Easy ZZ
1990
Polychromed Found Wood/ Dowels
14"H x 9"W x 20"D


For years, I've enjoyed the raucous sound of ZZ Top, especially Legs, La Grange and Sharp Dressed Man.

I found a log which carried that same care-free spirit in a pile of wood next to a friend's driveway. Art gave it to me gladly. I added the wind-swept hair, the eager eyes, the gnarly smile.

The piece then suggested the cool bearing of Wyatt (Captain America) and Billy tooling down the highway on their motorcycles, blasts of wind sweeping through their free flowing hair.

Easy ZZ blends the spirit of ZZ Top and Easy Rider.

Can Easy ZZ continue to lead an "unfettered life in a country that has lost its ideals" (or the freedom to be free)? Laszlo Bozzola.

 
 W. Logan Fry Easy ZZ 1990 Polychromed Found Wood Dowels Easy Rider ZZ Top Elizabeth Avery Draper Gallery Delaware Center for Contemporary Art Wilmington DE 1992

Exhibition History:
Two-Artist Show with Stephanie Sutton, Elizabeth Avery Draper Gallery, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE (1992); The Truth of False Faces, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH (1992); Group Show, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA (1991); Best of 1991, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH (1991); Two-Artist Show with Barbara Bachtell, 9th Street Studio, Cleveland, OH (1991).