S S 48 - The Michigan Daily Weekend Maazine - Thursday, October 3, 1996 w w The MichigE Daily Weekend 7, Student Focus 'U'student pulls _unconscious manfrom ''e/r auto fwrCo ti / 1,,9f/.,4. 4'/. + Venetian, elephant art comes to 'U' Art from 16th and 18th centuries featured; elephant Renee creates paintings LSA Junior Jim Barry pulled an unconscious man from a burning car on 1-75 after the car hit a truck and caught on fire. By Elizabeth Lucas Daily Arts Writer Though a little older than most, Jim Barry is not too different from the average University student. The 26- year-old LSA junior spent four years in the Army after high school, and attended Washtenaw Community College for two years. He is now a biology major who plans to attend medical school. When Barry and his girlfriend Kelly Goode, a Pharmacy junior, left for their summer road trip on Aug. 26, they didn't expect it to be anything out of the ordinary. They were head- ing to Fort Bragg, N.C., to visit an Army friend of Barry's. But around 1 t p.m., as they drove through Monroe on 1-75. events took a differ- ent turn. "We passed a car that had run into a semi," Barry said. "There was smoke inside the car. I started to roll down the window, and I heard someone yell, 'We gotta get him out of there.' Kelly stopped the car. and I jumped out and ran back there." Barry said he scarcely stopped to think about what he was doing. "I was just thinking the guy would burn to death. I couldn 't think of any other thing to do." ~ The car was partially underneath the truck's trailer, and there was an unconscious man inside. Barry said. As he headed toward the accident site. both the car and the trailer caught on fire. Goode was watching from a dis- tance. "As we drove up, we saw all the brake lights - it had just hap- pened. You could smell smoke and rubber burning," she said. "Jim was like, 'I'm going,' but I didn't want him to go - I didn't want him to get hurt." Goode called 911 on her car phone, then called her mother, crying as she described the scene. "I was scared for Jim, because I couldn't tell what he was doing. It was amazing. to see the flames, and to know that he was there." At the acccident site, Barry tried to open the driver's-side door, but had no success. Other trucks had stopped nearby, and people were attempting to move the car. Someone attached a chain to the car's bumper and got it out from underneath the trailer, Barry said. "Another guy helped me open the passenger-side door. and then he pulled the seat back." Barry said. "The fire was in the car by now, underneath the dashboard. The flames got bigger, and someone sprayed a fire extitiguisher in the car. Then I could get the guy' sctbeit. I picked him up by the neck and the arm and pulled him out into the road.....I looked back and the car was up in flames" Barry stayed with the victim until the paramedics arrived, trying to comfort him. "You just know how it feels," he See WRECK, Page 5B By Anitha Chalam Daily Arts Writer Art should appeal to everyone in soci- ety - after all, anyone can make art. The University's Museum of Art proves this with its two newest exhibitions, both of which opened earlier this month. The first exhibi- tion is "Venice: Traditions Trans- formed." This is a: large exhibition, comprised of 38 works, highlighting pieces from the Sarah Campbellx Blaffer Foundation of Houston, Texas, as well as the University Museum * and libraries. "Juno and Luna," b There is a vast Tiepolo, 696,77, variety of media on display in this exhibition: paintings, etchings, woodcuts, drawings, and book illustrations. The subject matter, though most often religious, is also diverse, including landscapes, mythological images and scenes of everyday life. The Venetian exhibition features art- work from the 16th and 18th centuries, Venice: Traditions Transformed V What: Featuring paintings, draw- ings, prints and rare books from 16th and 18th century Venice V When: Until Jan. 12 " Artists: The Circle of Giorgione, Pietro degli Ingamati, Veronese, Jacopo Bassano and Francesco Bassano, Tintoretto, Antonio Bellucci, Sebastiano Ricci, Michele Marieshi, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Pietro Longhi, Francesco Guardi considered by 'many to ,be the two Golden Ages of Venice. The pieces are arranged according to date for easy com- parison. When viewing these works, one can see the influence of other art move- ments, and in the case of the 18th centu- ry art, the influence form the first Golden Age. This is one of the Museum's bigger shows, and will remain on exhibi- tion until January. Much has been planned for the occasion, including special lectures. videos, tours, con- certs and even a :._ . n .r e.;..e . "Venice: Traditions Giovanni Battista Transformed" is a }Oil on canvas. Trnfme"ia spectacular exhibit, featuring some of the great matcrs of' all time, such as Tintoretto. VcruneCse, Bassano, and Longhi. However, anyone, or even anything, can make art, and the University Museum apparently agrees, since it is currently displaying paintings created by an elephant! The "Komar, Melamid and Renee" show also debuted recently, and is the col- laborative work of artists Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid and Renee, a 14- year-old African elephant who lives at the Toledo Zoo. This exhibition is slightly more ephemeral than the Venetian show. Renee has been painting for the past 10 years, as a form of mental and physical exercise. Komar and Melamid's history is slightly more complex. They met over 30 years ago, and have used their intelligence and wit to challenge the way that most people tend to think about art. Past projects. of Komar and Melamid include renting a billboard in New York's Times Square to advertise a business specializing in the buying and selling of souls, as well as the cre- ation of two fictional artists, each with a full biography and complete retinue of work. The artists provocateurs are currently at work on a project devoted to the life and imai e of George Washington. Their \ urk is highly thought-provoking and oftentimes controversial; Komar and Melamid were both expelled from Ohe Moscow Union of Artists for other work. In 1995, after hearing of the ele- phant, Renee, Komar and Melamid went to Toledo to work with this new tal- ent. In the course of one week, the three drew much attention from the public - they also created five works, all of which are on dis- play at the Museum. 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