Painter Frank Webster Unveils Exhibition in UW Visual Arts Gallery

October 2, 2012
Artistic picture of plastic bags caught on tree branches
Frank Webster’s “Plastic Bags” is from his “In the Landscape of Extinction” gallery produced in 2009.

Frank Webster’s self-titled exhibition can be seen through Oct. 31 in the University of Wyoming Visual Arts gallery, on the corner of 22nd Street and Willett Drive. A reception is scheduled Friday, Oct. 12, from 6-8 p.m.

His works typically depict post-industrial landscapes drawing on the aesthetic traditions of minimalism and realism. Webster will be a featured artist in the publication, “Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition,” coming in fall 2013.

Webster received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Chicago’s School of the Art Institute and his master of fine arts from Rutgers University. Webster has received numerous awards including the Pollock Krasner and the Golden Foundation Individual Artist Award.

The Visual Arts Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. For more information, email Diana Baumbach, dbaumbac@uwyo.edu.  

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