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HORSE SHOW
Th# Red and Black, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1970
rage 11
Breeds shown
Photo by BENNET GEORGF
RIDERS RELAX AS JUDGE MAKES HIS DECISION IN CLASS
Tennessee Walking horses were originally used on Southern plantations
Pearlstein’s nudes illustrate
McLuhan idea; artist’s style
By CEE HOWE
Feature editor
"Heads up! Watch the gate"
And so began the Athens
Clarke County third Annual
Horse Show held Saturday at
V.F.W. senior league field
Sponsn ed by the Athens
Kiwanis. Club, the show offered
exhibitors a variety of classes
ranging from pony pet plea
sure. to a five-gaited stake
FOR THOSE of you unfamil
iar with horse show jargon,
por.y pet pleasure is open to
ponvs Ismail horses I which are
ridden as pets and not as show
ponvs. Five-gaited stake is
open to American Saddlebred
horses who have five forward
speeds, walk. trot, slow gait,
rack and canter
Probably the flashiest class
es are the "gaited" classes,
those for American Sad-
dlebreds With their necks
arched, and heads held high
these horses pick up their feet
so their knees almost hit their
chests.
THEIR TAILS are often
long, curly and flowing But
don't let them fool you; most of
those tails are false A wig. so
to speak, for a horse.
Speed classes are crowd
pleasers at a horse show, and
crowds usually yell loudest dur
ing the roadster classes
One welll-groomed pony,
hitched to a two-wheel sulky
called a bike, can go pretty
fast Sliding around curves,
roadster ponies are judged on
speed and on the ponvs "wav of
going” or style Like their gaited
horse brothers, roadster ponies
pick they feet up almost to their
RIDERS NEVER let the
horses show them up as far as
being well-groomed Sporting
satin brocade jackets bow-tied
and sanched tuxedo shirts,
riders complement their
horse's picture of grace and
beauty.
Horsemen are a particular
breed of men. as exemplified
by the quality of stock they
brought to this show This show
advertised $2300 in prize mon
ey. but probably each of the
horses who placed first in any
of the walking horse or Sad
dlebred classes was worth at
least this amount and probably
more
MODES OF transporting
horses vary as much as the
tvpe horses present One stable
from Marietta brings its stock
in a nine-horse van. equipped
with a dressing room in addi
turn to this van. the stable also
brings a two-horse trailor
which carries portable stalls,
tack, grooming equipment and
first aid supplies
Other people less comforta
ble financially, are happy to
bring their stock in a conven
tional horse trailor or even in
the back of a pick-up truck
Why do people go to so much
expense just to show a horse’
For some it is for money, some
because they love competition,
but all of them are just plain
horse-crazv
MARTHA CONWAY OF ATLANTA DRIVING 5IR LANCELOT
Roadster pony has won many national titles
By TOM GIFFEN
Staff writer
Phillip Pearlsteins exhibi
tion showing at the Georgia
Museum of Art through Nov 8
is a solid case illustrating Mar
shal McLuhan's ‘‘The Medium
is the Massage' and is well
worth the time spent viewing
the collection.
The Museum is presently
showing the works of Gregory
Gillespie and the Cuzco paint
ings as well as eighty paintings,
drawings and lithographs of
Pearlstein
THE MAJORITY of the
Pearstein exhibition is nudes
with several portraits and land
scapes included. The show is
contained in four rooms with
works segregated as to the time
which Pearstein finished them
Philip Pearlstein was bom in
1934 in Pittsburgh, and through
out his high school career he
made a name for himself as a
young and upcoming artist He
finished his undergraduate
work at Camegte-Mellon Uni
versity in Pittsburgh and then
went to New York for graduate
study at the New York Institute
of Fine Arts
IT WAS while Pearlstein was
in New York that Gordon Wash-
bum spotted him and persuad
ed him to enter some of this
work in the Pittsburgh Interna
tional Festival
Soon Pearlstein was abroad in
Italy where he became interest
ed in the human figure and
began his nude painting He
was there in 1958-59 on a Ful-
bright grant
SINCE THAT time. Pearl
stein has developed the art of
the human figure to the point
that he paints reality not
dreams which are so prevelant
The difference between his
earlier nudes, say 1962. and
those from 1968 can be seen in
the backgrounds and the man
ner in which the figures are
developed His earlier paint
ings of the human figure are
luzzv compared with the harsh
reality conveyed by his 1968
models
THE BACKGROUNDS
change throughout all of Pearl-
stein's nudes, the earlier ones
have a pastel green used to con
trast his figures, the interim
period paintings having a solid
gray backgrounds, and the
most recent paintings indicate
that Pealstein has been lately
influenced by the "powder puff'
painting theorists in New York
City.
