Peter Scarbo Frawley: Meant To Be Felt

JUNE 21 – JULY 08, 2013
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY JUNE 22, 6-8PM
Con­crete poet, actor, per­former, writer.
“The con­crete poet is con­cerned with mak­ing an object to be per­ceived rather than read.” —Mary Ellen Solt.
Peter explores words and mean­ing, let­ters and ideas, find­ing ways to strip them down to the sim­plest form. He con­tin­ues to dis­cover end­less lay­ers of depth within a sin­gle word. At first glance his work can appear child­like and inno­cent. Scarbo Fraw­ley asks the viewer to pause in the space between under­stand­ing and knowing.

Scarbo Frawley’s work is deeply per­sonal, pri­mal and hon­est. The mate­ri­als he uses are delib­er­ate.
He shows his work in places where any­one can dis­cover it. Peter inves­ti­gates the ideas of rep­e­ti­tion
and repro­duc­tion, exploit­ing the phys­i­cal­ity, the imper­ma­nence of the chalk on the board, the nat­ural decay over time of the typed paper. He oper­ates in the high and low ends of life with the inten­tion of touch­ing everyone.

Meant To Be Felt, focusses on Scarbo Frawley’s most recent body of work. He uti­lizes com­mon
every­day mate­ri­als such as note cards, paint sticks and chalk­boards and trans­forms them into well
cared for objects of art. Scarbo Fraw­ley relays words onto these mate­ri­als. He pokes fun and goes
deep simul­ta­ne­ously. There is a play­ful­ness to him and the work. Scarbo Frawely’s work can be read
on many dif­fer­ent levels.

Scarbo Fraw­ley grew up in Dorch­ester, MA and has lived in a Well­fleet and Province­town for over
40 years. He is a sta­ple in the com­mu­nity. Scarbo Fraw­ley was one of the first fel­lows at the FIne
Arts Work Cen­ter, in Province­town, MA.