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Show Wednesday. February 10. 1993 The Dally Utah Chronicle - Page Nine Feature The day of love is 'imminent tov .smitten students Flowers and bouquets offer romantic options for lovers shops around town and making BY MATTHEW HENDRY Chronicle Feature Writer The "day of love" is quickly approaching with chocolates, cards and yes, flowers. Tons and tons of flowers roses and carnations and every other type you can think of are for sale and ready to be given to the loved ones of Salt Lake. Flower Exchange, in the lower level of Trolley Square, has been making floral arrangements for the past six years. Raymond King, Flower Exchange owner, is well prepared for Valentine's Day with plenty of roses for the traditional lover and a wide variety of flowers for those who want to walk on the wild side of life. Valentine's is the busiest time of the year for him, in addition to Mother's Day. "Valentines Day is different because you sell red roses almost exclusively," he said. The roses that King sells are from Columbia because the weather is warmer down there and the quality is higher. One dozen red roses will cost you $46.00 where an individual rose will run you $4.60. and King says , that if you want delivery for Valentine's Day, you should order at least 24 hours in advance. long-stemm- To ed keep the quality of the flowers high at Flower Exchange King turns his stock every 48 hours. "We rarely have a flower that has been here for more than two days," he stated. To keep prices competitive King does his homework, checking other floral sure that his prices are among the lowest. For those who want more than the traditional, King displays some of his flowers in the open for those who want to construct their own arrangements, a trend that was first started in Europe and is quickly picking up here in the United States. Tulips straight from Holland, and carnations are also big sellers for this time of year, King said. For the average penny-pinchin- g college student King suggests tulips because of their originality and beauty. "People are in the mood for spring right now and they are a lot less expensive than the red roses." The Flower Exchange will be open on Valentine's Day from noon to 5 p.m. It is hard to drive from one side of the valley to the other without seeing at least one Flower Patch store. In fact there are 10 Flower Patches for the Valentine flower buyer to choose from in the area. Geannette Bennett, manager at the downtown store located at 502 South State, said that along with mtM I M fitted wMk$ traditional red roses they sell many carnations and plants. "We than many of are better price-wis- e the other shops in town because there are so many of us," Bennett explained. CHRONICLE PHOTOCeline Roddy Valentines Day is upon us and the roses are in bloom. The Flower Exchange makes them affordable. stemmed and $39.98 for the long stemmed. Also if you want your roses for a Valentine's Day delivery, it is recommended that you order as soon as possible. Tom Hinkle, at Celestial Flowers, has been in business for Flower Patch offers three different sizes of roses for Utahns to choose from short stemmed, medium stemmed, and long stemmed. The prices for one dozen starts at $31.98 for the short stemmed, $35.98 for the medium 43 years. "We have all types of ; ' different services," Hinkle said. Celestial Flowers offers quality his flowers are next to none. "We their charges $60.00 for one dozen red roses and $5.00 per each individual rose. see "flowers" on page ten arrangements as well as provides a place to allow patrons to select own for flowers an arrangement. Hinkle, A University of Utah alumnus, feels that the quality of 'Bravo' to Mexican photographer's exhibit at Artist captures the human spirit of life in modern Mexican culture By Grant Sperry Chronicle Assistant Feature Editor ' beliefs and practices between the depth. "It's religions of the European colonizers and the traditional really interesting," University of Utah student Tyler McMillen said, "how he mixes the archetypal images of ancient Aztec culture with the poverty of religions of the Aztec and Mayan people," Loving said. Text accompanies some of the photographs. But rather than literalizing the images that are displayed, the text, often referring to Aztec and Mayan mythology, the people. It's two cultures clashing." This clashing, creates further sparks the imaginative the and process gives photographs a more pervasive and European photographers often work to portray a The magical potential of Mexican of work the photographer Manuel Alvarez dejectedness or pathos in their subjects, the Mexican peasants in Bravo's work stand proudly. His work reveals their strength and humanity and allows them to speak something of their own story, one obviously complex and empowering. This complexity arises in part from the juxtaposition of Bravo's text with some of his photographs and his invocation of specific mythological gods do not deal with discount merchandise like some of the other places," he stated. Celestial long-stemm- U. campus from .Aztec and Mayan This not only feeds mythology. the imagination but gives the photographs and their subject matter (whether this is people or things created and destroyed by people) an imaginative power as well as symbolic validity within the real world that humans exist in. That i(; Bravo's camera captures an''-- expresses what exists, but might not be noticed otherwise the strength of the human soul. Bravo describes the intent of his project in an assertion out of the Talmud, "If you want to see the invisible, carefully observe the visible." Continuing, he meditates on how photography can explore such realms, "the Bravo. His work is temporarily on exhibit at the University of Utah Fine Arts Museum. Born on Feb. 4, 1902, Bravo's work spans the life experience of invisible is always contained and present in a work of art which recreates it. If the invisible cannot be seen in it, then the work of art does not exist." Speaking about Bravo's work, twentieth century Mexicans. of the premiere photographers of the world," according to Chuck Loving, assistant director of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Bravo's work is well known and "One David Pursley, curator of Education for the Salt Lake Art Center, said, "the biggest thing about his work is a duality of his is first The intent. he in how photographically, respected. "He maintains a dualism and between European traditional Mexican cultures," "that continued, Loving manifests itself in two ways. Formally, he was trained in Europe and influenced by the r a powerful and unique portrayal of Mexican life. While American photography is made manifest in surrealists, and at the same time he was influenced by both Mayan and Aztec art as well as the Muralists. "In content, he captures both the conflict and the synthesis of J composes the images; the second is by the spiritual nature of the image. You can often find that out in simply how he titles the photograph." This spirituality that Pursley 11 &i touches upon is perhaps the I - .- -- - .- - - Los Agachados The Crouched Ones, 1932-3- 4 single most important aspect of Bravo's work. It can be seen in his portraits, in stills of city, as well as country life, in his nudes, and see "Bravo" on page ten ed |
