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Show Miid Gallery offers distinct exhibit REVIEW BY AIMEE ANDERSON Tiucnderhird Correspund.enr Swan Sip, a junwr ckmmra.ry t.du.cation majar {lT1m St. ~ e , admiTes a piea of art by Jim JoneJ. The art is on displa, unril October 29 in the Braithwaite Fi~ Aru Galu:ry. In a gallery suffused with the scent of artlsm' patchouli, very distinct an exhibits were opened r public view Sept. JO. The raithwai fine Arts Gall rv, porary h me for the rb of pain r Jim Jones nd sculptor Richard Hardin, held a lively crowd who studied, analyzed and roveted the arr. as they munched on the compllmeruar:y mnilla chips. The landscapes of Jim Jon , long a 6.xrurc in southern Utah an, are lovely in their simplicity, yet arc n vibrant representation of the southern Utah a.rea. Using pa.stcls, Jones paintJ a Zion !hat is such a mu orange as be peach. To the non-native Utahn.s, a softly oolorcd cliff oould be just as pleasing as the angty reds, lively grccn.s, and stark blues that th native kn . To an tivc, however, a mu~ Kolob is nOt lob at all. Jones docs, on the other hand, captUrc !he essence of wintu in aU ( Lill splendor. The magnificent "Snow in lob" (oil 36 X 54) is painted with with high regard to periwin.lde of the cold months. For one accus med to a 50Uthwestem win r, the whites and greys cause a rememor; of the bitterly beautiful tah freeze. "View Down Zion Narrows (oil 42 X 90) ls partirularly pleasing, as if the viewer · I king through 9 a frostrd window n a lwy da . •Big T recs~ ( ii 54 X 36) is a port3.I throu h which the viewer can walk into a tall fi t punctured by light In contrast, Richard Hardin's plccudemanded more from th viewer than complacency. After Hardin's snakes whi per their greetings at th door, the viewer ls entranced by the lw r o sculptUre to follow. Using various , dte arti has shaped, or allowed to be shaped, an ammng al'TllV of images that carve themselves in the minds of the viewer. ·valentine" ls a rose hcarr of cherrywoocl that becomes pregnan with cynicism when it i nor:iced th.at the hcarr is cracked and ir ls pi reed by pears of ebony. Hardin's ttintcrpl'$don of the miliar is arried ~ r ID Eve.• It is a SOJ!pturc of Eve dancing in sensuality with dte snake who will offe.r the appl , but it appcan that he bas already par13.ken of It Crucifix, numbers one and twO, continue the examination of common themes. Ha in's cxhibi11 dt n, is not on man's pretcn ion to be an artist The sculpru.res arc rcprescntati ns of one mon' reinterpretation .of accepted images in an exquisite modem manner. And one look at the melee in the sculpru.re, •Trcs de Mayo" uld reinfi rec this same motif and explain the complimentary tortilla chips as well. ·ncm They':re like pical college roo ates. Really, really cheap. Right now, you can get a great price on an Apple printer for your Macintosh~So }Ul'll be able to print sharp profes.tjonal-looking papers right there in your room- without having to wait around at the com- puter lab. You can even get special financing with the Apple Computer Loan: See your Apple Campus Reieller today. And discover th J. power more college students prefer The ()O",Vef to be your b . • . Southern Utah University Bookstore 555 West Center •Cedar City, UT• 586-7995 Mon.-Fri. 8:00-5:00, Sat. 9:00-2:00 |