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THE JEWISH NEWS
Harry Cohen Again Heads Z Day;
Annual ZOD Meeting on May 19;
Announce Scholarship to Israel
Friday, April 29, 1949
Bale Post Named
Cage Champions
By Maxine R. Levin
Jewish News Art Editor
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y ‘idener and Sarkisian Two-Man Show
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•I had a real treat in a pre-
view of the two man show which
Walter Midener and Sarkis Sar-
kisian opened this week at the
Artists Market. Seeing their
work in their studios and find-
ing the artist in his natural
habitat, I was impelled to have
the artists tell me about the
forces which make them create.
I asked each artist to tell me
what he is trying to do.
Walter Midener, sculptor, said,
"My work is a statement of what
I think of the world and my
surroundings. My work is the
window of my ideas. As far as
execution goes, I make the dif-
ference between th.e material I
use and choose the material
that will serve the idea best. If
WALTER MIDENER'S
'GIRL IN THE WIND'
I use wood, I want the onlooker
to be invited to touch and feel
the wood, I want to appeal to
his sensual impulse, have him
feel it in its volume. The grain
of wood is handled to describe
the contour. If I use clay or
terra cotta, it is because it casts
every nuance of light.
"A piece of sculpture should
not be top heavy, leaning to one
quality or another, but design
and sensitive distribution of
light and shadow are balanced
to make it more real, at this
point painting and sculpture
. come the nearest. In design, I'm
after a strong architectural idea.
In form, I like the human body
as an expression of human
emotions."
Sarkis Sarkisian, painter, said:
"Exaggeration is to make for
more reality. I exaggerate a part
in order to achieve a realistic
purpose, I exaggerate in order
to concentrate on the identity of
' the thing painted. Antiquity is
important to me, knowledge of
antiquity gives a painting an
everlasting quality. What makes
a good 'Picture? —good design.
a sensitive and living line, the
sensitive relationship of color,
tasteful application of . paint, a
good painting shows a man's in-
tegrity and his personal attitude
toward life. Every bit of a
painted surface counts, from its
most delicate to its strongest
part. Mere is the sense of
touch in the application of paint
to a 'surface, every color • spa:
must show its importance, every
bine must be important and sig-
. nificant, this gives liveliness and
reality to a painting."
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Painting and sculpture are
closely allied, and the work of
these two men is closely allied
Each nodded in understanding
as the other spoke. The window
of Midener's ideas is illustrated
by "Little Prophet" and "Grief,"
both emotional pieces of the
protest of man. "Girl in the
Wind" is the exhilaration of
life, the human body expressing
human emotions of freedom and
joy. "Man with a Bird" and
"Europa and the Bull" are arch-
itectural compositions, designed
to tell a story and it is easy for
you to read that story. "Reclin-
ing Girl" is a choice piece of
wood carving in rose wood, it
is a tactile experience, you want
to caress the surface, enjoy the
color of the wood and the subtle,
restful design.
Sarkisian's paintings are par-
ticularly beautiful and exciting.
Canvasses of flowers are done
in exquisite taste and the sur-
faces he speaks of are lively,
delicate, with color relationships
brought to an almost mathe-
matical precision. These are
strong, personal, tactile surfaces.
You feel a sense of antiquity
about these paintings, there is
nothing garish about them, you
feel his respect for beauty and
his kinship to the forms of old
Greek sculpture.
"Still Life with Lemons," "The
Red Lobster" and others are ex-
periences in color and compo-
sition, with sensitive line de
scribing the identity of the sub-
ject. painted. In "Girl with the
Tropical Flowers" and "Trapeze
Performer" there is the exagger-
ation of the large heads on small
bodies which makes each more
particularly what they are; the
big eyes of the sensitive girl
looking out of the canvass and
the other a description of the
woman first in the attitude of
an arielist. These two do seem
more real and the idea more
perfectly identified by this ex-
aggeration.
The 'exhibition of sculpture
by Walter Midener and paintings
by Sarkis, opened Wednesday,
April 27, at the Detroit Artists
Market, 108 Madison Ave., and
will - continue through May 10.
