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Tuesday, May 7, 1968 THE DAILY TAR HEEL P3 3 Maud bhow Jbeataire A Op9 -J. ID ycJhiecleMC And Warlio. Art ! . By FRANK BALLARD DTH Staff Writer "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears" is an album by the Mamas and Papas which could also be an apt title for the Ackland Art Gallery's current exhibit. While the Ackland's con temporary art show offers nothing for the ears, many of its pieces assail the eyes like a camera flashbulb pop ping in your face. The "Artist Chooses Con temporary Art" show, which opened Sunday and lasts through May 28, is a sample of the very latest art including psychedelic, op and plastic sculpture. The works were obtained on th e r e c o mmendation of Ackland studio faculty and museum staff. Some of the artists represented are na tionally and internationally known. Yet in the same exhibit with Andy Warhol's color lithograph series on Marilyn Monroe are paintings by artists who are little known. All the pieces in the show are for sale, and can be purchased by making checks out to the Ackland Memorial Art Gallery and leaving them with the museum guard. Robert Schlageter, Ackland's associate director, said the prices "range from $30 for Andy Warhol's posters to $153 boxes' silent for the light boxes." watched 4he The light boxes he referred kaleidoscope. to are one reason the show is truly contemporary. For they are not too far removed from the pulsating strobe lights which have become stan dard mood-making equipment for many hard rock bands and are even occasionally being us ed by soul music group. Billy Faier constructed the light boxes in the Ackland show, using simple geometric patterns in which the segments are a logical part of the . are constantly changing color, temporary art show. Another niece in the snow which echoes the light show craze is Reginald Neal's plastic composition- Light refraction through the various planes of the plastic cause parts of it to glow like a neon tube or black light Since drugs are as much a part of the switched-on m strooe Artist Leone Laine calls bis painting "flip-flop op," because the colors and pattern selection causes the viewer's perspec tive to flip-flop maddeningly. Guido Moniinari's awning-like "Mutation SerieBe Themate que" creates the same il lusion, Not all the paintings in the contemporary show are hard edge. Irene Moss's "Emerging Faces" is definitely "soft" and con- No color pattern is ever repeated. "They're what might be call ed an aesthetic juke box," laughed Schlageter as he tonIe's regalia as light, psychedelic paintings rmmp earistem's nude was icimea aimosi xvusens-es-que" by Schlageter. West Coast sculptor Robert Bassler employs organic and sexual themes in his bulbous pjastic and bronze creations. Some of Issach Abrams paintings, which he claims pic ture what he saw while high on drugs, are like the Smithso nian Institute you can spend The plastic piece is particular- ; ( ir fi riy iv V K : :- ' r . N 'U Dl . .4 m h - I y IN ! !j I I K ! : V rf-:sm 7YrH:::: i. i i - mmimmim.iM,iJMmmj Liwim iiiliijmiiiIIimiiiji..i.iiI.iwiii. .ii.ij i mr 1 ' - .,asiS ., - j " mm''m mammmKmtmmmmmammMm days examinms them and still not see it all. Spectacularly colorful, they are filled with symbolism of the real world and that of the mind. Some of the scene's in Abrams' "Descending Figures" resemble J. R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. "It looks like a story-book illustration," commented Schlageter, "but then as you look at ft longer, it gets awfully sophisticated." If the light boxes and psychedelic works don't jolt your vision, the exhibit's op art is a guaranteed perspective-shaker. Op is "hard edge painting,'' according to Schlageter, its lines are crisp and the paint is never "loaded" on the can vas. Most of the pices in the current Ackland show are hard edge painting. By combining sharp, distinct lines with colors that confuse Che retina, op "comes alive" as its patterns begin to shift m the viewer's mind. Geometric patterns called "space cages" by their creator, Edna Andrade, are shown in her op "Space Frame B." An impressionistic tone in the op geometric vein can be seen in Masashi's "Floating Spectrum." by imaginative because light reflects through it from a mir ror "base and the smokey white plastic has bronze wires embedded in it. Like the