Woodward in Ferndale, "Brenda
Goodman: New Work," running
through April 5, features 11 oil-on-
paper paintings Goodman completed
from the summer of 2007 to the pres-
ent. The New York-based artist, a
Detroit native, uses the act of painting
as a direct means to communicate her
states of being.
In one series of six paintings,
Goodman forms brushstrokes like
notes to create symphonic composi-
tions showing the artist in song.
In five other works, she utilizes the
framework of each painting to set up
architectural spaces almost stage-like
in appearance. In each, a figure or
series of figures (perhaps the artist
in multiple roles) appear caught in
mid-act.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Wednesdays-Saturdays. (248) 544-
3020.
Oakland University Art Gallery,
located in 208 Wilson Hall on the 0-
U campus in Rochester, presents an
exhibit on a subject frequently in the
news. "Revolutionary Cultural Identity:
Photography and the Changing Face
of Immigration" reflects the grow-
ing impact of globalization upon the
fabric of American society with the
work of a group of 11 photo-based
artists, all first- and second-generation
immigrants, who ponder the changing
nature of identity.

French Coquette

French President Nicholas Sarkozy,
53, a practicing Catholic whose
maternal grandfather was Jewish,
is very popular with the worldwide
Jewish community for his opposi-
tion to domestic anti-Semitism,
his clear support of Israel and his
tough stand on Iran's nuclear pro-
gram.
Last year, he divorced his wife (a
Catholic whose father was Jewish)
and shortly thereafter married
Carla Bruni, 40, a beautiful fash-
ion model-singer. Bruni's sister
recently spoke to the Web site
European Jewish Press. She said
that her paternal grandfather, an
Italian Jew from Turin, converted
to Catholicism during World War II
and that Carla was born with the
family name Tedeschi, a northern
Italian name of Jewish origin.

Among the group is Rafael
Goldchain, a Jewish artist born in Chile
who now lives and works in Toronto,
and Yuri Marder, the son and grandson
of Jewish European refugees whose
"Exile Project," begun and inspired by
the immigrants of New York, chroni-
cles people who live in one language
but have their hearts in another.
An artists' panel takes place 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 9.
Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m.
Tuesdays-Sundays. The gallery also is
open during Meadow Brook Theatre
performances. (248) 370-3005.
Finally, Ann Arbor's Washington
Street Gallery launches its 10th year
with a move to a new space, at 306 S.
Main, with a grand opening reception
7-10 p.m. Friday, March 7. The gallery,
a cooperative, features contemporary
art by regional artists, among them
Norma Penchansky-Glasser, draw-
ings and sculpture; Adrienne Kaplan,
paintings; Michelle Hegyi, encaustics
and digital paintings; and Lynda Cole,
encaustics, digital art and works on
paper.
Also showing at the first exhibi-
tion in the new space are Fran Wolok,
paintings, and Nina Hauser, color pho-
tography.
Gallery hours are 12-6 p.m.
Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 12-10 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 12-5 p.m.
Sundays. (734) 761-2287. ❑

Bruni's Jewish former lovers
include Arno Klarsfeld, a French
lawyer who served in the Israeli
army and is the son of famous Nazi
hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld.
She also was involved with Jean-
Paul Enthoven, a French philoso-
pher whom she dropped for his
son, Raphael. The affair led to the
break-up of Raphael's marriage to
novelist Justine Levy, daughter of
famous writer Bernard Henri-Levy.
Bruni had a son with Raphael, and
the boy now lives in the French
president's palace. ❑

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