The background settings of
his latest efforts seem to just
fade away. They seem almost
not to be there, giving the fig
ures an erne three-dimensional
appearance In this manner the
exhibit grows on the viewer,
and. therefore, the more time
spent studying these canvases,
the more the viewer will enjoy
what he is seeing.
PEARLSTEIN paints what
Photo by ROB NOVIT
Cuzco painting
Seventeen paintings from the Cuzco School are on view at
the Georgia Museum of Art through Nov. 8 Mrs. Ruth
Moore selected the paintings to assist her post graduate
study in art history. Two major trends are seen in the
Arts of the Spanish cuiuiiies; one, the imitation of Euro
pean models, the other, folk art. Both can be seen in the
Cuzco School, with folk art perhaps the stronger element
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he sees. Many ot his figures
seem harsh and much out of
alignment as to how one would
imagine the human figure as
being
However, Pearlstein s works
point out the importance of
lighting in art. In many of his
paintings, the number of lights
used can almost be counted
because of the detailed shad
ows included
The portraits on exhibit are
some of the best examples of
intricate detail on display They
show the same careful concen
tration as the nudes do except
with clothes The figures are
larger than life and exhibit the
same radical cropping the nudes
do.
IT IS NOT unusual for the
head or another appendage to
be totally cut off from the
painting, giving the figure an
intriguing aura
This exhibition involves the
viewer. It is not something just
tn be seen, but rather the real
ness of each of the figures lends
credibility to each of the paint
ings and drawings McLuhan's
theory of involvement is very
relevant within Pearlstein s
work because his work is the
human body, not man's ideal
The exhibition which began
on the University campus Sept
20. will also be shown at Wichi
ta Art Museum. Wichita. Kan
in January and early February
ind at Vassar College in Pough
teepsie, N.Y., late in February
hrough the middle of April
Activities fair held
by Mortar Board
Photo by BENNET GEORGE
3in
Photo by BENNET GEORGE
EXHIBITOR (R) LOOKS CONCERNED DURING JUDGING
Pick-up race (L) it a timed event
The annual Motor Board
Activities Fair will be held this
afternoon from 1 to 5 in Memo
rial Hall Ballroom
The fair is sponsored by
Mortar Board, the snational
Senior Women's Honor Socie
ty in order to "give people a
chance to know what's going "
Fifty or more booths will be
manned by representatives of
campus organizations and local
businesses will be offering door
prizes.
ANY ORGANIZATION can
enter the fair which "gives
organizations the opportunity
to let people know they are
there and gives students, espe
cially freshmen, the opportuni
ty to see what the various or
ganizations have to offer "
Decorations started going up
Monday night Booths were set
up this morning Each organi
zation is provided with a small
booth or table
In preparing for the fair,
Judy Langford, vice-president
of Mortar Board, wrote to the
presidents of all of the campus
organizations inviting them to
enter the fair and to local mer
chants inviting them to donate
door prizes.
THE DOOR prizes are a new
addition to the fair Their pur
pose is " to let students know
where they can go in Athens to
get the things they need ’
Membership in Mortar
Board is the highest honor a
woman at the University of
Georgia can attain Members
are tapped in the spring of their
Junior Year on the basis of
leadership, scholarship, and
service to the University.
Membership is life-time
Mortar Board’s purpose is
to provide (or the cooperation
between societies, to promote
college loyalty, to advance the
spirit of service and fellowship
among university women, to
maintain a high standard of
scholarship, to recognize and
encourage leadership, and to
stimulate and develop a finer
type of college woman ''
IN ADDITION to sponsoring
the Activities Fair, members
of Mortar Board serve as host
esses for persons on official
visits to the University, hostess
the Honors Day Program,
serve at the President's recep
tion for faculty members, and
publish the Mortar Board Cal
endar Book
Entries in the calendar are
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Persons interested in pur
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lar at the University Bookstore,
or at the Mortar Board Activi
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