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e's only 3-years-old, but he
knows what he knows.
My son, Noah. A crit-
ic. Not just a "critic," but an
erudite, sophisticated toddler who
scoffs at Picasso's "blue period"
and becomes mesmerized — or
dizzy — staring at an abstract
work by Jackson Pollock. Like his
father, he could look at van Gogh's
work from morning until night in
a state of awe, wonderment and
sympathy.
By the way, Noah won't lie.
Doesn't know how — yet. That's
why he's destined to be an art crit-
ic. He speaks his mind, loves "aes-
thetic bliss" and has a
sophisticated taste for a good
cookie.
Life, he's already learned, can
be that simple. So can good art.
Noah has been to quite a few
art galleries. Some places even
welcome him back. After all, he's
shown uncanny patience and tol-
erance for such a young spirit.
The following is intended as a
notification and perhaps, a warn-
ing to those galleries that could
be the next visit for a young boy
with deep-blue eyes and a con-
templative frown. Don't treat him
like a 3-year-old, for goodness
sake. He's there for the art. And,
by the way, have some cookies
ready.
These galleries caught Noah's
attention:
New or novice collectors will
appreciate the wide range of
works in all mediums at the
Lemberg Gallery. "Works for
Young Collectors" features the
art of local and international
artists. The works of sculpture
and paintings offer a truly eclec-
tic exhibit, ranging from the rep-
resentational to abstract and
minimalist.
"This type of exhibit allows us
to introduce new artists and lets
people know that they can start
collecting," said Darlene Carroll,
manager of the gallery.
All the art at Lemberg Gallery
is priced from $2,500 and less.
The exhibit runs through Jan. 28.
Illustrations in children's books
has gained a growing number of
collectors. Elizabeth Stone
Gallery is one of two galleries in
the country to exclusively exhib-
it children's book illustrators.
For the next several weeks, the
gallery will exhibit a range of chil-
dren's book illustrators including
Gennady Spirin, one of the most
popular. The works are primari-
ly watercolors and are available
in lithographs, posters and orig-

inal works. Prices range from
$150 to $7,000.
Touch Of Light has a collec-
tion of blown glass, including
signed and dated paper weights,
bowls and free-form objects. Glass
blower John Fitzpatrick runs the
gallery along Woodward in Fer-
ndale. The colorful work of the
Scandinavian- trained artist can

written in Japanese, Chinese and
English. This approach is rooted
in the wall paintings of Pompeii
and the 17th-century Dutch still
lifes.
Michael Kenna photographs
on exhibit at the Halsted
Gallery offer the type of myste-
rious images that invoke modem-
day allegories. Mr. Kenna's work

Jonathan Bonner's "Inversion #9" at the Lemberg Gallery.

be found in galleries across the
country, and as far away as
Japan.
Touch Of Light will offer
glass-blowing classes this winter.
The super-surrealist paintings
of Young-Hoon Ko will be ex-
tended to the end of the month at
David Klein Gallery. Young-
Hoon Ko, a painter from Seoul,
South Korea, has created a com-
pelling visual landscape that
tricks the eye and challenges ba-
sic perceptions. It also draws at-
tention to the place where
knowledge is embedded in the
word and the image.
Young-Hoon Ko's paintings
present manmade or natural ob-
jects over the pages of open books

also will be shown at the Detroit
Institute of Arts later this year.
Haunting black-and-white
photos of the landscapes of Eng-
land and the seaside castles of
France give Mr. Kenna's images
a timeless and transcendental
quality. His pictures of the Rouge
Plant and other industrial mills
seemingly show an industry
about to be eclipsed by the im-
pending mist of a new age.
With a name like Revolution
Gallery, what would you expect?
Beginning Jan. 14, "Portrait of
Our Times" will feature "the psy-
chological and socio-political com-
plexities of our culture through
the figure." In other words, plen-
ty of fascinating portraits by some