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NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

painted was 90 percent
dreams and 10 percent reali-
ty." Looking at one of his ear-
ly paintings of Jerusalem,
with swirls of blues and
purples, he says, "The art was
dreamlike. It was naive and
loving. Today, Israeli art
reflects the art of the rest of
the world. Israeli artists are
no longer dreaming. They
have woken up; and they
woke up to a tough, violent
world."
But Mr. Stern's art has not
turned tough or violent.
Although his paintings are
more realistic than they were
40 years ago and he produced
more abstract drawings, the
symbolism is still biblical and
the themes are still vignettes
of Jerusalem life. He says,
"Jerusalem is my stage.
There are so many cultures
and traditions here, so many
adventures. Jerusalem is a
little paradise for an artist."
His greatest wish is to see
peace come to this paradise:
"I believe that there will be
peace because I have no
choice but to believe this.
Many miracles have happen-
ed here." But wryly he says
that artists usually paint a
beautiful world even though
it takes a political genius to
create one. "Picasso's Guer-
nica did not stop the war in
Spain and doves haven't stop-
ped the fighting here," he
wryly points out. A frequent
symbol in his paintings in
the last 10 years has been a
rooster, straining its neck so
powerfully that you almost
hear a scream — a cry for
peace, according to Mr. Stern.
But he is removed from
"real politics" and even when
he was in the Haganah, the
precursor of the Israeli army,
he fought with a pen rather
than a rifle. As an art jour-
nalist he drew cartoons to
boost morale. "If you're going
to have a gun pointed at you,'
he says, "you'd better also
have something to make you
smile and keep your spirits
up." Today he frequently lec-
tures to young army recruits,
as well as tourists and youth
groups. Mischievously, he
says he delivers the same
message to everyone:
"Believe in God and do
something good. And if you
can't do that, then paint." 0

Women's Group
Gives Concert

Sweet Honey, a five-women
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the Attic's 1992 Guest Artist
Series 8 p.m. Jan. 3 at Or-
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Sweet Honey's performance
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Edison Foundation. For ticket
information, call the box of-
fice, 875-8284.

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