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Ceramics Exhibit
At Sybaris Gallery
A one-person show of
ceramics by Nancy Selvin will
open at the Sybaris Gallery,
March 27 through April 25.
Ms. Selvin's ceramics focus on
a series of still-life explora-
tions juxtaposing form, color
and architectural space. Per-
sonal or historical references
are often included as she
builds space and reorganizes
domestic forms which em-
phasize material and process.
Her wall-mounted vignettes
consist of rather off-handed
shelf fragments of rough-
edged wall board on which
are set what amounts to
sculptural sketches of cups,
bottles, pots, plates or eggs
with multi-layers of under-
glaze to build deeper, richer
tones.
Combining clay with other
materials and abandoning
the isolated vessel form open-
ed new pathways for Ms.
Selvin. The spare composi-
tions of line, volume and
plane established the poetic
relationship she was looking
for. The clay object was no
"Ledge with Bottles"
longer a paramount material;
context and structure
emerged.
This way of working, com-
bining elements to build a
picture, led to the current
mixed-media still-life con-
structions in which the artist
continues to explore form and
its relationship to space.
Recently, Ms. Selvin has been
experimenting with room-
size, site-specific, installation
sculpture. Although these
pieces are more personal and
narrative, the focus is on
distilling domestic interiors.
U-M Art Museum
Slates Exhibits
The nature of illusion and
abstraction will be the focus
of the exhibition Realist
Prints: Then and NoNir
(1970-1990), on view at the
University of Michigan
Museum of Art March
21-July 26. Organized by
Curator of Western Art
Hilarie Faberman, Realist
Prints is designed to comple-
ment the upcoming Museum
of Art exhibition Sylvia
Plimack Mangold: Works on
Paper 1968-1991 (April
11-June 7).
In conjunction with both ex-
hibitions, the Museum of Art
will present a symposium titl-
ed "Realsim: Then and Now
(1970-1990)" 2-4 p.m. April 11
in Angell Hall, Auditorium B.
The symposium will address
issues of abstraction and
representation that have
challenged Realist artists
since 1970. Speakers will in-
clude artists Yvonne Jac-
quette, Catherine Murphy
and Linda Nochlin. A panel
discussion will follow, with
additional speakers.
The Friends of the Univer-
sity of Michigan Museum of
Art will "go Hollywood' at
this year's version of their an-
nual spring fund raiser 5-8
p.m. March 28. The festivities
begin in Hale Auditorium,
UM School of Business, with
a multi-media presentation
entitled "Chic to Chic, the
Costuming of Hollywood," by
Detroit collector and fashion
historian Sandy Schreier.
At 6:30 p.m. the action will
move to the Museum of Art
apse for a champagne and
hors d'oeuvres buffet, with
music by the Ron Brooks Duo.
For ticket information and
reservations, call the
museum, 747-2064.
Story Quilts by Faith Ring-
gold, an exhibition of 13
technicolor quilts by Harlem-
born artist Faith Ringgold,
will open at the University of
Michigan Museum of Art
March 21 through May 17.
Organized by the Fine Arts
Museum of Long Island in
1990, this exhibition is on a
national tour.
In conjunction with Story
Quilts by Faith Ringgold, the
Museum of Art has planned
a series of events. These in-
clude a family program by
gospel singer Rose Smith
10:30 a.m. March 28, in the
Museum of Art (no admission
charge); a symposium on
women's lives and their nar-
ration titled "Not Losing Her
Memory" 2 p.m. April 4 in
Angell Hall, Auditorium B
(no admission charge); and a
CHAMPS Quiltmaking
Workshop 2-4 p.m. April 26.