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On June 29, the Toledo Museum of Art
opens "Andy Warhol's Dream America:
Screenprints from the Collection of the
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation."
Featuring more than 100 works — many
in rarely seen, complete portfolios — that
span Warhol's celebrated career, it remains
on view in the Canaday Gallery through
Sept. 9.

Andy Warhol: Sarah Bernhardt from
Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th
Century, 1980; screenprint on Lenox
Museum Board.

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Known for his
repeated explorations
of popular culture,
Warhol was one of
the most influential
American artists
of the 20th century.
`Andy Warhol revo-
lutionized both art
making and the
persona of the artist,"
said Dr. Amy Gilman, the museum's associ-
ate curator of modern and contemporary
art. "He changed what had been histori-
cally appropriate for art objects and used
mass production techniques in unprec-
edented ways."
The exhibition traces Warhol's artistic
progression through his renowned prints,
including the 1967 Marilyn Monroe portfo-
lio, the 1986 Cowboys and Indians portfolio
and his iconic Campbell's Soup cans. It also
features several individual works, includ-
ing many iconic self-portraits.
Among the featured portfolios is Ten
Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century,
completed by Warhol in 1980 in his first
collaboration with Ronald Feldman Fine
Arts. The portfolio comprises portraits
of Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein, Martin
Buber, Albert Einstein, Louis Brandeis,
George Gershwin, the Marx Brothers,
Golda Meir, Sarah Bernhardt and

Sigmund Freud.
These images were
initially planned as
silkscreen prints and
only later appeared as
paintings on canvas —
a reversal of the artist's
earlier working process.
Also, in contrast to the
artist's obsession with
the rich and powerful,
this group of portraits turns to subjects
of a different kind of fame.
As noted in the exhibition catalogue, "By
appropriating images of celebrated Jewish
leaders of the 20th century, Warhol surpris-
ingly (some might say perversely) includes
in his group not only such seminal figures
as Kafka and Martin — unquestionable
giants of literature and philosophy — but
also popular entertainers like the Marx
Brothers and Gershwin. Ever the populist,
and with his characteristic facility and
knowing playfulness, Warhol teases us into
acknowledging that the actors, comedians
and songwriters who delight and enter-
tain us may hold as large a place in our
consciousness as writers and thinkers like
Kafka, Freud and Einstein — a fully sub-
versive and radical notion."
Admission to the museum and the
exhibition is free. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and

Saturdays; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays; 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays and
major holidays. The museum is located at
2445 Monroe St. at Scottwood Avenue, just
west of the downtown business district
and one block off 1-75.
Free docent-led tours of the exhibition
are scheduled for 6:30 and 8 p.m. Friday,
June 29; 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30; 2 and
3 p.m. Sunday, July 1; 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 27; 2 and 3 p.m. Sunday, July
29; 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10;
2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11; 2 and 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 12; 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 17; 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18; 2 and
3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19; 6:30 & 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 7; 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8; 2
& 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9.
For general information and a complete
schedule of Warhol-related workshops and
special events, call (419) 255-8000 or 800-
644-6862, or visit www.toledomuseum.org .

Genius Music

Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township
presents its 10th annual senior concert 3
p.m. Sunday, July 15. An encore presenta-
tion,"Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive: Jewish
Genius in the 1940s" features Temple
Beth El's Cantorial Soloist Rachel Gottlieb
and Temple Israel's Cantor Michael
Smolash, Cantorial Soloist Neil Michaels

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Nate Bloom
Special to the Jewish News

vagik Jewish Beefcake

By coincidence, two of the most
physically impressive Jews in show-
biz, Brad Garrett, 46, and Jake
410 Steinfeld, 49, have voice roles in the
4
upcoming Disney/Pixar animated flick
Ratatouille, opening Friday, June 29.
Garrett, who tow-
ers over any crowd
at 6-foot-9-inches,
has a leading role in
Ratatouille. He voices
the ghost of a famous
French gourmet chef
Brad Garrett
who acts as a mentor
to the lead character,
a rat. Meanwhile, Garrett had some
more good news recently: His Fox TV
show, 'Til Death, was renewed despite
lackluster reviews and ratings.
Steinfeld has a bit part in the film
as the voice of a lab rat. In real life,

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starting as a body-
builder and personal
trainer, he created the
extensive line of Body
by Jake videos and
books. Along the way,
Jake
he founded the Fit TV
Steinfeld
cable station, which he
sold a few years ago
for $500 million. He also is one of
the three founders of the successful
professional Major League Lacrosse
league.

Simon Says
Simon Schama is an erudite and

entertaining historian who has
hosted such BBC/PBS series as The
History of Britain and The Six Wives

of Henry VIII.

Each episode of his new PBS
series, Power of Art, which airs
10 p.m. Mondays through July 30
on many PBS stations, including
Detroit Public Television-Channel 56,

recounts moments of high drama in
the making of great art masterpieces.
The July 30 show is about Jewish
abstract expressionist Mark Rothko
and the Seagram Murals.
Schama, 62, is a third-generation
Briton whose family roots are in
Lithuania and Turkey.
Cambridge-educated,
he's had so much
success as an author
and a TV host that
he no longer has to
hold a teaching post.
Simon
His books include
Schama
Two Rothschilds and
the Land of Israel, about James and
Edmond Rothschild's sponsorship of
early Jewish settlers in Israel.
Schama has two children with his
wife, singer-violinist Lucie Skeaping.
She has extensively recorded Jewish
music of all types and is a member
of Burning Bush, widely viewed
as the best British klezmer group

around. Her expertise in British folk
songs led the BBC to hire her to
sing songs for The History of Britain
soundtrack. The couple met at the
wrap party for that series.

Check It Out

People who track CD sales say that
most people stop listening to new
artists after they reach the age of
30. But whatever side of 30 you're
on, you would do well to check out
singer-songwriters Keren Ann and
Regina Spektor, both of whom are
relatively recent arrivals on the
music scene.
They both have MySpace Web sites,
where you can listen to some of their
critically acclaimed songs.
Keren Ann, 34, combines ele-
ments of pop, jazz and folk in her
music – mostly with a dark "noir-ish"
undertone. Her lyrics are intelligent,
and her music has a lovely flow.
Born Keren Ann Zeidel in Israel

