prints and sculpture MILT FRIEDLY
ARTIST’S RECEPTION, Friday, September 15, 5 - 8:00
Featuring The Gadjo Playboys
(Elizabethtown, PA) Lynden Gallery presents a special exhibition of Milt Friedly’s prints and sculptures over the last 30 years. The exhibit explores relationships between objects and how they work together in form and function. The diverse body of work on display September 15 offers something intrinsically Friedly: experimentation.
A natural daydreamer, Friedly’s works are not constant or static; he is excited by objects and the qualities of the materials from which they are made. Raised in Wyoming from a large family, Friedly’s work is reflective of the open landscape carved by rivers and colored by the seasons, which is reflected in his choice of earthy tones and hues.
When his fourth grade teacher allowed him to use images with his assigned literature projects, he realized his keen interest in art. Friedly graduated from Arizona State University and the University of Wyoming double-majoring in sculpture and printmaking.
Although printmaking and sculpture seem to be opposites, Friedly finds excitement and creativity in the divergent scale of the two processes. “The intimacy of printmaking: smelling the ink, feeling the paper and running the plate is about getting lost in the process,” explains Friedly. “I feel the same joy with sculpture but on a larger scale.”
His sculptures’ earthy aesthetic has begun to incorporate new coatings and colors with natural textures and blemishes of the piece. Brought to Pennsylvania by the opportunity to be a Professor of Art, Friedly teaches printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and senior seminar at Elizabethtown College. His time since moving to Central Pennsylvania has enticed him to explore a range of brighter colors to emulate a kind of excited movement.
“Most people don’t know how diverse I am with approach. This exhibit shows the range of my work, the diversity of my work,” Friedly finished.
Friedly’s breadth of work has been displayed in numerous solo, local, regional and national exhibitions at the Pennsylvania State Museum, Gallery of American Craft in NJ, Lancaster Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Nebraska Wesleyan College, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Soho International Art Competition, Yellowstone Art Museum and Elizabethtown College.
The opening reception for this exhibit is Friday, September 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will include a performance by the Gadjo Playboys, known for their distinctive 1930s Parisian String Jazz. Samples of their increasingly popular music can be heard at www.gadjoplayboys.com.
Lynden Gallery is located on Market Street in Downtown Elizabethtown and is open Tuesday thru Saturday 9:00 to 5:00, and evenings by appointment. The gallery is handicap accessible and offers convenient parking. For more information call 717-367-9236 or refer to www.lyndengallery.com.