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Nancy Pierson's "The Judge Gives Himself Life" Diversity at UCSB's Art Museum exhibition. You need not know about art, you designs in colored pencil. Many diffetent and By Judith Smith-Meyer simply need to open your eyes and use them to challenging works iiihabit a common space while Arts and Entertainment Editor see, to look at color, shapes, dimensions and Steve Cortright’s “Domestic Interior,” com [ textures and discover what causes you to react, posed entirely of used books, takes repose in a THE NEWLY REFURBISHED UNIVERSITY ART MU- what you like and how you feel when you interact quiet corner niche alone. The softness in tone and seum houses a remarkable array of works by with different pieces. This exhibit is a wonderful simultaneous powerful solidity of Robert members of our permanent and visiting Studio opportunity to not only become acquainted with Thomas’ “ Hand” contrasts with the dynamic Art Department faculty. The great diversity of the artists we call teachers, but also to become instability and bright reds in Gary H. Brown’s the pieces in the exhibit reveals the breadth of acquainted with ourselves. “ An Aspect of Double Connection.” And, while personalities teaching art studio at UCSB and Throughout this showing, a viewer will en most pieces seem inextricably bound to the walls offers insight into some people we usually counter great comparisons and contrasts that of the gallery, Rachel Dutton’s vigorous consider in relation to our own accomplishments highlight the distinctive nature of each artist’s sculptures of mixed media, “ Portage” and or those of our peers. Presented with such an works. Notice the stylized, intricate details of “ Feet of Song,” remain independent of such opportunity to learn about our own faculty and to Douglas Lawrie’s clay and earthenware “ Vase constraints and actively occupy the same space derive pleasure, incentive and contemplation Form” and its companions and remember them as the viewer. from their efforts, the UCSB community is when, around the comer, you encounter the Amidst all the oil, acrylic and clay are certain to respond with much enthusiasm. Any of seemingly cleaner, varied representatives of the an exceptionally broad spectrum of artistic photographic medium. The meditative clarity of tastes are amply accommodated by this Kathryn Clark’s environmental type C prints, exhibition and new tastes will no doubt be “ Southern Highway— Joshua Tree” and “ Early developed by those wise enough to partake. So, Morning Bush,” by eliciting a gentle emotional sometime between now and Oct. 18, take a stroll response contrast fundamentally with Ami through the galleries and indulge in the richness Hamilton’s adventuresome abstract of the creative resources that exist right here. photographs, which invite a more intellectual interpretation. Oppositional to the clear NANCY DOLL, THE CURATOR OF MODERN ART AT THE delineation of forms in the work of these two Santa Barbara Museum of Art and guest curator artists are the photo silkscreens of Michael for the exhibit, has applied her experience to Honer, whose soft colors and shapes flow develop an exhibition that invites anyone in Yarber's "Suspension of Disbelief" tranquilly from one to another with no con terested in art, however timidly or remotely, to freer, unconstrained feeling of Sheldon sequential diffusion or vagueness. devour the recent works on display. Upon en Kaganoff’s shiny black cylindrical forms such as tering the museum, one is immediately drawn “Line/Mass Study.” Compare the large AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, RESOLVE TO into the gallery and guided through the exhibit proportions of these sculptures to the immense utilize the tremendous advantages existing at by its direct and very strategic arrangement. A magnetism of “ Acypios,” Michael Dvortcsak’s UCSB to become articulate not so much about great vibrancy pervades the museum now. awe-igniting oil painting, and examine it from art itself, but about what art can do. If it has yet These works are very contemporary and the side to be sure its third dimension is illusion. done nothing at all for you, try out this exhibit perhaps this proximity in time to the lives and The considerable weight of these pieces with a freshly open mind and heart and engage hopefully to the hearts of the artists has imbued highlights and is punctuated by the graceful even more input to the compilation of influences the gallery with some of the spirit involved in levity of Hiromi Katayama’s floating sculpture that are you. You may gather your own im creating them. of minowashi (Japanese paper), and stainless pressions of the show any time Tuesday through Follow your senses to the right and be greeted steel and copper etching. