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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.