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Show The Newspaper Thursday, September 30, 1982 Page BS S t j, 'LLj Now Open Thursday thru Sunday PARK CITY Ceramic exhibit Bright colors contrast with earthy tones cowbIy by Morgan Queal The vibrant, sparkling colors of Guillermo Gran-izo's Gran-izo's and Lark Lucas's ceramic tile murals make for one of the most spectacular spectacu-lar exhibits ever at the Kimball Art Center, Just walking into the Main Gallery is a memorable visual experience. Granizo's bright, lively paintings of cities, markets, people and animals contrast with the subtle, earthy colors of Lucas's Indian figures. Granizo is the teacher, Lucas the student, but their work expresses the individuality indivi-duality of each. Granzio said, "I'm not serious about anything I do in my art work. I do what I feel like doing. I'm childlike, child-like, but I hope not childish. Why did I put flowers in the sky? Merely to fill the space," he said. Granizo's huge story-like murals are busy with patterns of color and form. In "Mercado," depicting a busy Mexican marketplace, the artist said he started designing at the bottom and worked to the top; if more is needed, the work becomes bigger. sometimes sad expressions, which the artist herself believes may reflect tragedies trage-dies in her life, including the death from cancer last year of her 23-year-old daughter. The technique of ceramic tile painting, Granizo explained, ex-plained, is neither exact nor easily controlled. The tile itself is fired in six-by-twelve -inch squares from a light clay out of the Sierra Madres in California. The material, he said, will outlast all rock and metal. Lines of the painting are drawn with a wax resist to which cobalt oxide has been added the wax burns off in firing, the chemical remains to form the outlines of the shapes and figures. The tricky part, Granizo said, comes in the filling in of color. The glazes come in 250 colors, with each color shown on the container. But before firing, all the colors look the same. The tiles with their dried glaze are transported to a commercial kiln where they are fired at 2,400 degrees. The artists often are surprised sur-prised with what comes out, but have to accept the final The glazes come in 250 colors, with each color shown on the container. But before firing, all the colors look the same. "Mercado" ended up a six-by-nine foot painting teeming with men, women, children and animals, all in various stages of activity and expression. Like just about air of his work, it's humorous, fun and alive with movement. In "The Dream," a favorite favor-ite among viewers at the exhibit's Sunday opening, Granizo gave the woman a pink dream of, love and romance, the man, a blue dream of gambling, liquor and naked women. His large mural of Salt Lake City starts with floating float-ing swimmers at the bottom and ends with craggy peaks at the top, with The Tabernacle Taber-nacle and various buildings and people in between. It sold at the opening for $6,000. Lucas, a native of Salt Lake City who now works with Granizo in a studio near San Francisco, is a fine draftsman whose line drawings draw-ings of Indian women and children are beautifully adapted to the ceramic tile technique. Her figures often are in quiet poses with result. The green cow in "Mercado" was something of a mistake, Granizo said, but "we don't drive ourselves our-selves crazy with those things." ' Lucas said her surprises have included the destruction destruc-tion of an entire show when her tiles were shattered by improper temperatures inside in-side the kiln. Painting in glazes on ceramic tile, Granizo said, is "a way of life and a way of love." A former television producer, he started in the medium at the age of 50, and Lucas, he pointed out, started at 45. He likes to work large, in bright color; she prefers to keep her works small, using the earthy hues of the southwest. "However," Granizo noted, "she has outsold me at this show." The exhibit, sponsored by Charles and Alice Hetzel, will remain on view in the Main Gallery through Oct. 13. Gallery hours ate 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. If books are your bag . . . This is, at least, the perfect weather for curling up in front of the fire with a good book. But you say you have no good book to read? Fear not, the folks at the Egyptian Egyp-tian Theatre have planned a special book fair for Oct. 15 and 16 that should take care of all your reading needs for the winter. Coordinated by Ann Boregino of Sam Weller's Zion Book store, the two-day event will feature a large selection of good reading material for the entire family. Award-winning children's books, tales of the Wild West, along with a great series of outdoor adventure adven-ture books will be part of the offering. And if you think you want a few projects to work on during the months ahead, there will be a wide range of craft books and cookbooks to choose from. As a fundraising event for the Egyptian. 20 percent of all the proceeds of the fair will be donated to the theatre. 1 1 1 3 1 1 , - ... . . f-w-, , , ! Vf. "" - i i Li . ir. rt:" ' II . , - - 'Hi V - I - 1:4' uifvl' I : Tonight thru Saturday : FLATBUSH Oct. 7th thru 9th COWBOY BAH JAM SESSION Sunday 7:00-No cover Bring your instruments & voices Everybody welcome Coming in October THE DYNATONES - OCT. 13-16 ROOMFUL OF BLUES - OCT. 22 G 23 Special Tonight and Friday Chicken or Rib Dinner with Corn on the Cob and Roll 53.50 This includes cover charge. Happy Hour 5:00 to 7:00, Dancing begins at 9:00 Join us for dinner featuring BBQ ribs, steaks and a great evening's entertainment For dinner reservations and We specialize in banquets & parties. information please call 649-4146 Book your Christmas parties now Viewers study Granizo's "Mercado". photos Dy Morgan Queal rat A. n 1 AX $ Imp bmm s 7 i $ .ft v i. nww ii 1 UUr T' K - U JLIII. I lll I. fZJ I 1 a 1 I VT 1 Mill lti I XI f Lfl ST H E AT R E i Downstairs exhibit Oils by Utah artist Mark Peterson are on view in the Little Gallery Gal-lery of the Kimball Art Center through Oct. 12. r Don't be caught unprotected JUDY M. KIMBALL HANLEY Aaent N-202 Silver King Bank Bldg. My Park City, Utah 84060 Symbol ot Superior Servi BUS. 649-8656, ReS. 649-7607 LIFE COMMERCIAL AUTO FIRE 1at, Wymti Rf City yeftmwwees presents TEN Nine LI Eight little INDIANS... by Agatha Christie Starring Dick Cummings Richard Scott Barbara Titensor Jere Calmes Chuck Folkerth Dick Mitchell Mike Philips Robin Riley Clayton Maw Madeline Smith Craig Murley Director: Don Gomes October 1 , 2, 7, 8, 9 Curtain 8 p.m. Egyptian Theatre, Main Street, Park City $7.00 General admission $5.50 PCP members Group rates available For reservations call 649-9371 Tickets through Datatix at all ZCMI stores and the Salt Palace, 4112) |