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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1987
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Can the fanciful and
rarefied world of art suc-
cessfully mix with the precise
and rational world of law? A
young Southfield couple
thinks it can.
Joanna and Jay Abramson
are practicing attorneys, who
at the same time, also run a
highly successful art gallery
in their home.
Convinced they are working
at a pace they can handle, the
Abramsons organize their
lives to encompass their law
practices, their two-year-old
Gallery Yakir, a 14-month-old
toddler and a large dog who
believes she's human.
Starting an art gallery is an
ambitious prospect for
anyone, but combining it with
the practice of law is an in-
triguing and unusual way to
make a living. The Abram-
sons just "sort of happened in-
to it."
Whereas
Abramson's
knowledge and interest in art
grew more or less "on the job,"
learning from the artists and
gallery owners they dealt
with, Mrs. Abramson's art
developed over many years.
As a child she'd been exposed
to the art collections of her
parents and grandparents.
She lived in Israel for a few
years and, says her husband,
"one of her jobs was as an art
journalist for the magazine,
the Israel Economist. In fact,
she started the magazine's art
column Through it she met
various artists and gallery
owners with whom she
became close friends. She had
the desire to take this art
abroad for the exposure; to
create a market for it
overseas. Israel's a small
place.
"We met a few years after
this. Joanna was still in law
school at the time we got mar-
ried, and part of her law
school requirements meant
she had to do legal intern-
ships. The last one she did in
Israel, working for a civil
rights association. During the
time she was working I
helped establish the beginn-
ings of the business of the art
gallery. It took off from there.
We brought back works of
several artists, including
Aharon Bezalel. It turned out
there are several collectors of
his work here. We had a very
successful exhibition of- his
sculptures two years ago?'
Bezalel is now in his 60s,
and is described as a
Jay and Joanna Abramson: Lawyers with an art gallery in their home.
humanistic sculptor, who
The running of the gallery
works in bronze, brass and
is divided between the two,
wood. Many of his works can
but their duties overlap. Mrs.
be separated into several
Abramson takes the major
pieces and arranged accor-
role in managing the gallery,
ding to personal taste. Often
while her husband looks after
the sculptures are large
the business aspects of it and
enough to be used as
does the heavy work. They
playground toys.
both do the selling, although,
Gallery Yakir does not on-
as Jay explains, "Art work
ly carry Bezalel's work.
sells itself — we don't have to."
Among their other artists are
"One delightful thing about
Farideh, an Iranian-born
art is we make friends with
Israeli who is an abstract
every sale, and I can't think
landscape painter; Calman
of a nicer way to do business."
Shemi who makes soft pain-
he continues. "Law isn't that
tings that are a collage of
way. It's usually adversarial,
light skeins of wool punched
though you can make so-
through by a machine; Gabi
meone happy eventually, but
Klasmer, an expressionist ar-
there are more headaches and
tist of German extraction,
problems in law. We don't
who paints highly lacquered
have that in the art world, or
pictures with vibrant colors;
at least not yet?'
and the highly amusing por-
trait painter, Benjamin Levy.
mm'imml NEWS I
From time to time the
Abramsons have other artists
represented. Much of the
Alleged Nazi
work the gallery carries is not
Flees U.S.
typical Judaica, or even
Philadelphia (JTA) — Serge
Jewish in theme.
Kowalchuk, an alleged Nazi
"Our main purpose," ex-
during World War II who has
plains Mrs. Abramson, "has
been convicted of lying about
been to bring Israeli art to the
his past on his request for an
Detroit public. I think people
American visa and later
are very interested in helping
citizenship, failed to appear at
Israel, and this is a unique
a deportation hearing June
and important way, not only
19. His attorney divulged
to support the artists
that he has fled to Paraguay
themselves, but, in the case of
to avoid the possibility of be-
someone like Bezalel, his
ing returned to face trial in
works get manufactured in a
the Soviet Union.
foundry, so we are helping
According to Ronnie
more people?'
Edelman, an attorney for the
The people who visit the
Office of Special Investiga-
gallery come by appointment
tions of the U.S. Department
only, having heard about it by
of Justice, the proceedings
word of mouth; the Abram-
against Kowalchuk, 67, of
sons rarely advertise. This,
Philadelphia, will be held in
the Abramsons feel, leads to
absentia, with the OSI seek-
a very friendly, comfortable
ing an order of deportation
atmosphere, and allows the
from Immigration and
young couple to lead their
Naturalization Service.
dual lives.