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Show l Inrs Review: Gallery's Summer Exhibits quite incredible to see how the atmosphere of Cedar City changes Further, Danna Jacques' (also a native Utahn) clay and ceramic fetishes during the summer, with the approach ng Influx of tourists for the Festival transfonn renaissance Madonnas into a most pre-historic figurines-making an al and Zions, the normally semi-rig d climate relaxes over a few historical reference to motherhood-<telightfully subverting expectations of transformatlve days, and risks are taken. •appropriate" and "proper" renaissance portrayals of women; also, the small forms The Braithwaite Gallery Is making the most of this summer transfonnation with are simply beautiful n fonn and coloring. the show n its large gallery: Bound by Trsdmon, which features the works of four Unfortunately not all pieces are as del ghtful or successful. Although University (two native Utahns and two University of Utah of Utah graduate Martha Klein Haley's quilt Footnote graduates) women artists. The show, with its seven in Black and White presents a powerful image large quilts and many other mixed-media creations, making an important statement, her hand-lettered contains many powerful images that arrest a viewer's kimono's come across as a political bludgeon ng, attention; and for many reasons Is an nterestlng unappealingly confronting where subtlety would exhibit on several levels. better succeed. It's interesting for the similarities and differences AU these women's works pull inspiration from between these artist's Images, nteresting for unique powerful traditions, both in world history as well as methods and techniques (including quilting, art history; furthering the concepts estabfished by assemb«age, sik--screen, dye-transfers, and bleachmany artists, from Faith RJngold's quilts and masks, to ·nam Shapiro's concept of "femmage.• resist writings on fabric,) and Interesting in that the gafle~ ts taking a calculated risk by exhibiting these Bound by Tradition is accompanied by prints and lithographs in the small gallery by SUU Assistant pofitically-charged femirust works. Professor Hong Yu Ji. Yu Ji, an exempla,y Ifs cifflcult In this state to address feminist Issues without becoming mired in an entropy.of contnMtrsy, draughtsman as well as paJnter, explores In these and, unfortunately, Utah college campuses are an prints both his love for the figure, and his love of exceptionally touchy forum (as seen In recent faculty situation. Works such as the Intaglio At Balcony induce a dismlssaJs at BYU). Therefore, even ~ lhe mood of isotation both through lhe tone of the gallery might have hedged its risk by waiting until printing ink and the poses of the figures. Yu Ji Is also BUn)mer (when most students and much faculty are more than capable of revealing a sitter's personality, gone) to display this show, it is taking a risk none-theless, and should be commended. as shown in the alternately powerfuUlanguidly Many of the works, however, are successful even seductive etching Gigi. Abstract elements are explored In the lithograph without considering their political overtones. Native series Sleeper, blending human forms with trompe Utahn Jen Shurtliffa qu Dlllltanted L.JttJe Princess, In foeil bits of newsprint and money SO"arranged that addition to taking a black-humored jab at society's they surprisingly recall the sweeping brush strokes of expecta1ions of young glr1s (and their expectations of themselves, by stringing-up every little girts •dream Franz Kline. · Both shows will remain in the gallery un 'I late July. profession" of ballerina by her slipper""8ces,) the work also ·ntrigues compositionally by making reference to REVIEW BY BEN WEST the hanged-man card from tarot arcana. MONG YU JI: Work on display ·n SmaD Galtery. D r,.,Mow- PCllj I a I erl See Dr. Lynn G. Cranmer Southern Utah Dermatology • Skin Cancer •Acne • Specializing in Skin Diseases Ricley Van Shelton set tor July 24 concert D uty 24th's Pioneer Day actMties culminate with country music star Ricky Van Shetton in concert. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. In the Centrum at SUU. rictcsts are $17.59 and are avaffable at the Centrum Box Office and IFA in St. George. Proceeds go to the scholarship fund. Shelton is a true country superstar. 586-6440 • Cedar City 150 Altamira Ave., Suite 900 RICKY VAN SHEL T ON:Tickets on sale for July 24 show. Playing with a deepfelt passion, he has earned countless chart-topping singles and four oonsecutiYe platinum albums. This passion, combined with a single-minded determination, has made Shelton a favorite with audiences t h ~ the United States and a perennlal winner of various country music awards. Shehon showed his determination at a very early age. "When I was about five years old, I told my mama I wanted to sing and draw pictures. I never changed my mJnd and I never stopped bel evlng that it would come true,• he said. She on started his career sing ng and playing guitar in h s brother's baf)d. Columbia signed him to a contract in 1986 and two weeks later, Shelton began work on his first album, Wild Eyed Dream, which soon hit r\umber 1 and was later declared platinum. The hits have continued ever since. Not one to rest on his music laurels, Shelton recently released Ts/es From A Duck Named Ouacker, the first in a series of children's books with valuable moral lessons featuring Quacker and his friends. THE SUMMERBIRD • PAGE 5 |