Sunday, February 24, 1963
Art In North Carolina
Bv OLA MAIE FOUSHEE
North Carolina’s Golden Tri
angle i Chapel Hill to Durham to
Raleigh > is now burgeoning with
exhibits of out-of-state art seldom
seen here. A tour of the galleries
in this area could make a fine
holiday for groups of artists or
gallery-goers. We well remem
ber a caravan that came from
Greensboro one rainy night to
see an exhibit in Chapel Hill.
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At the Foints, we heartily re
commend the following:
DURHAM. Duke University
(Woman’s College Gallery) ' Wo
men in Contemporary Art."
Young Gaillard F. Raveoel. di
rector of exhibitions at Duke, has
accomplished a giant task in as
sembling the works of seventeen
women of international renown,
to complement a seminar devoted
to women in higner education.
From major museums sod pri
vate collections along the Fast
Coast have come works by Lee
Bontecou, Sonia Delaunay, Ra
quel Forner, Helen Frankenthal
er, Sarah Grilo, Grace Hartigan.
Loren Maclver, Ethel Magai'an,
Joan Mitchell. Louise Neve Ism,
Georgia O'Keeffee, Amelia Pelaz,
I. Rice Pereira, Kay Sage. Doro
thea Tanning, Reva Urban, Maria
Elena Viera da Silva.
Quoting from Leslie Judd Ah
lander, who wrote the fine cata
log for the show, we are reas
sured that actually there is little
diference in the fait accompli
of art, regardless of sex.
"Here is a group of painters
at mid-century. Their common
denominator is not their sex,
but their high level of compe
tence and the important role
they play in the art of their
time.”
But, he points out:
Any form of segregation is an
abomination and in this re
spect women have su semi more
than most. When we speak of de
Kooning, "fte mean, of course.
Willem de Kooning, if we
speak of his talented ex-wife, the
artist Elaine de Kooning, we in
evitably characterize her as a
“woman painter."
"Actually, in any given pic
ture,” he asks, "can you tell the
difference between work by men
or women artists? If the work
of Loren Maclver is delicate, are
not Baziotes and Okada equally
so?? If Georgia O’Keeffee is
strongly patterned and semi
abstract in her stylization of na
| ture, isn’t Arthur Dove likewise?
I Is Mary Cassatt more or less an
1 Impressionist than Degas?"
' Designed to accent major de
velopments in the visual arts
though the works of these lead
ing contemporary artists, the ex
hibit will be up through March
22.
CHAPEL HILL. Ackland Art
Center "Knoxville Artists.”
Here thirty-eight works by Ten
nessee artists represent the
""'gaffiu!“of modern painting. The
six artists have come together
not in protest of any trend or
group, but through a common
enthusiasm for painting, a com
mon environment, and a love of
nature. The group, though not
representing all Knoxville paint
ers, does include the most active
—those who have exhibited most
widely and frequently on the lo
cal, and national scene. Repre
sented by several paintings each,
the artists are: Robert Birdwell,
Richard Clarke, C. Kermit Ew
ing, Joanna Higgs, Walter H.
Stevens, and Carl Sublett. Sub
lett had a solo show at the Mint
Museum of Charlotte in 1958.
Through March 14.
PAINTINGS UPSTAIRS—Now
showing work by Max Kahn.
Ruth Kerkovius. Elinor Cecil a.**'
Margo Hoff all Chicago artists.
Robert Howard, sculptor, and
Neal Thomas, painter, arc the
featured Tar Heels.
RALEIGH.- “A Nostalgic
Feast" might well be tpe title of
the restrospeetive show of works
by Hobson Pittman, now at the
State'Museum of Art. Twenty-one
individuals and seventeen mu
seums have contributed to tins
show of over 150 oils, pastels,
water colors and drawings. Mr.
Pittman, who is art instructor
and critic at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, is a na
tive of Tarboro. His oils reflect
a memory of sparsely lurnished
Victorian houses occupied by
Victorian ladies, usually sitting
in rocking chairs. The surrealist
ic quality lures the viewer into
tlie scene as if seeking a long
lost dream.
Happy touring.
Library To Hang
Canvases On Loan
Paintings will sooJi decorate a
study room in the University’s
Louis R. Wilson Library.
With all the current emphasis
on artists and their paintings, the
L.NC Library is joining the band
wagon aid will supply a main
iioor study room with paintings
from tlie UNC Department of
Art.
The latest issue of "Library
Notes," a fact sheet giving news
about the library, states that the
Library’s main floor study room
opposite the 'Reserve Book HoJ,n
"is famous for its drabness.” The
paintings borrowed from the De
partment of Art are expected to
change the draoiess to bright
beauty.
The Library is borrowing the
paintings. from the loan collec
tion of the Ackland Art Center.
The collection was set up in the
fall of 1962 for the purpose of
decorating public rooms. A num
ber of University departments
and administrative officials have
borrowed from the collection,
which is composed of some o 4
the works from the permanent
collection of the center and some
student paintings.
