News Scrapbook 1981-1982

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cJrr~ 111g ( • do\\ nright hon1t:lie,1 llld'k." h~I\J of hair ju111 ng ou1 all mer n, IJ-c hu l;:i e,e~. crumpled can..lhoan.l IL'L'th . pi:t.:ri ,kin a~d a bound lcaihcr ,crnll for a ""''-' C,·1 tainl) 1h1, fellov. mu,1 clllllmJnJ 1hc· Jtlcn 11011. if not 1he Jo,e . of 1hc cro-.. d, !\01" 11h,tanding the , asi geographll·al ,eparauon bet1Neen lhe homeland, of 1hr lex1can masks and the Melanesian rna,k, and sculp1Ure on , iew at t.:SD. 1hc ,ource ol 1he ir fascination for Western e)e,. and of 1heir poY.er mer 1hc1r ov.n people. 1, 1he ,ame . Emmional inten,n) . in hoth 1he had and the beautiful. 1, 1he result of 1he inJ1- ' idual an1s1 ·, will pu,hing oul from "1thin the confine, of trad111onal formula, The formula is like a ,ack that ,1rc1rhe, . ,h1fts. and changes ;hape. ,et ne,er fail, to c,,mJin and limil. The individual talent ,1re1che, 1hc ,ack. but never bursts through fhe tcn,1l,n of creaung from wi1hin ho lds human be- havior under its spell . Entering an 01herwise steril e galle1) ,pace arra)ed wilh demonry and finer) . and hun- dreds of lips and c,es in e,er) conceivable expression . can bolh frigh ten and inspire 1he onlooker. The variety of colors and ma1e- rials is magmficent pa in1ed wood . leather. raffi a . ceram ic, ribbons . me tal. heads. sheepskin and "ool. gla,s. and human and animal hair. New Guinean objec1, rely on the pen, er of design and repeated tribal traditions to con- vey values. A protective Weluwshw11111g is preserved through obJec1iflca1ion. About 40 pieces were up at USD. ranging from 6 inche 10 5 feel in heigh1. "hich re- , ealed the many ways the face and figu re cou ld be s1ylized by one group of people. Masks. fetishes. ancestral and cult figures . containers. lecterns, and even flute stoppers were caned in wood wi th a shell tool or volcanic rocl. adze and embellished "ith painl , rauan. raffia. clay. cov.ne shell, anJ beads. Besides 1he ogre-l ike 1 amb ug i form . other stylistic classificauons exis1. Within each group. anists have altered and c,- panded fea1ures v. ithout mers1cpp1ng 1rad1- tional boundaries. A Korv. ar figure. inspired b) 1\1on~oloid migrations. alwa)S has shon. straight hair. a close-fi11ing cap. a broad m,,uth and a crouching pose. Forms arc qune ang.ul.ir J.nJ geometric and orange and "hite highlifhts project rnlume and depth 01110 the ,h.i llo v. carved brov.n wood board . The \\hilc is made from lhe lime of ,hclh and lhe orange from canh substances; a bLlck-gra) color. in other works. is made from charcoal. A cun·itinear st) le features a richl) pat- terned surfare. also heightened" ith "hilc or color. Originall) though1 to rcpr,·,enl J:,ird,. "beak st) le .. figures are dcri, cd from fi~- l)Ul lhL'H ll ,nluokr: \~

