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Five Decades of Drawing
The Slusser Gallery
Sometimes less is more. At least
that's the case with artist Bernard
Chact. As he finds the extraordinary
in the ordinary, his simple technique
and unornamented figures are both
refreshing and exciting. Chact, a dis-
tinguished artist and professor, uses
basic contour drawing as a means of
creativity and expression.
Chact's touring exhibit, Five
decades of Drawing, celebrates his
major contribution to the Boston
Public Library. The display consists
of 35 works, mainly charcoal and
pencil drawings, as well as a few
monotypes.
Born in Boston in 1924, Chact
studied in Boston schools. He gradu-
ated from Tufts University and
began teaching at Yale University's
* Depart-ment of Art in 1951. He re-
cently retired as Yale's William
Leffingwell Professor of Painting,
and his book, "The Art of
Drawing," is highly proclaimed and
widely used.
In viewing his work, Chact's re-
markable skill is quite apparent to
both the trained and the untrained
eye. Chaet has overcome a funda-
mental problem in drawing that
artists have been struggling with
for years. He solves the
complexities of distributing force
and capturing weight shift merely
by using single yet essential lines.
His continuous strokes and simple
poses are basic in themselves, yet
they capture the movement, volume
and emotion in the images.
A portrait of his wife, Ninon
Lacey, showcases Chact's unique ca-
pabilities. He uses heavy charcoal
lines to sculpt deep and hollow eye

The Michigan Daily- Friday, November 8, 1991 - Page 9
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by Lynn Geiger
A desire to play off one another, to spontaneously
improvise music and to compose a piece that can never
be recreated has united a group of students. They're
making music as the Creative Arts Orchestra by blend-
ing their own personal styles.
Ed Sarath, Professor of Music and Director of the
Orchestra, refers to the group as an "improvisational
ensemble featuring instruments such as the violin,
oboe, African drums and synthesizer." Sarath describes
the 20-member Orchestra as "a multi-media ensemble"
working through various musical channels in
expressing a cultural form.
Sarath believes his ensemble is part of a growing
trend. "I feel there is an increasing interest among clas-
sical composers to explore improvisation," he says.
"There is an emerging of artistic desire as well as a
movement within contemporary music."
This particular musical ensemble is distinguished
from others because of its uncontrived inventions.
"With most groups, the music is composed," explains
Sarath. "Our music is made up on the spot." In such a
situation, individual players are entirely responsible
for their contributions. "Each member is a composer,
arranger... even conductor. The success of the group de-
pends on each individual sustaining an awareness of the
system and finding their part within the system," says
Sarath.

This Sunday's performance includes not only impro-
visational work within the Orchestra, but also within a
small group of dancers. For future work, the ensemble
would like to collaborate with other art forms, such as
theater, by combining its spontaneous music with act-
ing. The concert will also highlight the talents of en-
'Each member is a composer, ar-
ranger... even conductor. The
success of the group depends on
each individual sustaining an
awareness of the system and
finding their part within the
system'
-Ed Sarath,
on the Creative Arts Orchestra
semble member Derek Bermel, who laid out the overall
theme and mood of a piece titled "Livin' Large," which
will make its debut as part of Sunday's performance.
The eclectic Creative Arts Orchestra achieves its
unity without losing its diversity and without resor-
ting to conventional forms.
THE CREATIVE ARTS ORCHESTRA performs this
Sunday at 8 p.m. in the School of Music's McIntosh
Theater. Admission is free.



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'Self-Portrait With Cap" (1986) portr
are deeply expressive as much as th
magnifique.
sockets and accentuate sharp
features and high cheekbones. His
variations in line pressure and
direction enhance both the physical
and the emotional characteristics of
the model. The woman's intense
gaze suggests deep contemplation.
Although the portrait captures a
still moment, the woman looks as
though she's on the brink of both
thought and action.
Chaet's "Self-portrait with
Cap" (1986) is just as mesmerizing.
He marks the passage of time in
draw-ing his own "pencil-haunted"
face, hypnotic eyes and intriguing
pose. The viewer sees not only the
pencil image, but also attempts to
delve into the inner life of the
artist, to discover the tickings of the
figure's mind as well as his
composition on the paper.
Each of Chaet's drawings is su-

rays Bernard Chaet with lines that
hey're spare and stark. Tres
perb in content, execution, and de-
sign. And, although mostly black
and white, the works are colored
with purity, vibrancy and flavor.
However, it is Chaet's ability to
capture complexity with simplicity
that is most remarkable. Chaet
makes the difficult task of the artist
seem simple, and this is the greatest
feat of all.
Five Decades of Drawing will
be on display through November 27
at the Slusser Gallery in the Art and
Architecture Building on North
Campus. The Gallery's hours are
Tuesday through Saturday from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Chaet will also be
giving a lecture, "Drawing Survey:
Old to New Masters," on
November 18 at 7 p.m. in Chrysler
Arena.
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Burning Spear sticks to roots...

by Kenny Bell

0Over the course of his 20-year ca-
reer, Winston Rodney has been able
to stay consistent. He always brings
across the message of his African
roots.
Rodney (a.k.a. Burning Spear)
says that sticking to reggae is per-

haps the most important aspect of
his music. "We've got to come back
to the early roots of music," says
Rodney during a phone interview.
He's in a hotel room in New
Orleans, in the middle of a tour for
his latest album, Jah Kingdom, his
most powerful, mature mixture of
reggae music in years.

Rodney thinks reggae music has
developed much since he began play-
ing in 1969. That's when he met the
legendary Bob Marley in Jamaica.
Marley told Rodney that he should
check out the studio he worked in.
"I think reggae music is grow-
ing," Rodney says, "but we have to
know the kind of reggae music we're
talking about. There are so many
different kinds of reggae today. I see
the kind of music that I'm doing is
growing. I see we as people are com-
ing back to the original style. We've
been writing different lyrics, dif-
ferent melodies, different arrange-
ment and a different flavor. But at
least we try to maintain that origi-
nal standard."
Rodney says that his latest al-
bum is not the same as others he has
done in the past. "To be truthful,
you're not going to find albums in
this time like albums we've done
seven or eight years ago. You find a
lot of difference," he says. "When I
say difference, I mean the original
roots concept. The album Ja h
Kingdom is totally different from
the rest of the albums. We try to
maintain that difference of not hav-
ing everything fall in the same way
of repeating the lyrics like we did
four or five years ago."
Along with working on his new
album, Burning Spear recently per-
formed the song "Estimated Pro-
phet" on Deadicated, the Grateful
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