Paintings borrowed from the
collection can be found in the
School of Pharmacy, the School
of Public Health, South Building,
and the Office of Student Aid.
The Library expects to have its
borrowed paintings cn display
within a week, according to John
H. Gribbin, associate University
Librarian.
BOOK SALE
A book sale for the benefit of
the Library continues into its sec
ond week as additional books arc
added to the bargain" shelves.
The Friends of the Chapel Hill
Public Library are sponsoring
this sale of duplicates, books of
special interest and rare attic
treasures.
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GALLERY EXHIBIT Jane Haslem, owner and
director of Paintings Upstairs in Chapel Hill, is shown
with Landscape a welded steel sculpture"by Robert
Howard of the University, which is included in the gal
lery’s current exhibit. The lithograph at right is by Max
Kahn.
Gallery Featuring
Coen Lithographs
An outstanding show of graph
ics. sculpture and oil paintings is
now on exhibit at Paintings Up
stairs Gallery through the end
of February...
Included in the show is the
welded steel sculpture by Robert
Howard, professor of art at UNC.
Mr. Howard’s work shows a close
personal connection to natural
forms in his free interpretation
of the landscape. Landscape V
is a good example of his form
interpretation.
Eleanor Coen, who is exhibit
ing lithographs has developed an
unmistakably her own.
She seems to paint for the sheer
joy of handling brush and pig
ment. Her lithographs show an
intricate, subtle overlaying of col
ors which bring forth an effect
as close to painting as seems
possible.
She establishes daring color re
lationships with assurance and in
ventivenes. Coen’s private view
of the world is feminine and ten
der. Her deep sentiment is beau
tifully controlled, City tower or
mountain structure may float
dreamily in loosely - composed
space or be brought to the fore
ground as a dense, flat pattern.
In recent years, two figures are
so omnipresent in her work as
to constitute a signature. They
are her own children. She ex
presses her interest in them eith
er as large, important figures or
as tiny phantom presences almost
IJNC’s Chem Ferns Plan Fashion Show
Men will join the -women in
modeling spring clothes for a
fashion show to be, sponsored
by the University "Chem Fcms”
on Wednesday, March 6. at 8
p.m. at UNO’s Institute of Gov
ernment. auditorium.
The "Chem Ferns" is a group
composed of wives of UNC grad-
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obscured in life's immensity.
Eleanor Coen studied painting
at the School of the Art institute
of Chicago under Boris Anisfeld,
ami lithography with Francis
Chapin and Max Kahn. This
young artist has few equals on
the contemporary scene. She
holds her own as a creative en
tity above current modes of ex
pression.
Also included in the collection
of graphics are works by Ruth
Kerkovius of Chicago. Miss
Kerkovius’ color etchings and
woodcuts are representational and
she also uses the natural forms of
nature. Her landscapes are bold
and flat, yet retain the soft
subtleness of spring. Her color
flower etchings are delicately
formed but also retain a ■ semi
design-like quality. She incor
porates contrast with her soft
rounded folds in the (lower and
the sharp lines of the stems and
structure. The colors are muted
and pastel in both her landscapes
and flower arrangements. Miss
Kerkovius exhibited in 1961-62 at
the Washington Watercolor and
Print Show, Oklahoma Print
Show. New Jersey Museum and
the SAGA, Manhattan.
Other artists included in the
present show are Margo Hoff and
Max Kahn of Chicago and Neal
Thomas of Wilmington. A new
selection of color and black and
white etchings by Jack Bilander
of New York is also on exhibit.
uato students in chemistry.
Fashions for the show will be
provided by Thalhimers-Ellis
Stone in Duiham and Miiton’s
Clothing Cupboard of Chapel Hill.
Models for the show have been
drawn from chemistry graduate
students aid wives of graduate
students. Models are: Carol
Hentz and her daughter. Sharon,
of Leaksville; Marilyn Southard
of Alexandria. Va., who will mod
el maternity fashions; Jan Rice
of Fayetteville; Vera Parker of
Vicksburg. Miss; Margo Davis of
Spartanburg, S. €.; Jerry Slagan
of Scranton. Pa.; Carolyn Wor
sham of Lake City, S. €.; Jan
Young of Greensboro; and Linda
Dudley of Durham.
Hairstyles for the show will
be done by the Aesthetic Beauty
Salon of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Honey Barnes of Chapel
Hill will serve as commentator
for die shew.
Tickets for the show are 75
cents and will be available at the
door.
Refreshments will be served
following the show.
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Cold ill Damage Plants
By M. F GARDNER
I-ast week I promised to sav
more about cold damage to plants
caused by tlie severe tempera
tures we have experienced this
winter.
Tlie optimum temperature con
ditions for growing plants huve
been pretty well established. By
using the optimum range, we can
classify plants according to their
temperature requirements sub
tropical. tropical and tempera
ture zone.
In our temperature zone, we
usually classify plants as either
cool season and warm season
crops.
The warm season crops would
include tomatoes and snapbeans,
and the cool season crops aza
leas, camellias, cabbage, lettuce
and others.
