Medialia Gallery is proud to host TEXTURE•TEMPERATURE•WEIGHT, an exhibit of over a hundred medallic sculptures created by members of the American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA). Founded in 1982,AMSA encourages the creation and study of this unique art form in North America. The exhibit is curated and organized by Mashiko, AMSA member and director of Medialia Gallery.

Contemporary medallic sculpture roots are international, and trace back to the bas-relief traditions of ancient monetary coins and Renaissance portrait medals. Styles in this exhibit range from the traditions of unifaceand obverse/reverse (two faced) medals, to sculptural interpretations. Materials range from traditional cast and struck bronze formats to 3D digital printing, cast resin, constructions of found objects, and combinations ofother materials unconventionally used in medallic art.

108 medals created from 2015 to 2018 will be on display. The works of 42 living AMSA members are accompanied by those of five deceased members whose works have been promoted by Medialia Gallery. These artists are: gemengraver Irving Mazze (d. 2005); figurative sculptor and medalist Leonda Froehlich Finke (d. 2017); figurative sculptor Barbara Leckberg (d. 2018); art medal and commemorative medalist, former AMSA president, and first USAFIDEM delegate John Cook (d. 2014), whose death we became aware of in 2017; and figurative sculptor Mico Kaufman (d. 2016).

AMSA board member Marie Jean Lederman proposed this exhibition in 2016. After many discussions about exhibition specifications a final prospectus was announced to the members in October 2017. This exhibition was madepossible by Lederman's foresight, enthusiasm, persistence, and patience.

For more information on the exhibit, see:
www.medialiagallery.com

For more information on the American Medallic Sculpture Association, see:
https://amsamedals.org/