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays by Robert Yarber’s “ Suspension of Disbelief,” a from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. However, a docent will compelling painting of deep, rich acrylic hues on THE EXHIBIT MAINTAINS A NOTABLE BALANCE guide you through the exhibition if you par canvas. Just as the subjects of the painting do, throughout with pieces of overtly captivating ticipate in thè noon hour “ art breaks” on leave behind your attachment to the world strength like Nancy Pierson’s magnificent Tuesdays Sept. 29 and Oct. 13 or the “ Saturdays outside and believe that what you see is real. As drawing in graphite on paper, “ The Judge Gives at 2” tours on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3,10, and 17. So, readily as you might escape into a film, so can Himself Life,” sharing space with the quieter, for heaven’s sake, get over to the Arts building you effortlessly absorb the wealth of this logical power of William Rohrbach’s geometric and have a midday art snack for free. 2A Thursday, September 24, 1987 Daily Nexus rts & Lectures Madrid, New York, Dublin, Seoul, Hollywood, Tel Aviv and Mojave, California. Arts & Lectures has die ideal way to Get Out of The American Adventures film series brings together the Classroom: w e’ll take you around the world non stop seven quirky and comic American films that share a pleasant in nine performances, plus several lectures and about a dozen yet daring sense of adventure — whether it be the characters, films. From colorful visions of the Irish countryside to the fic the filmmakers or the audience that embark on the particular tional disco of Virgil, Texas, A&L’s Fall events roster has more adventure of each film. American Adventures opens tonight than its share of get-up-and-go. with Swimming to Cambodia, a unique cinematic experiment by Jonathan Demme that stars performance artist Spalding During Fall quarter, you can look forward to classical music Gray. In this film, a recreation of Gray’s Obie Award-winning from Chamber Music Northwest, modem dance with Spanish stage performance, Spalding Gray recounts his journey to and Latin influences from Ballet Hispanico of N ew York, the Southeast Asia, where he played in the film The Killing Fields Back Alley Theatre’s production of Are You Now or Have You and moved through the murky waters of American influence Ever Been (a drama of Hollywood and McCarthyism), tradi overseas. Gray lets his real-life experiences lead him into tional Irish music by the folk group Green Fields of America, flights of fancy and intellectual, witty monologues that are very cool sounds from the legendary Modem Jazz Quartet, bizarre, frightening and funny. ultra-contemporary moves from the ground-breaking Mark Morris Dance Group, traditional Korean music and dance by But talk is cheap. Fortunately, so are film series tickets. With Samul-Nori, and the wonderful Guameri String Quartet. And series tickets, you’ll pay only about two dollars per film. At that’s just the list of “live on stage” events — there are many that price, you can invest in two series tickets and always be more films and leqtures that represent a wide variety of view able to say, “By the way, I’ve got two tickets to...” points and a whole world full of ideas. Among the visitors coming to UCSB this Fall to give public Tickets for all A&L events are on sale now at the lectures are Israeli ambassador Abba Eban and test pilot Dick A&L Ticket Office (Building 402, adjacent to Campbell Hall). Rutan. After guiding the Voyager on the first-ever non-stop, You can charge tickets by phone (minimum $10) or obtain non-refueled around the world trip last December, Dick Rutan information about any A&L event by calling 961-3535. Or made big headlines. But he has been setting aeronautic re pick up a free A&L events brochure for all the details. cords for years, from his home base in Mojave, California. On October 5, Rutan will show slides and film footage and discuss his historic flight. September A&L’s 1987-88 performing arts season opens on October 6 with a concert by Chamber Music Northwest, an elegant en Swimming to Cambodia 61m 24 semble of five highly respected musicians plus Music Director Spalding Gray talks about life, and everything. David Shifrin. For our official “opening night,” w e’d like you Tonight / 8 PM / Campbell Hall / UCSB students J3. to celebrate the season in true, eclectic UCSB style — so you may dress-to-the-nines or just borrow a tie, get in the mood Round Midnight 61m 27 with a candlelit dinner or grab a burger on the way to cam Tavernier’s soulful film stars jazzman Dexter Gordon. pus, make a night of it or just catch a musical study break, Sunday / 8 PM / Campbell Hall / UCSB students $3.