op paintings, it "comes alive" and challenges the viewer to understand it. Schlageter commented that many artists' pieces requested for the Ackland show could not be obtained due to "in tensive market activity . for their work." This is a good indication of just how contemporary the existing show really is. and why anyone interested in con temporary work would con sider seeing the Ackland ex hibit time weQ spent. r r"iw& ' "i : ; ... . k V J ' ' I x f . - Pert of Andy TTornoIFs color lilhogrcpli series on LlrrOyn Lloisro ... in the contemparary art show now at the Ackland Art Center. it -k vxxxftttfm DXH Drama Review if"""mmiii ''Dolly F Full Of ' Love, Magic By HARVEY ELLIOT DTH Reviewer HELLO, DOLLY! With Dorothy Lamour. Book by Michael Stewart. Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Directed and Choreographed by Gower Champion. At Ra leigh Memorial Auditorium. Geometric patterns called "space cages" appear in Space Frame B ... an op painting by Edna Andrade now showing at the Ackland. Anais Nin To Speak Show DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Sign of zodiac 6. Oil of ' rose petals 11. Tapestry 12. Variety of keno 13. Gifts, as of land 15. Liberal 16. Polish river 17. Indisposi tion to action 19. Boasts 20. 2-year-old salmon 23. Pronoun 24. 'erch 27. Complies 29. Stretch out 31. Caress, as a cat 32. Siberian gulf 34. Am. statesman 35. An Ionian island 37. Apprentice 40. Genus of lizards 43. Scottish. Gaelic 44. Bank employee 46. Flavoring for cookies 48. Famous band leader and composer 49. Demise . SO. Throngs DOWN 19. Weep 1. Dilly- 20. Father dallies ' 21. Arabian 2. Babyl. garment war god 22. Soak 3. Ground flax wheat-husk 24. Salt: 4. Moved chem. swiftly 25. So. Am. 5. Active river 6. Jewish 26. Etcle month sias. 7. Signs of tical weeping pronoun 8. Pastry 28. Presently 9. Against: 30. Shield prefix 33. 10. Girl's Harte name 35. Top of a 14. Six-sided wave crystals 36. Not stale 18. Lidded 37. Graphite pitcher 38. Sea eagle 3H35nEE! 5. EE SjA L ft d l A D LE av o i dLIo w de P S TR J C TOW MS IE jO N E I D A ST a t eT! p e Gt:.;. jolol 1 THE R EHC P 0 Kl T E R S E "IN O R 5 Kj 1 Oi IT D L E KJ Calendar At Hugo Film G.M. INTERVIEWS" for Cur rent Affairs Committee to be held Wednesday through Friday from 3-5 in Roland Parker n. Sign up now at G.M Desk LAW SPEECH in Gerrard Hall at 2 pm. "Capital Punishment." x Four experimental films by lan Hugo, a pioneer in film making techniques, will be shown in Howell Hall auditorium tonight at 8 pm. Hie films will be introduced by Anais Nin, well-known diarist, . poet, actress, and novelist, who also recites and acts in two of the pictures. Yesterday's Answer 39. Location of Ob river 40. Eskimo knives 41. Examina tion. 42. Macaws 45. Card game 47. What? Playmakers Open Tonight In Behan's 'The Hostage9 I Z 5 5 J57b 1 6 9 10 rzzzzwLizzz wmllzzzzmm 20 21 ZZ WV S24 25 2fc yi t ao i 4a 6. 2 Alt 44 4S 4b 41 4a" 4? 7S SO I I 1 1 vtt I I Tne Carolina Playmakers final production of the current season "The Hostage," the bawdy farce with music by Irish playwright Brendan. Behan, opens a seven performance engagement Playmakers Theatre The play, filled with more than twenty songs and dances, is Behan's answer to the hap penings The show is not limited to the stage. It is played all over the theatre, and on several occasions the audience becomes a part of the pro ceedings. The noted critic, Robert Brustein, said of the play: "It has been suggested that in "The Hostage" Brendan Behan is trying to "open up the stage.' This is an un derstatement. He would like to hack the stage to bits, crunch the proscenium across his knee, trample the scenery underfoot, and throw debris wildly in all directions. . A welcome presence in our sanctimonious times" The setting takes place in a Dublin bawdy house filled with a collection of wild and unruly characters, where a young British soldier is being held captive. The satire pokes fun at "the establishment." The play does have a message, however: iiiistuffiness, good will, youth in revolt, and love. Behan combines all of these elements into what has become one of the major plays of the past ten years. Advance reserved seats are available at the Playmakers Business Office, 214 Abernethy Hall and at Ledbetter-Pickard in downtown Chapel Hill. All seats are $2.00. Curtain time for the seven evening performances