The prnna~ ,t) i11.a11on 1, ., ruJ1111e·111 '" human rnnf1gura11on u,ed 111 111<· inland ,11,,1 of l'sev. Guinea l nhc, pllpUIJtln~ .He•" clo~e 10 the Scp1~ R1,cr. "'ho haH.' uull..tlt wnh other cultures. emplcl) more rompl 1- cmcd design and media w11h a greater dcpcc of bo1h person.ii and trad111onal 1n,cn11on Here in one 1111) geograph1,· loca11on are bo1h , 1rnple and complc, form,. geometric and curvilinear sl) le, and fare, which m,p 1re calm. re,pect and fear. Sculpt ure 1, pl.iced ou1s1de houses. on gra,es. or a, 111 Mcx1rn is u,ed dunng cercmome, But m ev. Guinea 1he ,ouctal ntodcb pa<,s through the ,1cve of mag1t. m) slcr) and sp1rnuah1) wh1ch shields the fragile n,er world ObJec1, ,ummon ,pint, and pnv.ers of haT\CSI and fcniht) The) frighten C!lC· m1e, and 1he umni11ated . and 1his mam1a111, the power of 1he ini11a1ed and. in tum . the social edifice. There is much 10 be learned from c, hih11, which reveal belief systems more cohes ive than our own. The an of the,e culture, 1s in1en wined wi1h values and ri1u ah "hirh grow out c and feed dircc1ly back in10 the daily life of 1he people. Bo1h e, hibits did a 1horough and engaging job of gatheri ng rare and exciting materials. and of -'Plaini ng 1he connection, wh ich contcmpora1) Westerners arc not used lO making. D tCEMBER and January are mon1hs to keep a close wa1ch on the Quint Gallery in La Jolla for fi ne contemporary reg ional an Reesey Shaw, whose name former! ) was lin,ed wilh the Casat Gallery . will hang large (7-fool) and medium-siz.ed wall reliefs in oil and wax on wood through Decemhe r 11. Then 1hrough January 11 , KPBS Auction av. ard-wi nner Ron Wigg inton will display new works " hi ch combine pai nt ing and sculpture. These ·•Jandsc.spes ·· arc the re,uh of se, e ral years of work and stud) of the Maki lacquer 1echnique in Japan. Pai ntings on paper are set wi1h in 1hree-d imcnsional plastic frames. and layered lacqu er " oc>d scu lpture sit on shelves in fro nt o f 1he painlings. Reflect ions of ,c ul p1Ural form on the plcxiglass ~urface of the pai nt ings fun her unify the art work. K Aflll Mc CORD. a San Diego children's book ill ustrator and amst, who nn oc- casion has painted large murals as hachlrnps for San Diego Museum of An cx hibi1ions . had a solo fin e an show at Spectrum Gal lery in October. McCord ·s series, inspired by the C. S. Le \\ is childre n ·s faniasies. Cl,ro11icli-.1 of Namia. is an ambi tious and Jo, cly idea. De- spi te a nob le attempl at creating an,'< 1 rk, in- dependent of 1he classic talcs . 1he rtd11ngs stand bcs1 as ill us1ra1ions. Compositilln, are easily readable and in some ins1anc·c, ,,nly narrowly suggestive of a quote . fhc ""'"·1ge

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YSTICAL MASKS

Form of New Gu111ea ... through Dec '-1. while acros, 10v. n at San Diego State L m- ,ersll) ·s cm,er,il) Galler). de,11,. cJ,,wn,. saints and spooks \\ere among the n,·h ol- fermg extended in the c,h1b111on. "Face, of Fiesta: Mexican Masks in Ctmtex1. .. "h1d1 JUSI closed . Nenher of these c,h1bits could boa,1 of the an1iquit) of 1heir "'orks. \Ince no obJeCI da1ed from earlier 1han the laie I9th cen1ur~ Bui bolh displays were 1ribu1e, to the f.rn1a,- 1icall) ,aried e,erc1,e of imagination tha1 " pos ible even when anisis are res1ri,1cd b) the demands of ritual and 1radi11onal armm· formu la . The cncrg) behind the impress1, c gather- ing of l:!5 Mexican masks. amplifi,•d ,uth ph-010 blowups and tex1s. was SOSL' A,- sociale Professor of An Histor) Janet Brod) Esser. who spent five years in J\.lexic-o Ii, mg among the people and learrnng from 1hcm 1he meanings of festival traditions and ri1uals . Vinuall) nothing had been "ritten ahoul the elaborate fes1i,•al "dances .. (actuall) dr:una, and dances) for which the , arieties of ma,1., are used . Esser hru. spent lhe last two )CJTs gathering the ma. ks. which -..ere on loan from pri,ate and public collections. includ- ing the Lowie Museum of Anthropolog) in Berkele). the Los Angeles Counl) Mu--·um of ·a1ural His1ory. the San Diego ~lu--·um of 1\1an. the UCLA Museum of Cuilural Hist01) and 1he Museo de Anes e lnJu,ma, Populares in Mexico City. Allhough Esser focused on the Tara"·,111 people (an Indian linguistic and e1hmc· ~r<>up in Western Mexico). the masks reprc,c·nteJ people from man) other J\.le,ican Jo,·ak,. ,illage and ranchos "here festi,al m.,,. yuerades are s1ill popular. If you came 10 the mask e,hibi t np,·din!,'. New Te,1amen1 images lined up for a tr:1J1- tional passion play. you "ere in fo r a sur- prise. The masks epilomize the po"er of an to drav. people into the frame" ork of "''·i- et) . to engage them emotionally in a ""·ial game plan . The \\Ord "Faces" in the e,hihit·, titk referred 10 the full spectrum of 1hc l"'l'"l.1 1ion. to its cross-cuhural heritage (l11J1.111. European and African-a trcmcnd,,u, ,ta,,·

Hundreds of lips and eyes frighten and in pire the viewer

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"VirJitos.'' trndirimwl Mnicuri ma5ks. "l're includrd in the o.hllntum "'Fac,:.s of Fie.Ha w CmlltXt," al the UnfrfrSII_\" Gallt·ry ut Sun Diego Stme Unht•rs1ty .

