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Show C-4 77m Park Record Wednesday, March 14, 2001 ufttflE BUFF Seeking tail and easy shwrtm Tired W MVBpmomjj Obct: SAVt i Find a way that suits you perfectly I Register to receive showtimes via email rJimr a. REMEMBER DON'T Drink and Drive I USE THE r& PPPP p Service! Robert DeNiro Ben Stiller T-Meethe Kreocs laK -S M JHL hlHDliBiwiinMnmimilimalHBll(ll1 MM JUS MB HI IH BUI Mil Arts in the spotlight Artist discusses motivation behind Sintra engravings by Jessica Romine RECORD QUEST WRITER The prolific engravings of print-maker print-maker Koichi Yamamoto are inspired by a life of adventurous travels and twentieth-century world history. The Salt Lake Art Center is currently featuring an exhibition based on the artist's study of World War II bunkers. Yamamoto will discuss the captivating motivation behind his Sintra engravings in an Art Talk Lecture at the center on March 21 from 7 to 8 p.m. The artist became interested in the symbolic importance of the bunkers. Yamamoto explained that the German army built the structures. struc-tures. Bunkers represented physical physi-cal boarders in the land as well as social and cultural divisions among the people, he said. To some the bunkers represented protection and to others they represented fear and paranoia. Yamamoto has tried to preserve the memory of these historical his-torical structures, recognizing that the forces of nature will inevitably erase their existence. Yamamoto was 15-years-old when he left Osaka, Japan with a former English teacher to come to the United States and attend high school in Sheraton, Wyoming. He attended Sheraton College where he began studying 3-demensional ceramics. Yamamoto continued his studies at the Pacific Northwestern College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He entered the program as a ceramic major and changed to printmaking. "Practicality had a lot to do with it," Yamamoto explained. Inadequate storage space and the cost of making ceramics had its disadvantages. Printmaking allowed him to pursue his fascination with paper and lithography. After completing his undergraduate studies, Yamamoto accepted a research fellowship from the Portland Art Museum to study lithography in Krakow, Poland. Intrigued by the historical events unfolding in central Europe during HHHLHHHpfH tort Company IIIHlB Go for the Gold! fa I i out: xtii'.mu niiOki! mm MffeMifiiii wiimiwi nnnu a - m d DVD MOVIES AVAILABLE to Buy or Rent Over 200 lllha to Choott From CONVKNIENTI.V LOCATM NKXT TO RlTE AID DRUG OPf.N 7 IMYN 10 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT Nesting Bird Yurt Company has two 18' yurts serving as warming huts for the cross-country ski and Biathlon World Cup events in Midway. These 263 square foot shelters will be available for purchase pur-chase at the end of the World Cup games March 11, 2001. These yurts have 7'4" walls and come fully insulated with opening windows and skylight, fully insulated platforms and heaters. Substantial Savings puts the gold in your pocket! 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Yamamoto felt a close relationship to the people of central Europe who repelled the grip of communism in search of a new identity. In his move to the united Mates as a young man, The L.A. 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"That kind of comes through in my art work." The artist images are engraved on a Sintra plate that is made out of 'HILARIOUS!' TWO ENTHUSIASTIC THUMBS UP!" (wnjKiii) "f XLm I ml The Park City Film Series Presents "State and Main" Fit, March. 16 & Sat., March. 17 at 8pm in The Jim Santy Auditorium. 1255 Park Ave. For further information cau oij-oi or contact www.parKatynimsenes.com Answers for March 10, 2000 R A D A fl BM M I "i pWa I R M A B A C I p I e I r I tIHIit i n e uii iTrtarzl e r o 8 1 1 8 1 s lIMIISZlXjMtMIlMTiE s t a plastic material known as PVC. This lightweight, strong material was not originally developed for the use of printmaking, the artist explained. Industrial piping, signboards sign-boards and even airplanes are constructed con-structed from PVC. However, Yamamoto met other artists who had discovered that Sintra plates were a very economical and efficient effi-cient printmaking material compared com-pared to copper plates, especially in the case of making large prints. Once an image in carved into the plastic it is printed in white as relief on white paper with oil-based ink. The print is then stretched and water-based Chinese ink is applied over the print. The non-printed areas accept the ink and the white oil-based ink creates a resistance. The limited access to art supplies in central Europe greatly affected the outcome of Yamamoto's engravings. While hewaStnere: Yamamoto said is was not unusual for artists to get the suppGesThey needed through the black market of the Russian Mafia. "I was working with color when I was in Oregon, but when I moved to Poland! couldn't get the color ink," the artist said. He had no choice but to make his work monochromatic. To this day, Yamamoto chooses to work with black ink only. "At first it was difficult to make that decision because color was a very strong part of my work," he said. "But, I guess I got hooked." The artist's engravings reflect his study of nature and the patterns found within nature. And he finds that black and white capture a powerful, pow-erful, nonjudgmental "pseudo reality." reali-ty." When Yamamoto returned from central Europe he completed a masters degree in fine arts at the University of Alberta, in Canada. Last July he joined the art department depart-ment at Utah State University as an assistant professor of printmaking. Yamamoto said teaching is very challenging. The artist said instilling instill-ing the motivation to pursue art as an occupation and not just a hobby is one challenge he faces. Yamamoto explained that print-making print-making is very much about the process involved. "It fails a Lot," he said. "Sometimes you work hard for a month and you end up with nothing." Rather than focusing on the end product, Yamamoto tries to get his students to enjoy all aspects of the process. The artist's heavily textured Sintra engravings will remain at the Salt Lake Art Center, located at 20 $, West Temple in downtown Salt Lake City, through March 24. SHUTTERS Beginning March 14 I THE MEXICAN I Ute Show Frfciy, Stivntey: t:X Saturday t Sunday MattnM: i:X HeHtt-nSN.MamSt (Em Day S.-0Q, 7:00 : - 1FOO |