The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 1 1995 - 11 Art Works' features 50 ears of A's new exhibit includes Guston, arho1, de ming and Richter among its showcased artists holly Jo sparkes Twombly. These are co- ts Writer with pop and minimalist w S onday October 29 marked the artists Richard Arschwag ng of "Art Works: The Flavin, Donald Judd, Gerha m bberCollection ofContem- Art Works: The ter and Andy Warhol. Masters at the Detroit Insti- Themes from these per e A.rts." The exhibition, which PaineWebber to emphasize the artificialr nsorks from this firm's ac- Collection of art -rejecting and challen, rmed collection, surveys artistic ditional modes of paint de over the past 40 years. The Contemporary sculpture. Works such aineWebber Collection aims to Lichtenstein's "Post-Visual present a wide range of stylistic aers and Alexis Smith's "Seve d intellectual schools - from Ab- Detroit Institute ofArt ders" (1988) depict imaget ract' Expressionism in the mid- October 29- December 31 mass-media, exploiting ele 40s to still-emerging trends of graphic design, advertisemt e 7990s. found-objects. The interio PaineWebber Group Inc., one of contemporary art reflects signifi- of "Post-Visual" refers to t nation's leading full-service cant and stimulating trends in our of advertisements publishe curities firms, initiated the society, and that truly outstanding man telephone directories. aineWebber Art Collection in works sometimes suggest the future neric layout mimics com 71. The collection, which con- -- a particular benefit to us since displays. The painting als ins approximately 650 works, is our business tries each day to an- several visual allusions to rrmanently housed at the firm's ticipate tomorrow. The collection art, including a geometric orld headquarters in mid-town began from the happy confluence of one wall reading "POST V anhattan. Although the company my personal and long-held interest - a pun on post-modernis s° often shared works from the in art, and the company's desire to Concurrent with Pop Ar ilection through loans to special integrate art into the workplace." opments were made in hyr Arranged stylistically, the exhi- ist painting - or New Illu: Ve PaineWebber bition opens with post-war Abstract These works embrace ana Expressionist works by Philip of photographic reality.+ ollecti on Guston, Robert Motherwell, Willem Richter's "Helen" (1963 de Kooning and Louise Bourgeois. what appears to be a photo ipreSents a Although these artists have little in a woman. The original ima; . . common, their art contains a com- ever, is enlarged and distor tylistic range mon theme, spontaneous assertion phasizing the fact that this is rem Abstractof the individual, which is essential ing of a photograph - not, to Abstract Expressionism. tograph itself. -on®J ji in an untitled work by (luston In addition to the exhibi (1953), vertical and horizontal DIA offers public guided to !e id-'40s to scribbles dash across the page, as if ducted daily at 11:30 a.m the lines struggle to fly from the p.m. Also, there is an video ile ergingcanvas. Many Abstract Expression- ing in the 1980s," showns ist works strove to break free from ously in the Prentis Court onds of the '90s. geometric restraints, and - as sev- ing Room. eral later works by Susan "Art Works: The Paint thibitions, "Art Works: The Rothenberg show - images are Collection of Contempora tineWebber Collection of Contem- liberated using rich colors, jagged ters" continues at the DIA )rary Masters" is the first exhibi- cropping and tilted spaces. In a stun- December 31. Exhibition at on to survey, through 70 selected ning serial of murals, designed spe- is $4 adults, $1 children, orks, the variety of this larger cifically for the PaineWebber's dents, members free. The Ilection. headquarters, Rothenberg depicts located in the University Donald B. Marron, Chairman and dancers of varied poses in a frenzy Center at 5200 Woodward EO of the PaineWebber Group of color and motion. in Detroit; hours are Wec c., stated in the exhibition's in- Works of the late 1950s and early Friday I1 a.m.