News Scrapbook 1985

Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,573) SEP2 7 1985

San Diego, CA (San Diego C~.) Dally Transcript (Cir. D. 7,415)

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!!!h.~~~~t._ and critics new to the area and to provide perspectives on contem- porary art. Admission to each lee-

...Aflm'• !~~f~oo~ trait of Madame Tallien" by Jae- ques Louis David, the 20th century "Heli.x and Crystal" by Ben Shahn, the American "Portrait of Mrs. Warren with Infant" by Thomas the Renaissance "Christ Taken Captive" by HieronymUB Bosch, the baroque "Allegory of Eternity" by Peter Paul Rubens, and the sculpture "Odyssey" by Bernard S. Rosenthal have in common? Yes, they are all works of art owned by the San Diego Mu- seum of Art. They are also ell works of art acquired by the mu- P c. a r

ecutive director of the museum. "Arnold Newman is one of the g~- niuses of photography. It 18 wonderful to have his work sup- ported. Mr. Wallace was a frie nd of Newman's and now San Dieg_ans will benefit from that relat1on- The museum has also recently received a $15,000 grant from the NEA that will provide partial fun. ding for a major retrospective ex- hibition of photographs by William Klein, titled "An American in Paris." This one is slated for late Klein has been an expatriate residing in Pru is since the 1950s. His works, highly regarded in Europe, are rarely seen in this country • * "Grand Tier" seating in the low- er mezzanine area in the new Symphony Hall is still available for a one-time $2,500 donation ac- companying each subscription to the San Diego Symphony. But act fest to get that deal: on Nov. 7 the price increases to $5,000 with a two-seat limit. "These Beats ere the best in the house, offering unobstructed sight and sound lines," noted Richard Bass, sym- phony executive director. "Patrons have the pleasure of relaxing in luxurioUB surroundings and ex- periencing the music to its fullest effect." • * * "Gallery of the Louvre," a paint- ing by Samuel F.B. Morse, on loan from the Terra Museum of Ameri- can Art in Evanston, Ill., will be specially exhibited at the Timken Art Gallery in Balboa Park Oct. 1 throughNov. 17. It's one of the most widely view- ed American paintings; it sold for $3.25 million in 1982, the highest price ever paid for a painting by an historic American artist. Morse painted the 73"x108" oil on canvas in 1833. It depicts the vast interior of the Salon Carre of the Louvre with 38 paintings by some of the giants of European art reproduced in detail. * * * The Wildlife Art Show is on display now through the end of Oc- tober at Spanish Village in ship"

benefit endangered species reproduction projects at the San Diego zoo. It collected art works in varioUB media from many regional artists, each depicting some form of * • • Works by Sue Tushingham McNary, a San Diego artist whose work has been acclaimed interna- tionally, are on display during the month of October at City Hall. '"We are excited to host a display by en artist of Sue's reputation," said Councilman Bill Mitchell. "Her works reflect a deep understanding of the world around her. Sue's ar- tistic talents have done much to preserve end promote the enduring beauty of San Diego's natural at- tributes." • • • Local artists working in all media are invited to submit their work for possible selection for an exhibit titled "Art Is " at the First Interstate Plaza downtown, opening Nov. 9. Interested artists should submit by Oct. 7 three slides of their work, biographical material, an artist's statement, phone number and a date when they would be available to "sit" the show. Send it all to A.R.T./Beasley Gallery, 2802 Juan St., Suite 16, San Diego 92110. There are no entry fees or size limitations, but all work must be for sale. Thirty percent of the sales gen- erated will be donated to the Sa maritan Center, a comprehensive counseling center. • • • Los Angeles mural artist Judith Baca will inaugurate a new even- ini; lecture series at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Oct. 1 at 7:30. She will address "The Great Wall of Los Angeles," a growing, half-mile-long mural begun in 1976, located in the Flood Control Channel of L.A.'s Tijuana Wash. Baca is artistic director end primary designer of the mural that has involved 18 historians, 40 ar- tists, and more than 200 youths. It depicts the events that have con- tributed to L.A.'s image and that focus on activities of indigenous and imnugrant groups. The 1950s segment was completed in time for the Olympics; the 1960s segment is scheduled for completion next summer. The lecture series is titled "Con- text as Frame" and will be pres- wildlife.

