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The Michigan Daily
Friday, January 25, 191
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Surrealism materializes in Ann Arbor
By Sarah Ellin Siegel
In order to sound cool and cultured on
a misty night, someone calls an ob-
scured Burton Tower surrealistic. His
friends fully agree and the next after-
noon, greatly chagrined, they all run in-
to each other at The University of
Michigan Museum of Art's current
exhibit titled: "The Influence of
Surrealism on American Art", a loan
from the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum.
But not everyone effuses terms
without really knowing their
meanings; many admit to ignorance
and want to know more. Either type,
though, can get a grip on surrealism
from such greats as Max Ernst, Gorky,
and Jackson Pollock by making time to
see this show. Gerome Kamrowski,
among the artists whose work is also
included defines the show as both ".. .
historical and didactic, although by
Museum of Modern Art standards, it is
a modest show."
Though it may be small in scale, this
exhibit is in the educational tradition of
the Museum of Modern Art's collection.
Very readable and informative didactic
labels accompany each work, and also
a brochure which gives a summary of
surrealism's history, highlights of ten
of the show's artists, and concise
definitions of surrealism's processes.
The author of this supplementary
material, graduate student Lisa Vihos,
made the exhibit a great learning ex-
perience for herself as well.
Pursuing both an M.A. in the History
of Art and a Museum Practice Cer-
tificate, Vihos discovered a topic for
her master's thesis while doing resear-
ch for the show on surrealist Kay Sage.
Vihos was chosen last May to work on
the exhibit by Dr. Evan Maurer, The
University of Michigan Museum of
Art's director.
Maurer calls the real fun of putting
the exhibit together being able to
choose what he wanted from the
Guggenheim's Collection Sharing
Program. The notebooks filled with
works, ". . . gave me carte blanche; it
was a candy store feeling. But I chose
more than chocolates, that is, the
American side," and extending the
metaphor further, he philosophized,
"We needed staples too, the spinach, the
potatoes, Masson and the Europeans."
In Ann Arbor, the museum's visitors
find what Maurer and Vihos serve for
the exhibit quite palatable. Prospective
freshwoman, Anjali Bhapkar, of
Lexington, Kentucky reacted, saying,
"The idea of Automatism (painting
from the subconscious) is neat. .. This
kind of art needs so much more
imagination."
In addition to the public, several art
history professors and freshman com-
position T.A.'s are using the show as an
academic resource. Most recently, T.A.
Jennifer Sanyour took her freshman
composition class on a Surrealism tour
and had them write interpretations of
three pieces.
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"Qchizophrenics show several person-
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from having no personality at all, and
trying everything to find one." So
philosophized Robert King in contem-
plating Private Angst's free perfor-
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categorizing. I'm not complaining. In-
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performances in films such as
"Taps","Daniel" and "Iceman".
Joining Hutton in this exciting
urban adventure are Robert
Urich, Kim Cattrall, Robert
Culp, Darren McGavin and
Peter Boyle.
New Wave David
You'll discover a different side
of Timothy Hutton in "Turk
182!" He's a new breed of
leader, willing to risk every-
thing-including his life-to
bring justice to a city and its
people. He's a true fighter, a
New Wave David who brings a
crooked Goliath of a mayor to
his knees. New York thrills to
Timothy Hutton as Turk 182-
and so will you.
TIMOTHY HUTTON stars in "TURK 182!" as Jimmy Lynch, a young man
whose crusade to redeem his brother's reputation rallies an entire city to his side.
TIMOTHY HUTTON CAPTURES
NEW YORK CITY IN "TURK 182!"
"Please, Marilyn - it's been 18 years!"
luscious damsel in distress in
"Metal Storm". Catherine
Mary Stewart, who plays Chris
Nash's girlfriend, was a smash
hit as the lead in both "Night
of the Comet" and "The Last
Starfighter".
Major league mischief
Together, Doug, Kelly, Chris
and Catherine stir up more
rowdy "mischief" than little
Nelsonville,sOhio can take in
one year. We're talking major
league tomfoolery here: motor-
cycles on sidewalks, cars on
fire hydrants, parents on the
warpath, romance on the sly.
In short, all the things that
make life worth living before
college.
The cars may have changed,
but the action in the back seat
has not!
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Academy Award winner Timo-
thy Hutton plays a very new
kind of hero in "Turk 182!"As
the fighting mad, hip and re-
sourceful Jimmy Lynch, he
sets out to prove you can battle
City Hall to right a wrong. His
olderebrother, a firefighter, is
injured while saving a child
from a burning tenement. But
since he was off-duty and hav-
ing a drink in the local bar, an
uncaring city bureaucracy has
refused him a pension.
Crusader Excites City
When the mayor is too busy
running for re-election to hear
his case, Jimmy Lynch takes
matters into his own hands.
Using only his wits, Jimmy sets
out toaprove that you can fight
City Hall, and the entire city
rallies behind the mysterious
crusader known as Turk 182.
Hutton proves riveting as
Jimmy Lynch, a budding artist
pushed into action to fight for
his brother's life-and justice.
Recently starring with Sean
Penn and Lori Singer in "The
Boy & girlin search of contact lens.
FEBRUARY MEANS "MISCHIEF"
FOR MOVIEGOERS
Doug McKeon is burning up-
he's getting dangerously close
to college without hitting a
"home run" with any girl,
much less Kelly Preston, the
cutest one in the class. Let's
face it-it's the 1950's, and
that he can help Doug hit a
grand slam.
A winning cast
The cast of "Mischief" is
particularly hip. Doug Mc-
Keon is best known as the
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