-4 p.m.; wed oductory notes, "The 1960s depict growing themes in in- a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Monday tineWebber Art Collection has ternationalism. Among the artists days and some holidays. F en assembled over the past 25 included in this section are Joseph tional information call (3 ears with the conviction that good Beuys, Robert Rauchenberg and Cy 7900. art mingled works by er, Dan ard Rich- ods tend nature of ging tra- ing and as Roy "(1993) n Won- ry of the ments of ents, and r setting a series d in Ro- The ge- mercial o makes modern sign on ISUAL" m. t, devel- per-real- sionism. aesthetic Gerhard ) paints graph of ge, how- ted, em- s a paint- the pho- tion, the urs con- n. and 2 , "Paint- continu- Screen- eWebber ry Mas- through dmission and stu- DIA is Cultural Avenue dnesday- kends 11 ys, Tues- or addi- 13) 833- Those loveable moppets the Rentals made one of the best albums of the year. However, they do have a staring problem... RECORDS Continued from page 10 The Rentals Return of the Rentals Maverick/Reprise Well, itlookslike Madonnafinallyhas a real winner of a band on her label. The Rentals, ledby Weezer's bass-man Matt Sharp, manage to walk the fine line be- tween cool and cheesy, hip and popular with such adeptness that their album"Re- turn of the Rentals" will probably be a huge hit not only with the mallternative crowdbut withpeople wholike fun, fresh pop music. And fun, fresh pop music is just what "Return of the Rentals" has in spades. From the first dizzy Moog synthesizer riffs to the last buzzing guitar, the Rent- als' music doesn't sound quite like any- thingelseoutthere.ThoughSharp'ssongs do sound a little like that of Weezer's (particularly"Brilliant Boy)theyalsoowe a lot to the synth-drone and la-la backup singing of Stereolab and the sludgy tem- pos of the Jesus and Marychain - and Sharp's somewhat nasal, detached sing- ing voice also recalls the Marychain's Reid brothers. However, the unadulterated fun that shines from "Return of the Rentals" is entirely unique. The contagious single "Friends of P." is about palmistry of all things, and the band revels in their inno- cent, idealistic nerdiness, as song titles like"TheLove I'm Searching For,""Na- ive" and "Sweetness and Tenderness" hint. While there's more than a touch of irony in the thick glasses that all the bandmembers wear, and in the Russian subtitlesin their video for"Friends of P." there's loads of affection as well. Also cool about the Rentals is their "supergroup" lineup: Along with Sharp, Weezer's drummer Pat Wilson and Petra and Rachel Haden of that dog. appear as Rentals. Petra Haden's violin and vocals (along with Cherielynn Westrich's vo- cals and Moog playing) in particular give the Rentalsa distinctive sound that mixes the experimental with the prefabricated in an appealing way. Hopefully lead Weezer Rivers Cuomo will take a few songwritinglessons from Sharp,or better yet let him have some songs on the next Weezer LP. "Return of the Rentals" is a terrific collection of retro-modern pop. Get it now before it's played to death. - Heather Phares Greta This is Greta! Mercury So "This is Greta," huh? Well, it's definitely the Greta of today. Yesterday (1993,actually)theyreleased acollection of metal tunes disguised as grunge called "NoBiting,"seen inusedrecordshops far and wide to this day. They were a mane- tossing, dress-wearing abomination of a bandthatdeservednevertobeheardfrom again. However, much likeadead fish, Greta have resurfaced. This time, having tom' off their frocks and shorn off (most of) their locks, they're a pseudo-altema-pop band. Surprisingly enough, they manage to make half of "This is Greta!" listen- able, even catchy. Not surprisingly, the band still suffers from problems that will take more than a makeover to solve. First, the good news. The first four songs, "About You," "Some People," "Cal Cool" and "Silver Blue" have kind of a cool, jangly Byrds feel to them, and singer/songwriter Paul Plagens' voice soundseerily likelate Byrds' singerGene Clark's. "Stained" and "Everything's Fine" also have thatnifty '60spop feel to them. Fair enough. As for the bad news, let's not dwell on it, OK? Lyrics like "Mentholated mayon- naise." Song titles like "Warm Disease." Heavyrookin' songslike"RockingChair" that get weighed down in their own turpi- tude. Enough said. Ultimately, Greta are a band with a serious identity crisis. They want to be hard and grungy at one moment, and soft andsensitivethenext. Butthey'rejustnot capable (as of yet) of handling so many dimensions. Variety'sgood,butnot when every song on your album is of variable merit. Until they can say "This is Greta!" and mean it, they're doomed to be used record shop mainstays. - Heather Phares Career opportunities at J.P. 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