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HE 'TOHHHMTO TOP FEBRUARY/MARCH 1997 COMPLIMENTARY VOLUME 11, ISSUE 3 NOME Of t TNC CUNNINOrHAMS MtlWAUK C £, WISCONSIN •11BHL>1' Song of the JUDITH ANN MORIARTY editor/publisher MICHELLE GRABNER BRAD KILLAM Rainforest guest editors FRANCIS FORD photo editor MEGAN POWELL calendar Cr 'out there' editor THOMAS FORD art direction/design NICHOLAS FRANK KARL PALOUCEK uw-mttwaukce intern NIKKI MORAWSKI advertising director DEBRA BREHMER THERESE GANTZ emeritus personnel Printing by Port Publications Neal Gittleman, Conductor Frank Almond, Violin Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Lee Erickson, Director With this issue Art Muscle welcomes UW-Milwaukee graduate Nikki Morawski, poet & editor of Laughing Boy Review. Robert Cronin • Aurea Villa-Lobos • Uirapuru FRIENDS OF ART MUSCLE James Westwater • Vanishing Forest (world premiere) (photochoreography) set to Burton & Kate Babcock Mike Judy Vaughan Williams • The Lark Ascending Catherine Jautz Bailey Kevin & Meg Kinney Villa-Lobos Chdros No. 10 Kit Basquin Joseph J Korom, Jr Gary Black Lance Lichter Roberto Sierra Tropicalia Arthur E. Blair Tommy Littmann Music that's evocative, fertile, and green will enchant you in Sister Cash Box Tim Martinez Karen Johnson Boyd Roderick Michael Mett a unique program inspired by the Rainforest and featuring Dorothy Brehmer Michael Miklas James Westwater's lush photography of the Costa Rican Bob Brae Karen S. Olscn rainforest, choreographed to a sublime score. David & Diane Buck Charles & Libbie Pcckarsky Daniel J. Burbach Robert Ragir Added attraction: Allen M. Young, Milwaukee Public Museum's Ellen & Joe Checota Sam & Toby Recht Vice President for Collections, Research, and Public Programs presents Rita Chellman Margaret Rozga "Journey into the Tirimbina Rainforest Preserve,' Sam & Don Chortek Jordan Sensibar with breathtaking images of this fragile environment. Bill Christofferson David & Alyce Smith John Colt & Ruth Kjaer Richard & Julie Staniszewski Friday, March 14,11:15 am Demetra Copoulos Eric D.Steele Saturday, March 15, 8:00 pm Giles & Polly Daeger Max & Tybie Taglin Sunday, March 16, 7:30 pm Tony DePalma Rikki Thompson, Earthscapes Perry Dinkin Cardi Toellner Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center Patti Donahue Nicholas Topping Beth Eisendrath Carolyn & Leon Travanti Sponsored by Kathryn M. Finerty William & Janet Trcacy Bank One Matt Fink Anne Wamser Frogtown Framing Charles F. Wickler Gwendolyn Diaz Hankin To become a FRIEND OF ART MUSCLE, send a check for $75 and we will place your name on the masthead. You will receive Wisconsin's only fine art publication for two years. Art Muscle (ISSN 1074-0546) is published bi-monthly by Art Muscle- Milwaukee, Inc., 901 W. National Ave., Milwaukee, Wl 53204, (414) 672-8485. Third Class postage paid at Milwaukee, WI 53202 and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Art Muscle, 901 W. National, Milwaukee, WI 53204. Entire contents copyright © Art Muscle-Milwaukee, Inc. All rights reserved, except in reviews. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Art Muscle is a trademark of Art Muscle- Milwaukee, Inc. Subscription rates in continental U.S.:$20 one year; elsewhere, $28 one year. MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Andreas Delfs, Music Director Designate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Artistic Advisor Doc Severinsen, Principal Pops Conductor 2 Art Muscle GIUE STUFF. ARRIVAL OF GET STUFF. AIDS A GOOD CAOSE. IN MUSICAL SHOP. Survival/Revival sells THEATRE, furniture, collectibles, clothing, music and more. DONATE. Survival/Revival will gladly pick up your larger pieces. Drop-off donations are accepted during store hours. This award-winning show opened at Chicago's Goodman Theatre to rave reviews! UALENTINE'S DAY TAG SALE March 19-April 6,1997 February 14-16 Up to 75% off! Call the Broadway Theatre Center box office at 291-7800. Milwaukee's Best Resale Shop 246 East Chicago Street 291-2856 FAX 291-2857 SKYLIGHT E OPERA mm Hours: Tues-Fri 10-6/Sat 10-5/Sun 12-5/Closed Monday All donations are tax-deductible. Proceeds benefit the Milwaukee AIDS Project Intimate, Innovative (HAP), a service agency of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc. (ARCW). and in English St Juke's Medical Center £292™^ AuroraHealthCare STARTING MARCH 3-OPtN MONDAYS IB PM Original'Works of SZrt mmm :::::::*:*:*:*;*x*: RECENT WORKS ANNALISA BROMLEY • PAINTINGS DIAN GABRIEL • WATERCOLOR COLLAGES RANDY JAMES • ORIGINAL PRINTS MICHAEL JUDY • PAINTINGS CLAUDETTE LEE • PAINTINGS STEVEN MILLS MENAGERIE FRANCISCO X. MORA • PAINTINGS African Masks & Sculptures DAVID LOTTON • Glass RUTH OLENICK • PAINTINGS WES HUNTING • Glass CHERIE RAFFEL • PAINTINGS Indonesian Masks & Objects KAREN NAYLOR • Glass Polish Christmas Ornaments ACQUAETTA WILLIAMS • Glass Scent Bottles Jeanne Cohen Collection Marbles & Paperweights 111 <T& , JZtd. WB nickerbocfier 1030 E. Juneau Ave. PLAINS INDIAN DRAWINGS 1865-1935 PAGES FROM A VISUAL HISTORY January 31 - March 30, 1997 View the diversity, originality and artistry of drawings by Lakota, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Arapaho artists. Organized by The Drawing Center, New York, and The American Federation of Arts. Made possible with generous support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Additional funding provided by National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. A project of ART ACCESS II, a program of AFA with major support by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. Philip Morris Companies Inc. sponsors the national tour. Local sponsor: The Indian Community School of Milwaukee. Inc., with additional support from Miller Brewing Company. MILWATTKEE Wohaw. Kiowa Portraits, (detail), 1877. Pencil and crayon. Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. ART MUS 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. 414-224-3200 EUM Art Muscle 3 Contents Vienna Chamber Orchestra with Philippe Entremont, conductor & Helen Huang, piano Tuesday, February 4-7:30pm WORDS & MUSIC with Claire Bloom, speaker; Eugenia Zukerman, flute; & Brian Zeger, piano Saturday, March 8-8:00 pm Emerson String Quartet & Yefim Bronfman, piano Tuesday, March 18-7:30pm Fine Arts Quartet & Borodin String Quartet Tuesday, April1-7:30 pm Pae White Dawn Upshaw, soprano & Eugenia Zukerman, installation view Richard Goode, piano (lute Tuesday, May 13-7:30 pm McCoy Tyner Trio with Bobby Hutcherson Saturday, February IS, 8:00 pm Features Nicholas Payton Quintet & Jacky Terrasson Trio Saturday, March 15, 8:00 pm On Young Art in Los Angeles 7 Sonny Rollins Crazy Gang of Miscreants 10 Saturday, April19, 8:00 pm Smoggy Abstraction: An Interview 11 Chicago Thoughts on L.A. 12 Programming Attitude: An Interview 14 A One-Slap Play 16 My T. V. Screen is 94 Feet Long 18 The Salad Years? 