Julius Friedman Collection
Julius Friedman, a longtime friend and honorary member of UCDA, is an internationally known artist and award-winning graphic designer and co-founder of Images design studio in Louisville, Kentucky. Friedman’s work has been featured in major design journals and exhibited in museums nationally and internationally. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of Poster Art in Warsaw, Poland, and various corporate and private collections. He is a recipient of the Kentucky Governor’s Award in the Arts, and also owned a gallery in Louisville showcasing contemporary artists.
The collection consists of printed material, books, and postcards from his lifetime of photographic and design work. Also, a large part of the collection is comprised of pieces from his The Book project, including book deconstructions and sculptures, collages, and many hand-made paper collages.
The World Through the Eyes of Julius Friedman
Work from Juiius Friedman's The Book project, on display at the Smyrna Library (Smyrna, Tennessee), February 2021.
ABOUT JULIUS FRIEDMAN
Julius Friedman is a graphic designer, photographer, and artist specializing in cultural, nonprofit, and corporate design.
His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the National Museum of Poster Art, Warsaw, Poland; The Dansk Plakatmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark; The Brown-Forman Corporation; 21C Museum; PNC Bank; and NTS Corporation.
He was selected by the Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan to create work for inclusion in an exhibition of 100 posters advocating peace. This exhibition was presented to the government of Japan on August 6, 1985, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, and was held at the Hiroshima Museum of Art.
Charles Michael Helmken of the Washington, DC, Shoshin Society chose him as one of 100 American and Korean artists to create a poster for the book Images for Survival to further the understanding and prevention of AIDS.
Gift of the Julius Friedman Estate, Carol Abrams, and the Julius friedman Foundation.