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Stately
Creations

Zoltan Sepeshy: Driftwood, tempura and hardboard, 1941.

The works of 19th- and 20th-
century Michigan artists will
be on display through Feb.
14 at the Creative Arts Cen-
ter, 47 Williams St., Pontiac.
The exhibit includes oil, wa-
tercolor, pastel and other
media in paintings and
drawings held by six collec-
tors, some artists themselves.
Robert Hopkin is one of the
artists whose works are be-
ing shown. His gallery, The
Hopkin Club, has become the
Scarab Club. (810) 333-7849.

Woven Collaborations

Lillian Elliott and Pat Hickman made fiber history
by collaborating for two decades. Elliott created the
skeletons of baskets, while Hickman went on to en-
close them with sausage casing (gut) that would dry
and shrink to tight, thin and translucent surfaces.
One or the other would paint each basket with
acrylics.
A limited number of their baskets, shown in the
Sybaris Gallery exhibition "Enduring Spirit," points
up the complex shapes found in
Lillian Elliott/Pat
their blended, artistry, which ended
Hickman: Hooded, with
s death in 1994. The
mixed materials. baskets, which push scale to its lim-
its, can be seen through March 8 at the gallery, 202
E. Third St., Royal Oak. (810) 5443388.

Classics With Humor

Paul Giovanopoulos: Mona
Lisa, acrylic and mixed
media on canvas.

Paul Giovanopoulos paints identifiable subjects in a series of 20th-
century styles. His works currently fill the David Klein Gallery, 163
Townsend, Birmingham.
The exhibit, "Important Paintings from 1988-95," is the artist's
first show in Michigan. It takes on humorous proportions because
the images are new and old at the same time. Art fanciers will rec-
ognize some very popular approaches as they study the display, which
continues through Feb. 8. (810) 433-3700.

figurative
Definitions

Out Of Chicago

Art that shows the influence of cartoons and
comics is the mainstay of a new Royal Oak
gallery, C POP, 515 S. Lafayette. The works
of three underground artists from Chicago —
Shane Swank, Kymm! and Karen Zilly — are
represented in the current exhibition, which
closes Feb. 16.
Swank often captures downs and other char-
acters in dark situations. Kymm! paints man-
nequins in unusual attire..Zilly's portraits are
reminiscent of children's paintings. (810) 398-
9999.

Shane Swank: Pop Tarts, acrylic on masonite.

"Natural Currents," a February exhibition
at the Creative Resource Gallery, 162 N.
Woodward, Birmingham, offers works of
two regional artists while exploring two un-
derstandings of figurative art — repre-
sentational pieces that are grounded in
nature and human forms that
Norma
are shown through drawing,
Penchansky
painting or sculpture.
Glasser.
Norma Penchansky Glasser
Woman
produces bronze sculptures and
Waiting,
charcoal drawings that depict
bronze.
the human figure as an ele-
ment of motion, while Michael
Martin presents pencil drawings that pare
down a complex vision to a singular mo-
ment. (810) 647-3688.

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