For purposes of this discussion,
suppose we boil our concern
down to cold damage which is
apparent on our woody plants at
(his stage of the winter season.
We must qualify this because
more damage may occur later
on.
I am sure you have observed
that there is a wide variation in
plants as far as their ability to
withstand freezing is concerned.
Some plants may remain frozen
ail winter without damage while
others may be killed.
There are internal conditions
which have a bearing on the
ability of a plant to resist cold
damage, such as concentration
of the cell sap and the holding
of water by the plant tissues
against the force of freezing.
In the Raleigh area I have ob
served no bark-splitting on trunks
and laterals of our common trees
and shrubs. This is good and I
hope that we have none because
this type of cold injury is serious
and may result in the death of
the plant.
Practically all flowers on sas
anquo and japonica camellias
were frozen in bud stage. I have
observed very little damage to
foliage: Formosa azalea plants
have more injury to foliage than
the other types. A friend told me
he has lost two or three plants
of formosa but they were not very
vigorous.
Moderate to heavy damage to
berries has oecured on pyracan
tha and Ilex cornuta Burfordj.
Some pyracantha plants lost all
berries while others suffered dam
age to a lesser degree depending
upon exposure to coid drying
winds. This injury is more dis
figuring than serious.
Moderate to heavy foliar injury
Weather Can Hurt
Your Shade Trees
Trees that border roads, streets
and driveways often are injured,
especially during icy weather, by
skidding automobiles. In these
accidents, usually a large section
of the bark is torn from the
trunk.
The exposed wood dries rapid
ly. Often small cracks appear qn
the surface and provide ideal con
ditions for invasion of wood-rot
ting fungi. Large cavities may
develop that ultimately destroy
the tree.
All tree-trunk wounds should be
given prompt treatment, the Na
tional Arborist Association ad
vises, to restore as nearly as
possible the protection lost
through bark destruction.
In treating trunk wounds, all
splintered wood should be
smoothed. Loosened bark along
the edges of the wound should be
cut back to the point of firm
union with the sapwood. Finger
like or irregular shaped sections
of bark that extend into the wound
area should be removed.
The wound should be shaped
with a mallet and wood chisel to
form a rough ellipse, pointed at
both top and bottom. This ai<Js
sap conduction along the edges
of the wound, encourages callus
formation, and promotes healing.
The exposed wood surface then
should be covered with a good
quality tree wound dressing ma
terial, available at most garden
supply stores.
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PER CSNT PW YEAR
. DIVIDSMW ON JAVINGS
has occurred on the following:
abelia, nandina. Japanese box.
gardenia, ligusirum and pittas
porum. Here again the severity
of injury is related to exposure
to cold drying winds and the
general vigor of the plant*
Rug Cleaning Co.
Passes 50 Mile Test
Four Times In ’62
With all the recent publicity about 50 miles endur
ance tests, Dick Bernson of the Bernson Rug Clean
ing 00. stated that in 1962 his firm cleaned over 227
miles of rugs and carpets for customers in the Tri
angle area. Os course, his company’s object was not
to see how fast these miles could be covered, but
rather to make sure the cleaning was done correctly
and in accordance with exacting specifications.
In cleaning over 1.200.000 sq
ft. of carpet and rugs tor over I
five thousand satisfied home and
commercial accounts, Bernson ;
removed well over 2 tons ot ob- ;
jectionable dirt and grime, and j
a tiled an estimated 10,000 years i
of carpet life to the soft floor \
coverings in the area. AH this j
advantages of new beauty and ;
increased resiliency for the Bern
son-cleaned rugs and carpets
Bernson attributes these nmaz- :
ing figures to five important i
factors:
(1) An increased awareness ;
by gotxl boih resi
dontial and commercial, of the j
need for proper annual proses- I
sional rug and carpet cleaning
<2> The public's ability to dis
tinguish between the “promise j
anything to get tlie order" type .
cleaner and the established,
well-equipped, reliable firm.
i 3) A realization on the part
of tlie discriminating buyer, that ;
tlie professional cleaning ol their j
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What are my suggestions now’
Leave the plants alone as far as
pruning or removal are concern
ed. It is too early to take dras
tic measures. If we have a pro
longed dry spell, keep your
plants well supplied with water.
dary sideline of some dry clean
ers. house cleaners, or part
time operators.
i 4) Recognition that the Na
tional institute of Rug Clean
ing is the research oriented,
quality controlling pace setter
that insists on only the finest
performance from its members.
iSi Knowledge on the con
sumer’s part that in this area.
Bernson Rug Cleaning is the
only member firm oi the NIRC;
and that Bernson Rug Cleaning
can measure up to the exacting
national standards oi good pro
fessional cleanings so important
to the ionger life and lasting
beauty of soft floor coverings.
Bernson also stated that in
estimating the Triangle area’s
prosperous economy for 13b?
amt projecting his firms first 8
weeks figures into tills year, it
is over and above the obvious
record of 1.5000,000 ft. of carpet
will be correctly cleaned to the
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