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Pmge 2B - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. March 3. 1988 /a w g « d Ml! A kf i| ‘ i.UjIJ * "M ^ / ■ li ^ t ^ /ij ’ ' NEW A R ! Paul Rousso's Odyssey By William James Brock Post Entertainment Editor After an 11 -year odyssey that Included work as a movie set de signer and art director for a ma jor New York advertising agency, artist Paul Rousso has returned to Charlotte. He opens a one- man show at the 119 E. Seventh St. butldtng on Friday. March 4. For the 29-year-old artist, son of mayor pro tern A1 Rousso and wife Doris. It's a time of rebirth. "It's the classic thing of the young man on a Journey. I guess." smiled the dark-eyed Rousso. "At some point he re turns home to begin again." Rousso began the Journey as a student at the Cleveland Insti tute of Art In 1977. where he promptly chopped off his thumb with a table saw. Wearing a cast up to his elbow, he was sent by his parents to an art school In Atlanta. Bored with the curricu lum. he preferred working as a magician In a local club. Then began the combination of Impulses, coincidences and chutzpah that already have led Rousso through a varied career he calls "a fairy tale." On a whim, he moved to Oak land. Calif., at the Invitation of Charlotte friend Robert Zim merman. and enrolled In the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he earned a B.F.A. degree In 1981. Meanwhile, visiting another friend In New York, he happened to meet the Interior designer who was renovating a loft for ac tor Robert De Niro. "He showed me hls drawings for the place, and I laughed at them." Rousso said. "1 had Just finished a design course, and 1 could tell he didn't know what he was doing. So he hired me. 1 stayed four months, we did the loft, and I had a great time seeing New York." The day after graduation, he moved to Los Angeles. "I wanted to work In the movles-llke nine billion other people." he said. "It was hard to And a Job. and I was getting depressed. One night 1 was wandering down a back al ley when I heard the sound of an air compressor. I followed It and met this artist who was working on something obviously due the next morning. Hls air brush was clogged, so 1 loaned him mine, and we became friends. Turned out he was a scenic artist, and a few days lat er. he got me an Interview that led to a Job at Burbank Studios, the old Warner Brothers lot." There Rousso designed and painted movie sets, dated star lets and worked on hls own palntlngs--mostly stylized, dec orative pastels of beautiful women. It's a fascination that grew out of the paintings of theatrical clowns that were hls boyhood trademark. "Back In high school, whenever my friends were going to the beach. I'd do a clown to make some money. When I was about 18 or 19. the clowns started turning Into women." he said. "In California, people kept tell ing me that my style was more New York than California. So I put together 30 of these paint ings and left for New York." After Illustrating Bloomingdale's ads and greeting cards, he soon landed a position as art director for the Revlon account at Grey Advertising. For two years, he created product concepts, cast talent, and handled la3fout. de sign and execution of print and television ads and packaging for Revlon, as well as Gordon's Gin. Clairol. Coty. General Foods and others. But as quickly as It began, the fairy tale was over. Revlon was bought out. and Its new manag ers moved the account to anoth er agency. On hls own again. Rousso built a successful free lance career and spent more time on hls art. New techniques, bom of hls advertising exf>erl- ence. already had found their way Into the paintings of wom en. "I started painting with oils over chromes I'd find In the gar bage at the agency--rejects from photo sessions, or I'd find some on the street outside a photog rapher's studio." he said. "I'd blow the slides up Into four-by- flve-foot color prints, then paint over them. Or I'd xerox an Image 100 times, blow It up and paint over that. Recently I've been do ing vldeotap>es. futzlng around with the color, then shooting Po laroid photos off the monitor and blowing them up." Many of the paintings Include a series of the letters "x" and "o." symboliz ing hugs and kisses. Rousso's women will be fea tured at hls show, along with some whimsical pastel land scapes that he does "like a kid at klndergarten--Just for fun." The show opens with a reception from 6-8 p.m. and runs through April 3. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 1-7 p.m. weekends. Pharaoh Closes Mint By Phil Buaher Special To The Post The addition of a 28 foot. 47 ton colossus of Ramesses II to augment the exhibition Ramesses the Great: The Pha raoh and Hls Time" appearing October 1- January 31. 1989 at the Mint Museum will alter the current schedule. The entire museum . Including galleries, li brary. gift shop and meeting rooms will close to the public May 1st to accommodate the additional constmctlon needed to house the statue. "J. Plerpont Morgan. Collector: European Decorative Arts from the Wadsworth Antheneum" scheduled to op>en April 15th has been cancelled. The Inter national Creamwarc Sympo sium to be held In conjunction with the Morgan exhibition will be re-scheduled for the spring of 1989. Among the tasks required to emplace the colossal statue are sjjeclal cement footings to hold the 47 ton Ramesses statue and the steel girders that will frame the three story building Immedi ately contiguous to the existing atrium. The finished Interior will resemble a temple with col umns flanking the monolith Im age of Ramesses the Great. A clerestory emitting light from under the eves of the roof ■will top the temporary structure. Sections will be left open so a giant crane can lift the statue In three segments Into the build ing. The three parts Interlock and key to gether. The building, designed by Clark. Tibbie. Harris and LI Is then completed days before the exhibition opens. Trustees firmly believe the Im pact of the colossus Is well worth the extra efforts. The Mint Museum Biennial, which Is extended to May 1. is the last changing exhibition prior to the shutdown period. Stone Coloaatis of Rameases n Afro-American Cultural Center Big Apple Play In celebration of the 2nd Anni versary In our new facility, the Afro-American Cultural Center will bring to Charlotte's Ovens Auditorium the off-Broadway musical "No Where Fast" by LAW Productions of New York at 8 p.m.. March 19th. The play Is a gosp>el comedy with a message of universal ap peal. Young and old alike will enjoy melodious gosp>el music as It serves as the basis for an accurate story about the strug gles of life. Eustace A. Johnson, a young, talented composer is resp>onslble for this wonderful music. Johnson's original gos pel compositions mixed with several traditional tunes totally capture gosp>ers rich culture. Playwright, actor, director, and producer Larry A Woods makes "No Where Fast" a successful theatrical production that deals accurately and comprehensively with religious roots and life In general. Mr. Woods, a veteran actor of fifteen years with such credits as the film, "Blowout", and daytime dramas. "Another World." and "One Life to Live" states, "I wanted to present a play with a p>osltlve theme, a theme that everyone can relate to... "No Where Fast" fills that need...It's a form of entertain ment the whole family can en joy." Come out and enjoy a fun- filled evening of "No Where Fast". March 19. 8 p.m. at Ovens Audi torium, while at the same time supporting the Afro-American Cultural Center, a non-profit cultural and arts organization, as we celebrate the 2nd year In our new facility. Tickets availa ble at the Coliseum Box Office. 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