Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 5, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sat Umay free jury is Gramatte works on display Art hardly enthralling by Garth Bushholz for the free press i t having your Art declared degenerate by the Degen Erate nazi regime must be some kind of the Young Wal Ter an influential second generation German expressionist artist who died in 1929 at the untimely age of was spared the experience of seeing his Art banned in 1933 and his for whom he fought and was wounded in the first world destroyed by fascist thugs a decade the exhibition of 21 of his draw Ings and etchings at the Winnipeg Art Only hints at what the artist might have achieved if his War wounds and the nazi censors haunt Cut his career the show is interesting for Art history but hardly Gramatte has a Winnipeg me was the first Hus band of Well known Canadian composer and Winnipeg resident Sonia who died in the show in gallery 2 features two sets of his works the eight Zigan a pastel drawings on Black and the 13 Wozzeck the Wozzeck etchings were one of several in a series of illustrations of literary works by Georg a 19th Century contemporary of like Buchner works were dark and psychoanalytical in their the etchings depict scenes from the play in which a Soldier murders his Lover who is having an like the earlier expression his etchings have a kind of Folk woodcut and often use contour lines around Heads or Bod ies to indicate an inner emotion or thought because of this intentionally crude Many of the such As Wozzeck totally in despair or the have an psychotic Energy that contrasts against the simple lines and monotonous the Zivanka pastels were created As illustrations for the libretto Der tra Mende Knabe the dreaming a Ballet pantomime piece with music by the Ballet was never in spite of auspicious and the Gra Matte pastels Are the Only remain ing Trace of this artistic galleries museums Walter Gramatte a Centenary Celebration of his birth Winnipeg Art gallery to 21 out of five two citizens run away on hearing sinister sounds from the in the other the Mythi Cal goddess immersed in a beam of appears before awestruck in the Man in the caves of the the main character searches for Zivanka in a Cave and is beset by a horde of the Zivanka drawings have an abstract Quality that makes them seem ahead of their and would easily blend in to Many exhibitions of contemporary Gramatte Elic its a psychological tension Between the German romantic ideals and the More latent desires for sex and materialism that threaten to overwhelm perhaps the nazis saw in his draw Ings what they were afraid to see in the vivid red and Blue pastels Are entirely different from the and reveal the influence of magic another style of Art emerging in the Early 20th in Forest at dusk in Black and demonic landscape in Branc less Trees vault upwards from a Blue landscape into a treacherous red sky with a Pale yellow Quarter Mike land dream could become reality Lui Ujcic soil 111 r us Cilly Warsaw Michael Jaek son May soon realize his dream of return Flag to the world of childhood at an old military the King of pop wants to build a amusement Park at the old be Mono Airport in Northeast we Are treating it As a serious pro especially since there is no big amusement Park in Warsaw or even in this part of said City Council spokeswoman Jolt Tea noting that the project is a Long Way from being last two of Jacksons representatives inspected the where fans heard him give his first polish concert in Jackson said during a visit in May he wants to build the amusement Park to make real his dream of returning to the world of Gilmour leaving the party Toronto up David Host of Gilmour on the has decided to leave the popular Csc new world culture said it was time to leave the party before it Gilmour on the which started in had a really Good we had a Good season this everyone really likes each other so i figured lets leave on those High who says he had been offered a new contract for the 1997 98 wants to Complete his fourth lost Between which is currently being edited by Dennis with publication scheduled for next Lee will also edit a Book of poetry by Gilmour to be published next he knows that we know new York Lovett int afraid to put his emotions out the Singer songwriter said he knew listeners to his latest hot flashes the Road to would think some weepy songs about lost love Are about the breakup of his marriage to actress Julia it didst really concern because it was consistent with my writing All Ive always written about that the 39yearold Texas native told the new York Lovett also gave his opinion about the tastes of today country music 1 genuinely think that Garth Brooks is what the country radio audience wants he maybe my songs require a bit More from the maybe they really Arent As Good for mainstream coun try radio As much As they Are for other types of Cannon a big lakers fan new York a Dyan Cannon is such a big los Angeles lakers fan that her cheers often turn to Ive walked out of there she says of the basketball where she has floor seats next to retired Star magic the 60yearold who co starring with Jack Lemmon and Wal Ter Matthau in the new film out to says she Only missed five or six Home games out of 41 last in the 1 because i come to the poppy says the in there when the teams that Arent so hot Are during her childhood in washing ton Cannon was also a baseball and football but Basket Ball was always her i just always loved because i could sit those huddles out on the football i Felt so far she i wanted to hear what they were saying when they got dem gel malliio3 warehouse clearance save 7i off Origina prices 3 it a if Iii if jjwk6j 11ii w 11 i t Mou in h i v v11 i aim men i july 4 july 5 105 july 6 lighting accessories 92 Gomez the Winnipeg Folk festival u i l o s it i t 1 i a l l the Keystone Bluegrass Ron boy Aba Colin James with Colin Linden tickets in us Gate Ului Demude 264 Tuche Avenue Cherye by phone 780 3333 Sutof Torii toll free 18882903331 ;