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ELIZABETH LURIE
Elizabeth Lurie is caught up with form as she creates a wide
range of functional sculpture — teapots, bowls, cups and vases.
Lurie works with porcelain because it lends itself to fine artic-
ulation of texture and detail. She lets white dominate so that
color does not distract from the shape of each piece.
As she gets ready for her sixth summer show in Ann Arbor, the
only outdoor show in which she participates, the artist is executing
new forms in an extension of her basic style.
"I've been working with porcelain for 25 years, and I use sim-
ple, organic, delicate lines," says the Farmington Hills artist,
whose work regularly appears at the Detroit Artists Market,
Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak and Pewabic Pottery in Detroit. "I
look at the art fair as an opportunity to display the full range of
what I do."
Although Lurie was interested in art since childhood, she
turned to a more practical education at the University of
Michigan and became a teacher. After she started having a fami-
ly, she began taking classes at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Association and applied her talents while her children were in
school.
As her youngsters became more independent, she found more
time for her artistry. A recent exhibition at the Janice Charach
Epstein Museum/Gallery included a kiddush cup she did with
inscriptions from the Torah.
Lurie's experiences in Ann Arbor, where she can watch people
respond to her work, have led to some changes in her approach.
"People commented on how delicate my work seemed, and I
began to think of ways to make them feel comfortable about
touching it," says Lurie, 58, who has two bowls in the perma-
nent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. "I made heavier
pieces and added handles."
Elizabeth Lurie: "Vase," porcelain.
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Al Lachman considers himself a colorist. Each painting
has a totally different color scheme.
A Conversation, for example, is done in reds to capture
the mood of a ghost town close to the Rocky Mountains.
"I'll be showing serigraphs and monoprints," says the
Illinois artist about this year's show in Ann Arbor. "Although
they are representational, they should not be taken literally.
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Al Lachman: 'A Conversation," serigraph.
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They have a strong abstract base and are very contemporary"
Lachman, who has been employed as a commercial
artist and woodworker, has been part of the Ann Arbor
summer scene about a dozen times.
."I go to an art fair just about every weekend," says
Lachman, 62, whose travels can bring out emotions that
translate into his work. When I do something artistical-
ly, my inspiration comes from within. It's for myself, and
then I sell it."
Lachman has traveled throughout the
United States, England and France. He
hopes to get to Israel.
"My idea is to make every piece
unique," says the artist, who studied at
Syracuse University and who is represented
in galleries in Illinois and Wisconsin. "I
could paint the same pair of shoes 100
times, and each would be different."
Lachman feels a strong attachment to
a life-size series he did on the homeless.
Although he's had it on gallery display,
he keeps the works in his home, where
he also has individual pieces from specif-
ic segments of his work and paintings
that have won awards.
"I like the Ann Arbor fair because the
audience is very sophisticated and it's run by
professionals," Lachman says. "Sometimes, I
do work on commission because people will
see an item but need it in a different size."