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2 Daily Tar Heel/Friday, February 19, 1993 Multimedia art laden with political tones By Emma Williams Staff Writer The subjects of “Reports from the Third World War,” an exhibit opening today at the Carrboro AitsCenter, are ripped from international headlines. But the show’s artist lives two blocks from the gallery. It would be inappropriate to describe the artist, Stephen Ausherman, as “lo cal,” even though he is a UNC graduate student who lives in Chapel Hill. Throughout his first solo exhibit, Ausherman declares himself a citizen of the world. The drawings, paintings and collages “are about the frustration and panic that I see over there,” Ausherman said. “Over there” is China, India, Nige ria, Kenya and many other nations where Ausherman has worked and studied. The title “Reports from the Third World War” is not set in the future; it refers to the war now being waged against Third World countries by the wealthy nations of the world. ■“Most of the works are pretty blatant, slap-in-the-face, almost,” he said. “Things Fall Apart II,” a charcoal and newspaper collage, typifies Ausherman’s style. The artist zones in on two Africans, a man and a woman. The woman is in the foreground, screaming and clenching her fists. A layer of newspaper clip pings surround her. She grabs and tears them. The angry-looking man hides behind her like a memory or a potential aggressor. The shading of the best drawings clashes the darkest blacks with the NEUI^^ = Late Night Hours ■ Sun. Wed. 11-midnight Thurs. Sat. 11} am 106 W. Franklin Si. (across from Tar Heel Textbooks) Call for Takeouts 932 5001 j - - <^Wlllll^^ '' , £■>- - . w. ioi>or. gsa lit • ' hk brightest whites, so that both shapes and emotions are razor-sharp. Overall, the works bear a resemblance to the German Expressionists, which the artist said is unintentional. Ausherman said the show’s report ing theme was inspired by his journal ism background. Studying journalism and working as a journalist in India has made him concerned about the way the media portray the Third World. “(The Third World) doesn’t get enough attention,” he said. The way newspapers are written alto makes it difficult to empathize with victims in other countries, he said. “You don’t feel for anybody when you read about them in the paper,” Ausherman said. “You’re not supposed to.” One collage closes in on an Asian face, with eyes closed and a pained expression. The face is framed by a rectangle of clipped headlines announc ing his death. One goal of the exhibit is to put an individual face with a news event. Ausherman said that he is inspired mostly by memories of his travels but that he borrows images from newspa pers and magazines to fill in his mental pictures. Despite the intensity of the images, Ausherman said he censored his most gruesome memories out of his work. For example, he said he does not exploit shocking images, such as leprosy or female circumcision. “I’m interested in going beyond just grossing people out,” he said. The works incorporate events that people know about but perhaps have CLINIQUE BONUS! "Daily Delights" yours FREE with any Clinique purchase of 73 50 or rhorel It's Clinique Bonus Week! Delight yourself. Find good looks for every day of fhe week with the seven "Daily Delights" in your latest Clinique Bonus. You get: best-loved Glazed Berry Different Lipstick. Jet Black Naturally Glossy Mascara for silky, natural-look lashes. Facial Soap Mild with Travel Dish. Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion, the "drink" every skin loves. And Water Therapy Gel Body Wash for sea-fresh baths and showers. All travel-ready in a sleek caddy-organizer and all yours at no extra charge with any Clinique purchase of 13.50 or more. 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Developers can dispose of contami nated soil in one of four ways, Riddle Campus Calendar FRIDAY 1 p.m. UNC Juggling Club will meet and discuss the upcoming convention in Carmichael Ballroom. 3:30 p.m. Christian Science Organization will meet in 20S Union. 10 p.m. Phi Beta Sigma will have a party in Great Hall until 1:30 a.m. SATURDAY 9 a.m. Carolina Consortium on Human Devel opment will present a Symposium on Developmental ARTS rather than an artist. However, he said that art sometimes offers greater emotional freedom than writing because, “you can be more ex treme in art than in words.” said. Riddle said the contaminated soil could be: ■ covered with plastic to allow the sun to dry out the benzene, ■ spread thinly across a large parcel of land, ■ burned to make bricks or ■ extracted mechanically. Science in Morehead Planetarium Faculty Lounge until 5:30 p.m. 10 a.m. