`ExquisiteNorpse' Events

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*Over 60 pieces of artwork
a silent auction process, which r
Art Center, 117 W. Liberty. Free.

isplay and availaale via
rough Friday, Medi a yAil f Arbor

kick ,off reception — between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Thlifs ay, Feb.
12, at tne irctugan Theater, 603 E. Liberty — unveils three oversized
"Exquisite acerpges." Free. The surrealistic film Un Chien Andalou and
surrealistic animations begin at 8:30 p.m. $4.50.

At 4,referential rather
*Other surrealistic films, -so defined because
wOch will be shown
zy,
Lost
Hi
than narrative, include David Lynch's
duled for 10:15
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at 11:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, and his
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, both at the Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty.
$6.501$4.50 AAAC members.

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*"Exquisite '4 1. se" kits are currently available at two Espresso Royale
0 Packard and the other at 214 S. Main. Artists
Gaffes, one 'oat
to be compiled in a book at the Ann Arbor Art
can leave their
1
be at the Main Street Cafe at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Center. An inst cto
'the
creations.
Free.
Feb. 15, to help

hework
*Richard Rubenfeld gives the exhibition an vv.
through his lecture "Surrealism and the Exquis C4.: The Exquisite
e AAAC, 117 W
Corpse in Context" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
ittoo"
Liberty. Free.

l '''''N
Fami .,'workshops conducted by Julie Edwards will provide some fun
birth of the " quisite Corpse" and then encourage fami-
facts araiit
1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the
eir
own betw
I.
•rovided. $5 per person.
AAtrf 7 W. Liberty. Ma

*Enoch Brater, University
"Surrealism in Literature" at 1
and Music, 612 E. Liberty. Free.

encing the pleasure of creating them
together. Through this exercise, we see
the beauty of what can't be anticipated
or explained."
The exhibit at the AAAC and asso-
ciated activities, according to
Rubenfeld, demonstrate what artists
will do to take art one step further.
Deborah Friedman is one of the
artists working in teams of three to
create a unique "Exquisite Corpse."
Her team is among 20 groups of pro-
fessional artists donating their
"Corpses" for a silent auction benefit-
ing the gallery's programs.
"We learned a little bit about art
history and found the experience to be
outrageously funny," said Friedman, a
printmaker who collaborated on two
pieces with fellow printmaker
Madeline Barkey and watercolorist
Lenore Gimpert.
One result, titled "A Woman's
Heart," has an anatomical heart paint-
ed by Barkey, valentine shapes added
by Gimpert and a clock-like head plus

green-onion legs designed by
Friedman.
The other work, still untitled,
shows a blue square head with chil-
dren's figures for the eyes formed by
Barkey, a fruit and vegetable basket
for the torso added by Friedman
and a valentine heart and stockings
filled in by Gimpert.
"I think each project shows us
how different we are as artists while
forcing us to be united in our
work," Friedman said. "We threw
out our inhibitions and came up
with images that are automatic, dol.-
orful, loose and even wild."
Judith Jacobs and her team exper-
imented with the process before
devising several works that will be
featured at the show. Jacobs, a col-
lage enthusiast, worked with Ellen
Wilt, a figurative painter, and Helga
Haller, who uses various media.
"I found it very stimulating to work
with others," said Jacobs, who added
duck feet to a piece that includes a

tgan English professor, will discuss
. Sunday, Feb. 22, at Borders Books

ide a history
*An instru
of the " quisiwcorpse" and lead
round of literary
the audien
surrealistic g t 3 p.m. Sunday,
March 8, at Borders, 612 E. Liberty.
Free.

rtistic
*The closing reception f
event runs 6-9 p.m. Frida
13, at the AAAC, whe
ent
time to meet the art
auction results will be announced.
Free.

human head finished by Wilt and a
rooster torso done by Haller. "It's not
just a gimmick. People will see that a
theme can turn into fine art."

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Above, left: found it very stimulating to
work with others," said Judith Jacobs, who
added duck feet to a piece that includes a
human head finished by Ellen Wilt and a
rooster torso done by Helga Haller.

Left: Another "Exquisite Corpse" collabo-
ration by the Jacobs/Wilt/Haller team.

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