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• • * The Museum of Man is celebrating California Indian Day Saturday wth films on Cali- fornia Indians' ceremonial dances and with a three-day exhibit of California's unique Indian ar tifacts today through Sunday. There will also be demonstra- tions ofarts, crafts, tribal dress and adornment on Saturday. • * * Three artists are displaying their works in a new show at Gustaf Anders, the acclaimed restaurant at La Jolla Shores. Works by John Hallberg of Men- docino, Victor Henderson of Los Angeles, and P t ·c·a Patterson of San Diego can be viewed at the restaurant through December from 11 a.m. to midnight daily. The artists themselves will be there for a reception on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. Hallberg's whimsical ink draw- ings are a collection of Miro-like drawings of women . Henderson displays a series of self portraits done in encaustic wax which he calls a "record of a personal search." Patterson's casein-on- canvas paintings show off the peo- ple and places of Ireland where the Irish-American has traveled 11 times; she says she has attempted to capture "the unchanging quality of life in Ireland, contrasted with the constantly changing way of American culture.'' She teaches at UCSD and lives in Leucadia. • • • David Levinthal makes his West Coast debut with his "Mod- ern Romance" photography exhibit at the Founders Art Gallery at USD through Nov 1. The New Torltartistdoes Polaroid pictures of miniature urban scenes that he builds. He then projects a video image of the scene on a screen, then photographs it. Whet results are surreal images depicting urban scenes in New York. • * •

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Son Diego, CA /Son Diego Co.) Son Diego Union !Cir. D. 217 324/ (Cir . S. 339,'788) SEP 29 1985 Jlllai .Y P. C. B F.st. I 888 J acques Sherman said he pagne reception g en by U_SD President's Club at Bullocks Wil- shire the other night. "I understand we're going to see some vezy expensive furs and jewels." Then he grinned and added: "I brought my wife but I didn't bring my checkbook." Elsie Weston was chairwoman of the La Jolla benefit, which daz- zled President's Club members and guests with gems by Verney of Paris and innovative furs from the Federation Nalionale de la Four- rure. . . Marge Hughes, wife of Uruvers1- ty of San Diego Presi~hor Haglles, sllppeainto a $100,000 Rui;sian sable coat and sighed: "It feels just right!" Then she sought a mirror, murmuring: "May I see myself?" (Bullocks Wilshire's Mitch Busk- er said later that four furs were sold from the French show.) The price tag on a sapphire necklace that matched Marge's blue silk dress was $194,400. Ver- ney representative Patricia de. Casteja explained that the flexible collar - called "Anastasia" by its designer - required two years to make. In the appreciative crowd were the likes of Anne and Abe Ratner, Mary and Dan Mulvihill, Esther Collins, Sara Finn, Barbara and Neil Kjos, Ann Jones, Colleen Kerr and Lee and Dr. P.J. Maturo. ("They declare a dividend every time she walks in here," P.J. claimed.) Joy and Oren Owen applauded the Paris designs, along with Happy Redfearn, Marilyn Pavel and her daughter-in-law, Ma- deleine Pavel, Shirley and Rear Adm. David Rubel, Linda Chester, Marsha Shahon, and Louarn Fleet, who was debating which would be best for Innsbruck in January: white mink or black? might be so~ he'd accompa- nied his wif to the cham-

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New words in study of Mexican l~w With the help O~ bution from the San Di(gci" Thu~ty Bar Association, the University of San Diego's Mexico-U.S. Law Ins 1tute plans to beginTranslating the l\Iex- ican Constitut on into English in order to assi s t area attorneys and students. Jorge V..trgas, the institute's di~ector and a USD law professor, said he 1s unaware of any such translation extant in the United States. After the project is completed, Vargas intends to translate Mex- ico's criminal and civil code· as well. ''The money from the Bar Association will help us launch this program," Vargas noted. after receiving the donation from at- torney William Hitt, chairman of the Bar Association's Mexico liaison committee. The Mexico-U.S. Law Institute, which began operating m August, 1983, is devoted to the research of the legal implications and com- parative differences in the judicial systems of the two nations. /