A.V. COLLEGE EXHIBIT FEATURES ABSTRACT IMAGES OF FISH, FOWL.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer The tooth-studded jaw of a tiger shark. A watercolor of penguins and whale bones on a beach. A New Guinea carving of a cassowary cassowary (kăs`əwâr'ē), common name for a flightless, swift-running, pugnacious forest bird of Australia and the Malay Archipelago, smaller than the ostrich and emu. and a man. A hefty deep-sea lure. Which conveys the reality of ``bird'' better - a museum's stuffed specimen, or an artist's sketch? ``Nature is a very complex `item,' for lack of a better word,'' says Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Professor Charles Hood. ``Often our artistic interpretations of it tend to be kind of simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple . I hope to remind people of all the different ways to interpret it.'' Hood is the guest curator for the college's ``The Art of Fish and Fowl'' exhibit, which runs through April 25 in the gallery on campus, 3041 W. Ave. K. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Using more than three dozen items from Hood's collection and those of others, the show offers a variety of styles: delicate depictions of lapwings and plovers from an ornithological guide to Indian birds, abstract bronzes, a line drawing of a prairie falcon, oil paintings, a Javanese crocodile-fish mask and stuffed botanical specimens. The New Guinea carving, originally a finial fin·i·al n. 1. Architecture A sculptured ornament, often in the shape of a leaf or flower, at the top of a gable, pinnacle, or similar structure. 2. An ornamental terminating part, as on a post or piece of furniture. on the roof of a house, was picked up by Charles Hood while he was in New Guinea on a scholarship to study tribal poetry. Other items came from friends, and friends of friends. The stuffed snow goose, wings outspread out·spread tr. & intr.v. out·spread, out·spread·ing, out·spreads To stretch or extend or to be stretched or extended. n. 1. The act of spreading out. 2. Something spread out; an expanse. and legs poised for a landing, that hangs from the gallery ceiling came from the UC Irvine Museum of Systematic Biology, as did the tiger shark jaw and a stuffed roseate spoonbill spoonbill, common name for a large wading bird related to the ibis. It has a long bill with a tip like a flattened spoon, with which it captures small aquatic animals. . One object is a type seldom seen in art shows - an elongated e·lon·gate tr. & intr.v. e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates To make or grow longer. adj. or elongated 1. Made longer; extended. 2. Having more length than width; slender. teardrop-shaped deep-sea lure, metallic silver in color with a hook at each end. ``It simplifies a fish to its most abstract shape,'' Hood said. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo:(1--AV and SAC--color in AV) Guest curator Charles Hood explains Elizabeth Buck's work ``Incubation'' at the A.V. College art gallery. (2--AV only--color) A work titled ``Catch of the Day'' is part of the A.V. College Art Gallery's exhibition. (3--AV only--color) Jonathan Alderfer's work ``Three Pelicans'' adorns a gallery wall at the exhibition. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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