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HILDA BERNSTEIN G ALERIE HoheStraBe DIEBURG 15 KUNSTLERINNEN i n d e r GALERIE Hohe StroBe DIEBURG HILDA BERNSTEIN Radierungen I terefoid/Englarid V ER O N IK A EMENDORFER Aquarelle Gottingen CLAIRE KILBER-BROSSOW Zeichnungen, Gouochen Frankfurt MARUS KRAUSE Mischfecbniken, Collagen Kloin-Zimmem LUCIA MAKEIIS Zeichnung&vMalerialbilder Frankfurt b a r b e l g . mcjhlschlegel Aquarelle Taunussteit> JULIA ROSELER Paslelle, Kleinplastiken Dieburg HEIDI SCHIMPKE Acryl quf Papier, Collagen Juqmiheim DOROTHEA-SCHNEIDER Olbllcler W ie n MARIANNE SCHRADER-BODI Aquarelle Otfenboch ERIKA SCHREITER Aquarelle, Mischiecliniken RoBdorf HEIDI STIEGLER Aquarellejusche MOnslhgen MARIA STIEHL Sandbilder, Obiekte Kroriberg MARIANNE WAGNER Bildhauerorbeiten Geofgenhouasn JA N IT H WIELER Mischtechnlken D a trm io d t Hohe Strafie 11 (gegertuber der Fachhochschule der DBP) GALERIE 6110 Dieburg HoheSlraBe DIEBURG *06071/1515 OflnyngsjeiK’ n. frwicgs und sonntags 16.00— 1900 Uhr Heiner Berflmcinn, * 06073/4349 Reinhurd Icillemann. S 06151/148538 06151/146634 CA GALLERIES William Wegman Retrospective Lower and There is a dog whose handsome yet dolorous features hang on Concourse the walls of numerous museums, have graced the covers of a Galleries variety of art magazines, and appeared on the Johnny Carson W ed 18 July show. Like his namesake, this dog is a surrealist. Man Ray is a - Sun 2 Sept black Weimaraner who has been immortalised by American artist William Wegman. M an Ray loves to dress up - as a stegosaurus or an Airedale; in a sombrero or a new pair of jeans; as a bag lady or as Louis XIV. He's been captured 'au nature!', the tactile delights of his skin, body and muzzle heightened by drifts of talcum powder or blue dye. M an Ray takes part in ‘tableaux vivant' - he luxuriates in bed with a beige female of the species named Mrs. Lubner, watching TV in a mountain lodge, an absurd pastiche of adultery, American style. He is fascinated by a range of fine art typologies, exploring them in works such as the Picassoesque 'Dog with Guitar and Still Life'. After Ray's death W egman turned his camera onto a beautiful bitch called Fay Ray, to create an exquisite series of portraits of baroque elegance - Fay on a Louis X IV table, standing astride an ironing board, or svelte on a background of chestnut satin. Through these works W egman comments on art, portraiture, anthropomorphism, the mores of convention and the pathos of the human condition. Although W egman is known primarily for these photographs, his drawings and paintings are equally important. They also operate in the realm of surrealism and the absurd, presenting pictorial riddles and ironic disguises. Drawing on popular forms of Americana, from small ads to comic books, W egman transforms the childlike or the innocent into savage treatises on art-isms, or explorations of the hidden worlds of eroticism and fantasy. This exhibition has been organised by the Kunstmuseum Luzern, and is accompanied by a 225pg monograph published by Abrams and available at the exhibition, price £ 17.95. Zabalaza AAzwqkhe Mbuli William William W egmari Dusted (detail) Alex Katz Recent Paintings Upper Gallery Standing somewhere between Edward Hopper and Eric Fischl, W ed 18 July the billboard sized paintings of Alex Katz evoke a Madison - Sun 2 Sept Avenue world of dry martinis and little black cocktail dresses, cool Manhattan avenues peopled by men in 'stay press' suits and women with all the squeaky clean eroticism of Doris Day. His is an American utopia situated somewhere on the back porch of a house in the Catskills where figures gaze into an endless middle distance that is sunny, calm and static. A central figure is Kalz's wife, Ada. As the focus of his work has moved ever closer, she now appears in giant fragments, her lips or her eyes barely contained by the frame of the painting. His landscapes are equally abstracted.No ripples disturb the surface of Katz's lakes, no leaves stir - only the colour of the paint vibrates. Katz marries an American comedy of mores and manners with a startling formal display of colour and form lhal equals Matisse. His unassuming portraits or pastoral scenes of backwoods America are heroic in their modesty, poised between describing emotional and social states, and creating exquisite abstractions. