3 summer exhibits worth a look.Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard Despite the usual summer doldrums in the art world, several gallery shows around town this month are worth at least a quick visit or even an extended look. La Follette La Fol·lette , Robert Marion 1855-1925. American politician and reformer who served as a U.S. senator from Wisconsin (1906-1925). In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for President on the Progressive Party ticket. Off Broadway Off Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. Off Broadway theatres (venues) are those with 100 to 499 seats[1]. , 931 Oak St., has landscape paintings of scenes in Croatia and elsewhere by Maui artist and Croatian native Ivan Tomicic. Tomicic, a jack of all trades, once worked in Eugene as an art director for the now defunct video-game developer Dynamix. He paints big, smooth oil paintings of watery scenes: two boats on a shimmery shim·mer intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers 1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash. 2. surface, say, or an evening view of small boats moored in a harbor. Some of his work borders on facile (language) Facile - A concurrent extension of ML from ECRC. http://ecrc.de/facile/facile_home.html. ["Facile: A Symmetric Integration of Concurrent and Functional Programming", A. Giacalone et al, Intl J Parallel Prog 18(2):121-160, Apr 1989]. - one painting, of waves breaking, has a factory-produced quality. But when he's at his best, Tomicic's paintings are smart and moody. Also in the show are some computer prints of small watercolors of, oddly enough, cowboys. Tomicic's work remains on exhibit through September. White Lotus White Lotus Chinese Buddhist millenarian movement that was often persecuted because of its association with rebellion. The movement had roots in 4th-century worship of the Buddha Amitabha, whose devotional cult inspired Mao Ziyuan to form the White Lotus Society, a pious Gallery, 767 Willamette St., is enjoying the summer break with a typical roundup show from the gallery's stable of artists. The good news is, the gallery stable contains nothing but thoroughbreds. Check out the gallery between now and Aug. 21 and you'll find works by such artists as landscape painter Jon Jay Cruson and photographer Gary Tepfer, Taiwanese artist Helen Liu and many others. Then go across the street to Karin Clarke Gallery, 760 Willamette St., to see a show of works by the late printmaker LaVerne Krause. Krause taught art at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. for two decades before her death in 1987. The student art gallery on campus is named for her. The Clarke Gallery show has a nice mix of prints and paintings from various stages in her career. The most interesting is a large woodblock wood·block n. 1. See woodcut. 2. also wood block Music A hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick to produce percussive effects in an orchestra. self portrait that entirely captures the owl-eyed woman seen in photographs of Krause. Also check out the small print portfolios on exhibit in the glass case. EXHIBIT REVIEWS Three ongoing shows La Follette Off Broadway: Paintings by Ivan Tomicic White Lotus: Artworks from gallery artists Karin Clarke Gallery: A Romantic Vision: Paintings, Prints and Drawings by LaVerne Krause |
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