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Matt De Genaro specializes in figural sculptures using a variety of
materials. His "Inner Tube Man" is on exhibit at the "Cranbrook Auto
Show."
The Car And The Camera
Above: Tyree Guyton's "Heidelberg Express: Driving to the Suburbs,"
is a working car used to promote his "Heidelberg Project" in Detroit,
in which Guyton used Heidelberg Street as a canvas for his paints.
Above right: Kcalb Gniw Spirit (Black Wing Spirit) is one of two
outdoor installations at the "Cranbrook Auto Show" and was created
by a consortium of eight Detroit artists. A rusted Chevy Blazer was
towed to Cranbrook and, in a "Libationz Ceremony" with tribal
drums, the group paid homage to the spirit of the car.
always 'rah, rah,' " said Rau. "We were so impressed with
Bruce Thayer's work that we gave him a one-man show
within the exhibit — 19 works on paper and sculpture."
Thayer takes a satirical look at the automotive industry
with his show "One Down-Sizing Fits All."
"The outcome of the exhibition has surpassed our
wildest expectations," said Rau." (The artists are) pro-
viding an alternative viewpoint of the industry." El
The "Cranbrook Auto Show": Michigan Artists Explore
the Impact of the Automobile on 20th Century Ameri-
can Culture" runs through September 1 at Cranbrook
Art Museum. A special artists' lecture featuring Mari-
lyn Zimmerman, Bruce Thayer, Robert Crise Jr. and
Gary Zych will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27,
in the DeSalle Auditorium. The lecture is included with
the museum admission. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m.-9
p.m. Thursdays; and 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. Admis-
sion is $4 for adults and $2 for full-time student.4, chil-
dren and senior citizens. Children under 7 and Art
Museum members are admitted free. 1221 N. Wood-
ward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills. (810) 645-3312.
ust a short cruise down Woodward,
another museum is celebrating the
American Automobile Centennial
through the visual arts.
The Detroit Institute ofArts is show-
casing "The Car and the Camera: The
Detroit School of Automotive Photog-
raphy," which spotlights the 1950s-
1970s, a time when Detroit was the
epicenter of American automotive
manufacturing and Detroit photogra-
phers created new ways of shooting
and seeing automobiles.
The exhibit, which opened June 16,
features 75 color and black and white
photographs, with some from the 1980s
and '90s as well. The images were col-
lected from the original photographers,
Ford Motor Co., the GM Media
Archives and the National Automotive
Historical Collection at the
Detroit Public Library.
This 1959 Buick Electra 225
In addition, visitors to the is one of 75 photos featured
DIA should take another in the "Car and the Camera"
look at the "Detroit Industry exhibit at the DIA.
Frescoes," a tribute to auto
workers and the auto industry by Mexican artist Diego
Rivera. The frescoes portray scenes Rivera witnessed
at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Industrial Complex in the
1930s. The frescoes are in the Rivera Court. Li
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fl "T he Car and the Camera: The Detroit School of
Automotive Photography" runs through Nov. 24 at
the Detroit Institute of Arts. Museum hours are 11
a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays. The exhibition is free with
a recommended museum admission of $4 for adults,
$1 for children and students. DIA members are five.
5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit. (313) 833-7900.
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