Center in Polkovnik Serafimovo, Bulgaria, sponsored by the Griffis Foundation, New London, and the Orpheus Foundation in Sofia, Bulgaria. A museum professional for 30 years, he earned a BA in Studio Art and a BFA in Photography from St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, and a Masters in Humanities from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
"I use found objects as cultural signifiers. Common objects that we experience in life reflect the culture in which we were born. Like children’s letter blocks, these are objects which we have all used in our lives. We share that common experience, and with it, a common culture. My work looks at western culture, and how the norms of culture are slowly eroding away. Such things as lack of civility, diminishing intellectual curiosity, and the rise of intolerance are fueled by the glorification of celebrity in a world that values opinion as fact and lies equal truth. " - Ron Crusan