An associate professor of art, Franklin Zetzman has chosen a variety of his work to show in the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibit will open November 6 and remain mounted through December 14.
Admission is free, and the public is invited.
I am an object-maker, Zetzman proclaims, and notably one who employs a sense of awe for the natural world and whimsy in depicting it. He applies the techniques and materials to his vision of his surroundings, toying with the concept of weightlessness and surreal impressions of very real objects, such as peach pits and pigs teeth. He gave university lectures, studied North Indian classical music, did wax sculptures cast in copper and brass, and worked on a group of cityscapes in pastel. These experiences he brings back in his work, along with the culture he absorbed as he and his family traveled in the region.