19 We Try Harder 20 Canada on a Cocktail Napkin 21 Veneer Plywood 22 Departments Poetry/About Poetry 30 Calendar/Out There 26 The art world has been a wonderfully turbulent environment for IN MEMORY OF PLEASURE longer than we've been around. Los Angeles is now throwing the CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS EXPLORING THE SUBVERSIVE POTENTIAL OF BEAUTY lightning bolts. JANUARY 26 - MAY 11, 1997 We'd like to thank Judith Ann Moriarty, Francis Ford and Thomas MARC DENNIS JULIE HEFFERNAN JEAN LOWE THOMAS WOODRUFF KATHLEEN. GIUE DAVID KROLL ROSALYN SCHWARTZ BRENDA ZLAMANY Ford at Art Muscle for their support of L.A. Muscle. A very spe cial thanks to the contributing writers and artists for their gen CONCURRENT EXHIBITIONS: erosity. EUNICE KAMBARA: KISS OF LIFE, KISS OF DEATH FRED H.C. LIANG: BETWEEN RIVERS AND VALLEYS JIM BARSNESS: ICONS OF COMIC RELIEF AT ARTSPACE IN KOHLER VILLAGE FEBRUARY 9 - APRIL 27, 1997 THROUGH MARCH 23, 1997 Guest Editors: Michelle Grabner Brad Killam JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER 608 NEW YORK AVENUE, P.O. Box 489, SHEBOYGAN, Wl 53082-0489 Cover/Back Cover: Home of the Cunninghams, 1995, Mark 414.458.6144 HOURS: M-F 10-5, TH 10-9; WEEKENDS 12-5 FREE ADMISSION Bennett. Collection of Eric Mellencamp, Seal Beach, California. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD AND BY CORPORATE/FOUNDATION DONORS. Courtesy of Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica. 4 Art Muscle Professional Theatre mm KATIE LINDA Training Program Dir*LJ &/l A hi presents GINGRASS GALLERY WAR... two generations, two views All My Sons by Arthur Miller The story of a family coming to terms with love and loss in wartime. VISTAS, Feb. 6 through March 1 VESSELS & UWM Studio Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. VERDIGRIS mGALLEN CRAIG L0SSING & DAVID LORY HAMn Tl IRMFH wnnn^M WFQQFI BILLJAUQUETBRONZ " E IHE HEART OF AMERICA J r r by Naomi Wallace . ,$.~, ,..^.0.:, .. •;:•;•.] :f*i;|-^gffffT ''^&^'''^f" ' ^f^|tfS; DAVID MARSH A DISTINCTIVE A drama about love and war in the Persian Gulf. COLLECTION OF Feb. 13 through March 1 KATIE GINGRASS GALLERY UWM Studio Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. 241 NORTH BROADWAY CONTEMPORARY MILWAUKEE, Wl 53202 JEWELRY PRESENTED For ticket information and showtimes - please call PHONF 414 989 08^ IN THE KATIE the UWM Fine Arts Box Office at 229-4308 FAX 414 289 9255 GINGRASS GALLERY 3055 N. Brookfield Brookfield, Wl 53045 41 4-780-061 3 Open Tues-Sat Proudly Presents JOHN R. WILLER Pictured "Front Street Blues" Acrylic 22" x 24" Art Muscle 5 DanceFindings: MILWAUKEE BALLET Robert Ellis Dunn Videodance Installation Basil Thompson, Artistic Director January 30-March 30 Opening Lecture: "Reflections on the Development of V America," by Fred Barzyk, WGBH Boston PRESENTS A WORLD PREMIERE OF Reception: following the lecture, 7-9 p.m., at trie Museur THE Symposium: "Robert Ellis Dunn and American Contemi 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturday, February 1, at the Museurr Haggerty Mu 5TREBIRD ;:•-" :::: by Ed Burgess )aily Also featuring David Parsons' Dc ngs was created b; Re BACHIANA and M< Kathryn Posin's Hi :3S-J.~r. :, - \ ;.:•: :::r BACH'S LUNCH W of 'WE FEBRUARY 6-9 at the MARCUS CENTER ' 273-7206 or 643-7677 Special Group Discounts! Call Lisa at the Ballet (643-7677). PRFSFNTMUSIC FEBRUARY 28, MARCH 2 & 4, 1997 Kevin Stolheim, Artistic Director \ lOsEASQN T T CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM auiata m Exhibitions thru April 1997 Treasures from the Allis Vault & Recent Gifts to the Great Hall The Hobbit Series and other etchings by German artist COMPANY Michael Kutzer February 2-23 :1i John W.