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Alex Katz lives and works in N ew York. His work has been celebrated by museums in America and Europe yet has rarely been seen in Britain. This exhibition shows a selection o f new paintings, and has been made with the support of the Emilio M azzoli and Julia Ernst Galleries. Cildo Meireles Lower Gallery Two environments by one of Brazils most important contemporary Until Sun 8 July artists on the theme of religion and empire. Presented earlier this year at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and the Cornerhouse, Manchester, curated by G uy Brett. The ICA gratefully acknowledges the support of the Cultural Fund of the Brazilian Embassy and Barclays Bank PLC (coins], Coalite Smokeless Fuels, Lewis & Co. (Streatham) Ltd (paving stones), M idnight Design (neon transformer), TAW Meat Co Ltd (bones) PERFORMING ARTS National Review of Live Art London Selection Platforms Sun 15 July An opportunity to see the w ide range of new performance work - Mon 16 July submitted for selection for the National Review o f Live Art, the 2pm onwards largest and most prestigious festival of British performance, which Tickets £6 .0 0 celebrates its tenth anniversary at the Third Eye Centre in (£5 concs) G lasgow in October. The festival will feature the work of both invited and commissioned artists and the Platform performers, the next generation, whose work is selected from platform events held around the country. Michael Mayhew and Becky Edmunds Double Bill Sex, Drink, Fast Cars Going Down On Jesus Wed 18 July A dynamic dance/performance duo, Becky Edmunds and - Thurs 19 July Michael M ayhews moving and exhilarating work is unequalled in 8.00 courage and innovation in dealing with controversial issues. Their Tickets £6 .0 0 large scale production of the Waste Land Trilogy was the hit of (£5 concs) the 1988 Manchester festival and sell out performances of Sex, Drink, Fast Cars and G oing Down on Jesus at the Third Eye Centre and The Place were described as 'unnerving and brilliant' by Theatre Magazine. Opening with a car auction among the hum of engines, Sex, Drink, Fast Cars confronts our obsession with the motor car, as fashion accessory, as religion, as sexual arena. The twitching of the auction bidders evolves into dance as the chant of the auctioneer becomes the soundtrack.... G oing Down O n Jesus presents an ironic vision of Christ as the ultimate fashion and lifestyle accessory of the 1990s. Prepare to meet the New, Improved, Family-Sized, Environmentally-Friendly Creator of the Universe... He’s going upmarket. He’s going natural. The Babe of Bethlehem has become a born-again communicator. Peter Zegveld (Netherlands) Situations An ICA co-production Thurs 26 July Last seen at the ICA in October 1 989 with Scenes, Peter Z • Sat 4 A ug is an extraordinary performance artist from the Netherlands. (not Sun) Zegveld creates his own idiosyncratic and humorous "effects circus" 8.0 0 of theatrical moments brought to life through the manipulation of Tickets £ 6 .0 0 bizarre sculptures, ingenious lighting and sound effects and (£5 concs) his powerful and unnerving stage presence. Zegveld's work has its own absurd logic where conventions and normality are turned on their heads and where objects take on a strange life of their own. In Situations Zegveld is joined by performers Beatrice van de Poel and Freddie Beckmann to create a bizarre domestic melodrama bursting with visual jokes and surreal happenings. Situations premiered at The Hague in M a y 1990 and is a co­ production between Het Gebeuren, Festival Theater aan de W erf and the ICA. ICA Performing Arts programme is supported by Grange Hotels throughout the year. 41 Queens Gate Gardens, London SW 7. ® (Tel 071 584 0512) CINEMA Fri 29 June W in d p r in t s - Thurs 12 July See Zabalaza programme Tickets £3.80 Anita: Dances of Vice Fri 13 July Directed by Rosa von Praunheim. W ith Lotti Huber, Ina Blum, - Sun 15 July Mikael Honesseau. W Ger 1 987 (85 mins) 7.00 Celebrating the scandalous life of Anita Berber - a dancer and 9.00 stripper in 1920s Germany - from hei bisexual love affairs, lo her M on 16 July inflammatory performances and her voracious cocaine habit, Anita - Thurs 26 July weaves an hypnotic series of rich, decadent and sexual images 5.0 0 with superb photography by Elfi Mikesch. Shocking, outrageous 7.00 and controversial, Anita confirms Rosa von Praunheim as the 9.0 0 enfant terrible of German independent cinema. See also Tickets £3 .8 0 Cinematheque. W ith thanks to the Goethe Institute. Weekend Lunchtime Screenings 12.30 A weekend programme celebrating the contributions of artists Tickets £2.80 from all areas of the arts to feature films.