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with the comments of
Michigan artists, gallery
owners and collectors who
have not seen the play, are
sampled here as an over-
ture to the Detroit perfor-
mances:
Aviva Robinson, artist
and collector:
"I saw the play in
London two years ago and
enjoyed it. It expressed
three typical viewpoints of
art. I think that any work
that changes the way we
look at things is art even
if it's shocking, and white
on white makes us look
more intensely at color."
ON THE JNE COVER: Robert Ryman'i
"Winsor 6,"1965; oil on linen. "When I saw
_Art' in London, I thought of Robert Ryman, who
paints white on white canvases that are extraor-
dinarily beautiful and have depth," says Lois
Pincus Cohn, collector and owner of Artspace
In "Winsor 6," part of a private collection,
regular bands of white paint fill the canvas.
According to "The 20th Century Artbook"
(Phaidon), Ryrnans works are not about subject
matter but are concerned with the physical act of
painting. "There is never any question of what
to paint," said Ryman, "but how to paint." _
Painting on the theme of the white monochrome
for most of his career, Ryman took the title of this
work from the company Winsor and Newton,
who produced his chosen brand of paint.
Barbara Kratchman, president of
ArtServe Michigan and collector:
"Art is in the eyes of the beholder.
In my home, I have amorphous
pieces of sculpture and some colorful
metal cylinders that are painted in
outrageous colors. We keep them in
high-visibility areas. Some might call
them wacky, but we think they're
creative, innovative and well execut-
ed. They make us smile, and we're
thrilled with them."
Marc Schwartz, collector:
"I think white on white can be
great art. I'm not necessarily a
Minimalist, but I am a linear person
so this kind of work is really right up
my alley. I have a series on my wall
that looks like finger paintings of
straight lines, and I think they're
spectacular. If people don't think
straight lines are art, they wouldn't
know what to call a lot of stuff on
my wall. For me, art is any work that
can be put in a context that gives me
pleasure."
Arlene Selik, co-director of the
Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak:
"Art has to do with ideas and the
expression of ideas. If an artist wants
to express an idea with white on
white and feels that the idea was
communicated, then it's successful.
It's all subjective."
Lynn Avadenka, artist:
"I saw the play in New York and
enjoyed it, and I think that art has a
right to be seen. That doesn't mean
that I have to like it. There's histori-
cal art that's important in context,
but I wouldn't have it in my home."
Deanna Sperka, artist:
"A work of art is not isolated. It
has to do with the artist, his or her
history and intention. An artist is.
very much involved in discovery,
whether it's of self or the creative arts
process. Each artist is learning from
doing the work, stripping ideas down
to their most basic foundation and
trying to describe them. The kind of
artwork described in the play would
be part of the Minimalist movement,
which helps people explore through a
two-dimensional plane. Ad
Reinhardt did that by working with
black instead of white."
.
Arnold Klein, owner of the Arnold
Klein Gallery in Royal Oak:
"The question of defining art is
very old, and I'm a bit arrogant
about it. I believe I know what is
better art and have seen that great
painters have done white on white
works very successfully."
Lois Pincus Cohn, collector and
owner of Artspace II in
Birmingham:
"White on white can be very mov-
ing, but sometimes it just appears
blank. It's not about being facile and
quick; it's about painterly techniques.
When I saw Art in London, I
thought of Robert Ryman, who
paints white on white canvases that
are extraordinarily beautiful and have
depth."
Art runs at the Fisher Theatre
Jan. 11-30. Performances are 8
p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays and 7
p.m. Sundays. $25-$47.50.
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