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance will help students, employees and others with income tax returns for free in the Union lobby until 2 p.m. 2 p.m. CUAB and Senior Class will sponsor a film fest with “Go West” and “The Graduate” in the Union. 7 p.m. Great Commission Students will welcome Timmy Powers to offer advice on love, sex, dating and marriage in 100 Hamilton. Play Makers will spread Neil Simons ‘Rumors’ What do you do when you arrive at a 10th anniversary party to find the wife and servants missing and die dazed husband with a bullet hole in his ear lobe? If you’re like the guests in “Ru mors” prominent people with all sorts of reasons to hide a seeming suicide attempt you go to farcical lengths to pretend ail is welL Once that essential implausibility has been accepted, the Neil Simon play being performed this weekend by Department of Drama students at the Play Makers Theatre offers side-split ting humor and outstanding perfor mances. Sophomore Jonny Elkes as Lenny Ganz got many of the best lines and used them to magnificent advantage, with deadly wit and a perfect sense of timing. When he impersonates the hus band to fool suspicious police at the end, he was particularly effective. Jun ior Amanda Pringle’s performance as his wife, Claire, also was excellent Her restrained but rapier-like contrast Elkes’over-the-top performance. Anyone would want this fun pair at his or her next party. Seniors Ashley Browning and Chris Patrick, who play the firstarrivals Chris and Ken Gorman, deliver a somewhat uneven performance. The opening moments of the playfeature Browning mid Patrick shouting silly instructions atone another, and express the charac ters’ stress at their strange situation. But they sound more peevish than pan icked. Browning in particular is not con vincing, acting at the top of her lungs. In later parts of the play, however, especially when she is pretending to act normal for the benefit of the guests who haven’t yet been told, she is lumi nous, subtle and totally in command of her material. Patrick has long stretches in which from page 1 9 p.m. ILAS will sponsor the Thirteenth Annual Camaval Brasileiro at the Arts Center. ITEMS OF INTEREST Masters of Accounting Students will offer free tax assistance 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the Carrboro Baptist Church, 100 N. Greensboro St Yackety Yack is taking yearbook portraits 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in 213 Union. Walk-ins are welcome, or call 962-3912 for an appointment. 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A scene where the guests are pretending to dance (to “La Bamba” no less) to fool police officers into thinking it’s just a normal party, is one of the play’s most unfor gettable. In general, the group seemed more comfortable with repartee than slap stick, and it sometimes failed to make the most of comic possibilities. Everyone gets the chance to be funny in this play, even the police. Senior Ali Webster milks humor from an incomprehensible police radio, while junior Stephen Shelley, as the officer who gets to talk, seems thor oughly at home in his sarcastic role. The other two couples, die later arriving guests Emie and Cookie Cusak and Glen and Cassie Cooper, are less well-developed, seeming more like caricatures than characters. Nonethe less, the actors carry off these redes credibly. “Rumors” will be performed at the Play Makers Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday, with2 p.m. matinees Satnrday and Sunday. Tickets, $7, are on sale at the Paul Green Theatre box office or may be purchased at the Play Makers Theatre starting one hom before the performance, if available. For information, call the Paul Green Theatre Box Office at 962-PLAY. tions available for peer leadership consultant posi tions at 01 Steele or at the Union desk. Applications are due by 4 p.m. Wednesday. The French House now has applications available on the second floor of Carmichael Residence Hall or from Martine An tie in Dey Hall. International Center, in the Union, has applica tions available for the Class of ’3B Summer Study Abroad Fellowship. Applications are due by March 4. Information: 962-5661.
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