r ·1 HE fool of a gra,e be,iJe the Scpik Ri,cr in New Guinea resl the hor- rifying head of , 'ambugi. a "w i1ch face·· placed 1here as a dctarcnt to grave- robbing ,orccrm,. The mouth is broad and grimacing. the nose long and deformed. Boar 1Usl., protrude from cheeks composed of mud and plant fiber pla,tcrcd do" n and

spotted with rust) orange coloration. A phallic helmet complete 1he rcpellcn1. ohouli,h 11na2e. Yet wi1hin 1he same cullure. ~legant gcon;etnc and cun ilinear sculptures ,en e other. , a,tl) different purposes. r' The Founders· Galla) at the L'.ni, er,il) of San Diego is presenting a rare e\hibi1ion of ~1clanc,ian sculptural objects. "Face and

Cal Takes Advantage Of USD's Errors 66-60 Dug Too Deep A Hole, Laments Brovelli; McNamara (22), Hays (16) Pace Victors By BILLCENTER Staff Wr ter, The San O,ego Union "Basketball 1s not a gQmt of halves,' lamented University of San Diego Coach Jim Br , elh. '·You ve got to put 40 m,nutes together That s particularly true in our case where we don't have the super talent. We've got to play good, steady ball"' USD did play an excellent half last night against the University of Califor- ma m the Sports Arena. It was the second one. Unfortunately for the Toreros their first half was dreadful and the Golden Bears held on to win by a 66-60 count before a disappointing turnout of 551. "We just dug ourselves a hole,'' said Brovelli. "Adeep hole. We i·ust can't do that." The 4-4 Toreros were corning off a bad game a 72-57 pre-Christmas loss at UC Santa Barbara. "The mistakes carried over," said Brovelli. "We opened the game as poorly as we played at Santa Barbara ' Try as they might after inte1 mission. USD"s first half was too much to overcome. Not that the Toreros were getting any help. Totaling fouls and violations the officials blew the whistle 34 times on USD agamst 13 for California. USD was called for 24 fouls against nine for a Bear team t~at had averaged 21 personals a game. Califorma went to the free throw !me 29 times as opposed to eight times for the hosts. "You can·~ control the officials," was all Brovelli said. They're part of the game. Theres nothmg you can do about it."' But it was two calls that weren't made that upset the Toreros most. Th~ first came in the first half. After Jim Bateman hit four of his five first- half Jumpers to brmg USD back from 20-10 to 24-18. the officials failed to call a technical on California for a clear rim infraction. Added to that, 6-foot-11 Bear center ~ark ~cNamara followed the blown stuff attempt with a tip-in - a four- or flve-pornt swrng that carried the Pac 10 club to a 40-30 halftime lead. Then late in t~e second half, with USD shooting for the lead, McNamara went abo_ve the nm to swat a Dave Heppell shot from the air Goaltending? The offlc1als said "no." Brovelli had no comment. Paced by a def~se that held Cal scoreless for nearly four minutes of the second. half and yielded a lone field goal in 11 ½ minutes, USD climbed back and twice held a one-point lead at 50-49 and 52-51 on baskets by Don Capener and Heppell. But California went to the line for eight straight free throws, jumped out to a 59-54 edge with 1:22 to go and never looked back while improving to 5-3. McNamara paced California with 22 points (8-for-11 from the floor) and 17 rebounds. But the Bears' catalyst was guard Butch Hays, who scored 16 points. Reserves Capener (12) and Bateman (10 plus five rebounds) paced USD hithng 10-of-17 shots from the floor between them when no other Torero wa~ gettmg off a shot. . Neither He~pell nor Rusty Whitmarsh scored m the first half and the pair fm1shed the mght a collective 6-for-19 from the floor. Forward Gerald Jones also had an off night with four points and three rebounds. Cahforma scored just four field goals in the second half on 15 shots. But the Bears went to the foul line 25 times, sinking 18.

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Gauchos lasso Toreros; TOREROS GOUGED BY GAUCHOS - Junior guard Michael Russell scored a career-high 25 points to lead host UC-Santa Barbara to a convincing 72-57 non-conference victory last night over the University of San Diego. The Gauchos held a precari- ous 24-23 lead at halftime, but sparked by Russell's 21 second- half points, the Gauchos dominated the second half 48-34. USD was led by guard Rusty Whitmarsh with 17 points while team- mate Don Capener scored 12. The Toreros shot 47 percent from the floor, and fell to 4-3 for the season. The only USD lead was at 18-16 on a Whitmarsh jumper with 5:49 to play in the first half.

MACHUREK AN ALL-AMERICAN - Former Madison High and San Diego City College quarterback Mike Machurek, who capped Idaho State's rags-to-riches saga by leading the Bengals to the NCAA Division I-AA national championship, was named today to The Associated Press College Division 1981 All-Ameri- ca football team. During the regular season, Machurek led Division I-AA in passing efficiency, completing 188 of 313 at- tempts for 2,752 yards and 22 touchdowns. Idaho S_tate won_ its first Big Sky Conference title in 18 years after gomg 0-11 Just two years ago.

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