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Show Library exibit features photos of tombstones as art f- V y , ,.. s , U -ill J I . By William Lonon Smith Staff Writer The current art exhibit in the multi-purpose auditorium in the University Library could most easily be described as "funeral art " for it presents photographs of European tombstones by Dina Woelffer. Not because ghosts were flying out of the photos, but because photographs of tombstones were presented as art. Mrs. Woelffer brings to her photographs an unusual type of satiric beauty. The tombs look like something larger than life; something that appears only in the mind. Mrs. Woelffer stated in regard to her fascination with tombstones. "I find a poetry and mystery, an intriguing symbolism and surrealism in them; the strange continuation of life, that people of all ages had known." It is interesting to view a "deathly work of art", such as a tombstone, and find the true personality of the deceased sculptured in it. The graves of internationally famous personalities as Baudelaire, Utrillo, Sarah Bernhardt and Oscar Wilde reflect a beauty and grotesque horror that Mrs. Woelffer has captured in her work. Library exhibits features Dina Woelffer's tombstone photographs. ft photographs concentrate on burial places of famous as well unknown Europeans and Americans. |