is ait 8 pm., with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Miss Nin will also speak on Wednesday night in Howell Hall on "The Novel of the Future". Both presentations are jointly sponsored by the English and Art departments of the University of North Carolina. "My films are made to be interpreted by each spectator with his own personal associa tions". Mr. Hugo has said of his work, "In this way they have sometime been com pared with Rohrschact tests." Lan Hugo is known as an engraver and etcher as well as a master filmmaker. Prints and copperplates of his work are included in the collection of tiie Library of Congress, among other prominent ex hibitions. He has spent his life in Puerto Rico. Scotland, and Paris. Hugo's interest in rhythms and sequences led to his (Elms, the first in 1948. He produces, photographs, and edits many of the experimental Ems. Miss Nin is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, and a classic tudy of DH. Lawrence. Her diary, of the 1930's, spent in France, was published in two volumes last year. Hello, Dolly! is the Gone With The Wind of the musical stage. Simply the most popular show of all time. It is an endearing story of an endearing woman. Carol Channing originated the role and the traveled all over the country with the tour ing edition, not missing a show in over 2000 prrformances. Just as the Broadway box office was slowing down last fall, producer David Merrick , replaced the company with Peari Bailey and an all-Negro cast. ' " He swears that Liberace is next. Now Dorothy Lamour, the saronggiri from all of the old Hope-Crosby pictures, is tak ing Dolly! into the hinterlands with a hectic schedule of one and two-night stands. The pace doesn't show. She took Raleigh by storm last Wednesday night. Overcoming a weak voice and a slightly unspirited attitude toward the character,. Miss Lamour still brought on the inevitable cheers in the gorgeous, overwhelming, title- song production number. She doesn't have the wacky charm that Miss Channing brought to the role. There is none of the you-old-devil flirting that Pearl injects into every line. So she builds the character of Dolly with no gim mickswith only an ear for successful musical comedy. She approaches the role with subtlety, but, by the end of the night, we know she's just as capricious, just as much fun as any of the many other Dollys. By now, everyone must know the plot: Dolly is a Yonkers matchmaker. She is ostensibly arranging a match for the wealthy Horace Vandergelder but secretly, of course, is after him herself. The subplot concerns two clerks in Vandergeider's store who want to go to New York and have an adventure, and who "won't come home until we kiss a girL" The inevitable complications ensue, and the fads and foibles of New York City in the Gay Nineties are exhibited in masterful sets, high-stepping choreography and colorful cos tumes. The staging and songs are delightful. There are love songs (like "It Only Takes A Moment") and there are lavish production numbers ("Before The Parade Passes By"). There are comedy numbers, such as "Motherhood" and "Elegance," with that same professional Gower Champion touch in staging. And then, about halfway through the last act, when Dolly comes ,down that staircase in that red dress and ostrich plumes. . . "Hello, Dolly!" No musical number can compare with this one in any play, anywhere Dolly pro mendades around the stage ex tension and the audience just wants to embrace her. It happens everywhere. When accepting her Tony Award last month. Pearl Bailey spoke of "so much love filtering up from the au dience." And I guess that's the reason for the magic of Dolly and her show. ( UP.CHARUE (jJE CAN TAKE "THESE 60V5... JUST BEAR POUN.ANPTHROU A HARP AS V01CANJ (JE CAN UIM IF UE REAUVTRVi " - THAfe THE SPIRIT, A 1 fl grief, X nsh I never beard I t togetherness J WOULD YER POP IN AN SEE I FLOSR1E SOMETIME, DOCTOR ? J-f SHE JUST CANT SLEEP, AN an ujodoicps I f f, -ixl O IK. PaMufcm-Hall Syndicate a4 Duly Minor. LonaMt TM ...I 'AVENY been abletd GO THROUGH E 'ANDBA6 J w criD A AFC f r- ml --BP YOU'RE SOMETHING CHARLIE BROWN THE NEW PuflttUTS9 CARTOON BOOK! by Charlss f.i Schulz ONLY t of your college Vf bookstore Hslt, E?ss!&rt tsd Wlsstsa, Iss. You Wont Find a Harder Job ... or a more profitable one. 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