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Show 3 i t I t L ; "Plum Tree" Gallery Show features artifacts found near Jackson, Wyoming by art instructor Phillip Morton. Early America Display Opens Implements of ancient Americana are on display in the Plum Tree Gallery. The "Assemblages of Nostalgia" by Philip Morton, art instructor at the University, features ancient objects Morton has found around Jackson, Wyoming. EACH OBJECT has been selected for its aesthetic value and has been mounted on rough wood. The effect is of rustic rural America. Morton said that one of the duties of the present is to learn from the past. He feels he is achieving this task by showing the every-day ancient objects and how they have survived to our times. Some of the objects are rusted and broken pitch-forks, plow shares, leather ankle straps, saddle girths and a wagon wheel in an advanced state of decay. ALL POINT to the messages of the past and their aesthetic values for us today. The one-man show by Mr. Morton opened Sunday at the Plum Tree Gallery, 224 So. 13th East, with a public reception for the artist. Each display is titled with the simple: "Construction . . .". The message or meaning is left to the viewer. MORTON, WHO lived in Jackson Jack-son before accepting his position at the University, said that most of the objects were gathered in the junk-yards around Jackson. "Progress in public awareness of contemporary art is fairly satisfactory in Utah compared with other Rocky Mountain states," the artist said. MORTON expressed his desire for more of the students from the University to come and see his work. (Continued on Page 4) M9q Early AmeriCa (Continued from Page Gallery hours are fiVe J p.m., Monday, Tuesday Vs day and Friday; two to 'sit Saturday and Sunday His l will run until November ' |
