Printmaking artist Patrick Lindhardt last graced the walls of C. Emerson Fine Arts nearly a year ago, when he and his photographer son were featured in a joint display of their respective talents. This time around, Lindhardt takes the gallery’s spotlight in Fragments, a solo exhibit of new monotypes inspired by his memories of home and a short retrospective of his Flatstone Studios work. Flatstone was founded in 1976 by Lindhardt and his wife after his tenure at USF — both as a student and printer — led to his association with acclaimed pop artist James Rosenquist, who asked Lindhardt to produce several etchings for him. Many months and one garage overhaul later, the Lindhardts were managing their own home garage printmaking workshop in Tampa and had attracted the attention of such noteworthies as Susan Hall, Florence Putterman, John Chamberlain, Theo Wujcik, Mark Stock, Robert Mapplethorpe and plenty of others. The studio is currently based in Sarasota, where Lindhardt lives and works as a fine-art professor at Ringling College of Art and Design. The works are on display through Dec. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat. (noon-9 p.m. second Saturday of the month), 909 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, free admission.
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2008.