Both men have exhibited wide-
ly in major art exhibitions
throughout the country and it is
a real event in Detroit art to
see this. group of sculpture and
painting.
Pfc. Joe Bale Post of the Jew-
ish War Veterans, has captured
its second successive champion-
ship in the major division bas-
ketball league of the Jewish
Community Center.
The season ended April 24,
when Bale Post defeated the
Allen Club, 45-31, to secure its
first-place standing in the
league.
A banquet is being planned by
the Center in honor of the team
at which the team and each
player will receive a trophy.
Jerome Wetsman is the Bale
coach.
Northwest Youth Group
To End Social Season
Northwest Youth Group is
progressing in its plans for the
climax of its social season, the
June 4 Club MeTing at the
Northwest Synagogue.
Gil Norman and the DeMarco
Brothers will be featured, as well
as Ralph and Earl, vaudeville
team. Iry Fields and his or-
chestra will provide music.
Tickets may be purchased
from all board members.
The Youth Cfroup will meet
May 19 at the synagogue.
To help raise funds for a stu-
dent fund for deserving young
music students, the Madrigal
Club, Detroit women's chorus,
will present a concert May 10
at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Patricia Kelly, soprano who
won the Belle Isle award in 1948,
will be soloist.
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Mlower Women Plan
Mother-Daughter Fete
Mrs. Israel Bornstein is chair-
man of the 14th. annual mother
and daughter dinner of the La-
dies Auxiliary of the Mlawer
Umgegend Verein, to be held at
6:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 3, at the
Mayfair.
A program of entertainment
and prizes to mothers and
daughters are planned.
Reservations may still be
made by calling Mrs. Burnstein
at TR. 2-4053, or the president,
Mrs. Joe Kasnher, TO. 8-0534.
Announcement also was made
this week of a $2,500 scholarship
for a year's study in Israel, to
be awarded for the year's 1949-50
to a Michigan student.
The winners will spend ap-
proximately a year in Israel,
with six months to be devoted
to organized trips throughout
the country, classes in ,HebreWs
history, Palestenography, soci,
olog•y of Israel, and Jewish life
generally, and six months to be
spent in an agricutural colony.
Applicants must be citizens of
the United States and-must pre-
sent a certificate of health for
the middle-east.
Scholarship winners must be
sponsored by their local Zionist
districts and their applications
must be counter-signed by the
president of the district. Con-
tact t h e Zionist office, WO.
5-1484, for information.
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Madrigal Chorus Gives
Concert for Student Aid
AJC Campaign Needs
Will he Discussed on
`Voice of Israel' Show •
Mrs. Alexander W. Sanders,
chairman of the Speakers' Bu-
reau for the Women's Division
of the 1949 Allied Jewish Carn-
pai,gn-- will discuss the campaign
needs on the "Voice of Israel",
a weekly presentation of station
WKMI-I,at 11 a.m. Sunday, May
1.
Mrs. Sanders is third in a
series of Women's Division
speakers to appear on the Voice
of Israel program. Mrs. Max
Frank, Division president, opened
the series April 17, followed by
Mrs. John C. Hopp, one of the
chairmen in the 1949 campaign.
YVKMH is a Dearborn station
operating at 1310 kilocycles.
Announcement was made this
week that the Zionist Organiza-
tion of Detroit has designated
May 15 for the observance of
"Annual Z Day" for the enroll-
ment of Zionist members.
Harry Cohen, veteran Zionist,
again has accepted the chair-
manship of Z-Day which will
open with a breakfast at the
Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg., at 10:30
a.m. on May 15.
Morris Jacobs, president of the
local Zionist organization, stated
C.-tat all members will have an
oportunity to place their names
in the "Book of Remembrance"
which will be deposited in the
Central Library of the Israeli
Government.
The membership drive will
culminate with the annual
meeting to be held May 19 at
Shaarey Zedek. Officers, direc-
tors and delegates to the Zionist
convention, to be held May 27
to 30 at Hotel Statler, New York,
will be elected at that meeting.
Cohen has made an apeal for
volunteers for Z-Day. Volunteer
workers are asked to call the
Zionist office, WO. 5-1484.
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