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Show 10D, April FOCUS 10-Apr- il 16, 1980 Ho vj and Noteworthy Masoud Yasami at the KAC differing patterns created by the different paints as they repell each other or blend together. neered the process using a zinc plate. Printing trans- fers detail like a photo- graph, he elaborated. Yasami continues to ex- periment with different mix- tures of media. While most airbrush artists are content to use only acrylics, Yasami has devised a way to airbrush with oils and even watercolors. He explains that few artists airbrush with oils because the resultant fumes are extremely dangerous. He . circumvents the danger by 7 wearing a respirator. The Masoud Yasami Kimball Art Center from now until May 1. - .. . . - . one can discern the widely , , - It might also be noted by the discerning eye that the exhibit 'walls of the main gallery, have been recovered with a plush silvery grey carpet replacing the old felt ' covering. The carpeting lends a subtle yet elegant depth to the exhibit fin: which it serves as a background. Though the paintings for the most part are large and form impressive images firpm across the gallery they should also be observed at dose range. It is then that . The recovering of the exhibit walls is one of a series of improvements being undertaken, by the Kimball Art Center .this year. .... . r- ; By Nan Chalat Masoud Yasami's paint- ings and drawings at the Kimball Art Center shimmer like the dancing reflections from .his sunny pool in Scottsdale, Ariz. Despite the precise and intricate techni- que required for their pro- duction they convey a sense of effortlessness, of relaxed At the reception in his honor last Sunday, he explained the process of monoprinting of which he has become a master. Each composition is a precise order. plexiglass sheet which is layering of different media, The poolside paintings, for instance, begin with a palate of lithographic inks on a transferred under 2,000 pounds of pressure to a canvas. (Each sheet can only be used once.) The result is a unique marbling and. blend-- . ing of colors. Yasami capitalizes on the unusual affects of the monoprinting process which pastels and airbrushes. It was Degas, Yasami comments, who pio- - Illustrator Carol Erickson Card Erickson is known to many in Heber City as the unusual innate understanding of Indian culture .and of publication of her illustrations in the Bookcraft publication Without Reservation, it will also be acknowledged that she is a sensitive and talented artist. Without Reservation is a first hand account of the pitfalls and rewards of the Indian Placement Program. It is also a celebration of the reunion between two gifted childhood friends, Kay .Cox and Carol Erickson. Kay and Card grew up together in Lehi, Utah. After 25 years of separation by time and the rigors of raising families, the two have joined forces to cdlaborate on a thoughtful and timely book. ; The Cox family has nur- account so fascinating. Cox vets wife' but with the tured, in all, 14 children that makes the avoids any pretense of noblesse and oblige learns, as the reader does, much about white men as well as about Indian Society tradition. Her open mind in the face of what is often a tragic cultural conflict lends hope that Indian children will be able to assimilate with a dominant white culture and yet maintain pride in their ancestry. The reader is brought around to the authors position not by preachy passages scholarly debate but by lively accounts of day to day life in the Cox household. Kays on the spot remedies for fear and misunderstanding, her confessions of confusion in the face of alienation ring true every Indian through die IDS Churchs Indian Placement the Program. Kay compiled ' familys experiences for ai Masters Thesis at BYU and at her professors insistence, decided to have the manuscript published. lt is Kays children . : time. To the Cox narrative artist Carol. Erickson adds addi- tional sensitivity - to the' Navaho reservation in Arizona. Erickson wanted to get the feel of the country and its people. She adds that Helping Kay with this book was the most challenging and exciting experience Ive ever had." It is immediately evident that Carol put her' heart into the beautiful illustrations. Cared Erickson says of her I new found old friend, came to realize that in 25 years, Kay has not only brought white mans culture to the Indians but has become part Indian herself. Carols drawings help to bring thac special relation- -' ship even closer' to the reader. Lehi is honoring their two hometown artists at 'an autograph reception at the Lehi library on Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. An exhibition of Card Erick- - . sons work will be on display V women spent much of last v at the library. The public b , summer - together .. on . a ...invited. . : , . A ,yv. Indian's plight. The two -- .' 1 1 ,v. Ex- hibit will remain at the Corel Erickson |