SALADS PIZZA Every Picture Tells A Story SALAD Exhibit looks at the power of ideas that transcend the written word. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News T CAE SA BEHIND OUR RESTAURANT LAVOSH Helen was an illusion. Goldsmith's work, a photostat on paper, has French words arranged not for meaning but for the way they look and would sound if they were spoken. That approach runs through all his projects regardless of language. "I'm not concerned about common sense," says Goldsmith, who was trained at the Rhode Island School of he tide of the next show at Center Galleries in Detroit is "On Language: Text and Beyond," but for two Jewish artists, the "beyond" appears more important than the "text." Andrea Eis, a Royal Oak artist whose main interest is photog- raphy, will show an installa- tion, "Eidolon: Helen at the Walls of Troy." Kenneth Goldsmith, a New York artist who does unconventional books, is represented in an untitled wall piece that hangs at the Merce Cunningham Dance Co. in the city where he lives. "The exhibit looks at the personal rhetoric of 16 artists — visual artists, composers, a choreographer and poets — who use words, notational scores, compositional scores Andrea Eis: "I think words suggest an emotional and scientific structures that level that gives greater depth to the piece." examine the theory that ideas are closer to language than to images," says Michelle Spivak, gallery director. Design. "The words are meant to be Eis' piece references the idea of read, but not conventionally." phantom and whether Helen of Troy Goldsmith, trained as a visual artist, was just that. The use of the Greek started with book images and then word for phantom, "Eidolon," along became more interested in words. with a large-scale photograph from Working with foreign languages he Greek statuary, covers her wall space, does not understand, Goldsmith uses which extends through a draped cur- dictionaries and maps out his text tain held in place by bricks. with a bland print style that does not "I think words suggest an emotional distract attention from the words and level that gives greater depth to the their placement. piece," says Eis, who earned a degree Although he has been commissioned in archaeology and lived in a kibbutz to do single pieces in Yiddish and near an archaeological site in Israel Hebrew and has shown at the Jewish before deciding to become an artist. "I Museum in New York, Goldsmith like the play of words as well as now applies his style to books, some as images." thick as 600 pages. Eis, who has a master's degree in art "They look like regular books, but from Cranbrook, teaches art and art I'm just interested in the way the history at Oakland University. She has words look together," he says. shown her work at the Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Cranbrook and the "On Language: Text and Beyond" Detroit Artists Market. runs March 31-April 28 at Center "Although I have used text with my Galleries, 301 Frederick photography for years, this is the first Douglass, Detroit. Hours are 10 piece in which I've used a Greek a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. word," says Eis, who relates not know- (313) 664-7800. ing the word to not knowing whether SANDWICHES PIZZA , E;ES AT IELEGRAPH AND MAPLE IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS This Month Featuring... Our New Light Side Menu & Our Fabulous Flourless Chocolate Decadence Cake Come into to order your Chocolate Decadence Cake Before April 4, and receive a MADE TO ORDER GOU'""iVE.FT WINE FREE Appetizer Card SELD-MORI to enjoy in our dining room. gASI & PIZZA COME IN AND ASK US ABOUT OUR OFF-SITE CATERING OR CALL 248-865-9300 lassic. American cuisine with regional and contemporary accents. An elegant setting is complimented with cigar lounge and an extensive wine list with over 125 selections. aR ---H L_ L_. 3600 Centerpoint Parkway, Pontiac Located inside The Marriott at Centerpoint 2 48 . 6 48.6034 ❑ r 1 SLAB FOR 2 $2 OFF 1 BBQ CHICKEN FOR 2 $2 OFF Includes: 2 Potatoes, 2 Slaws and 2 Garlic Breads L: 1 Coupon Per Order • Dine In or Cany-Out • Expires 4-13-2001 r Wtth or Without Skin Includes: 2 Potatoes, 2 Slaws and 2 Garlic Breads JN J L . 1 Coupon Per Order • One In or Carry-Out • Expires 4-13-2001 ORCHARD LAKE RD. SOUTH OF 14 • Farm. Hills • 851-7000 JN ALSO GOOD AT OUR UVOMA LOCATION ON PLYMOUTH D. 3/30 2001 69