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The Iteri and Black, Friday, May 16. 1975
Ceramic exhibition displays
fantasy civilization of man
Past session a success
By KEN STUART
"Sometimes we see into the
Underland, like a great dis
section, a slice of unreality,
built of scattered dreams and
fostered by rocky memories."
This is the essence of the
exhibition of ceramic sculpture
by Jere Lykins, on display now
through May 30 in the Memori
al Gallery
All of Lykins’ work in this
exhibit revolves around the
Underland, a composite fan
tasy civilization and paradigm
of the culture of man.
The exhibition is small but
diverse. There are two dozen
pieces on display, consisting of
eight wall hangings, three
standing pieces, two floor
pieces and 11 glass boxes
containing artifacts and an-
throfacts of the Underland
civilization.
LYKINS DIVIDES his pieces
into two categories, the "magic
windows" and the artifact
boxes The latter serve to
isolate images and ideas of the
, Underland culture The “magic
windows" allow the audience
to look in on the happenings in
a typcial Underland being's
life. Both types of work, how
ever, serve to illuminate the
"discoveries" of Jere Lykins.
Lykins believes he is not so
much the creator of Underland
as he is the discoverer, a com
bination archaeologist and an
thropologist. Since working
with clay is an easy medium to
improvise in, Lykins merely
started out on a line of thought,
and ended up discovering the
civilization of Underland as it
grew from his materials.
In the beginning of the
shaping of what was to become
Underland. Lykins started with
simple pots, which evolved into
shrines, progressed to land
formations and then one day
he accidentally happened upon
the "beings" which inhabit his
current artwork
All of these developments
can be easily traced from
perusing his exhibition for a
few moments. The pots of the
Underland have the most defi-
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• The music department at the University will be presenting a
variety of recitals next week.
Ray Spires, woodwind major, will perform his graduate
Chamber Recital in the Univesity Chapel at 8 p m. Also that
• night the Varsity Band. Men's Glee Club. Women's Glee Club
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On Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m in the University Chapel. Bill
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As a part of the Thursday Evening Concert Series, the
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Singers and orchestra at 8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church
, This group is under the direction of Thomas Weaver.
Friday night's concert will feature Jane Palmer in her
Graduate Solo Recital Palmer will perform works by Bach.
Ravel and Brahms in the chapel at 8 p.m.
, Finishing up the concert week, the University Chorus, under
the direction of Dr. Pierce Arant. will join with the University
Wind Ensemble in presenting Honegger's "King David" at the
Firsl Methodist Church at 8 p m
, All events are free and open to the public.
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mle shapes As Lykins' work
progresses to the nascence of
the "beings" the outlines be
come less distinct, as if each
new step wanted to portray an
idea in clay rather than a three
dimensional figure.
ALTHOUGH every piece on
display is an excellent stepping
stone for an imaginative jour
ney into another world. I had
my own personal favorite. It
had a title, which was "No. 16
Underland Beings Surface to
Journey through Obstacles to
Read the Shrine of the Mysteri-
Art
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ous Self Sacrificial Well Hole".
It is important to remember
that the titles of Lykins' works
are merely descriptions of
what the artist sees in his
finished product, and not nec
essarily relevant to the action
of the. work
This particular piece, which
was one of the two floor pieces,
and approximately seven feet
long, had a myriad of detail
and aciviliy on it. a mute
recording of a peculiar pilgri
mage, The beings had to risk
the dangers of coves and
forests, climb over walls and
find Iheir way through mazes
i some of which had hideous
creatures lurking around corn
ers!. At the culmination of the
journey, the beings throw
themselves into the well hole,
which seemed ironic to me.
BUT WHEN I questioned Ly
kins about this piece, he said
that it was not ironic, in that it
represented the journey of life.
Birlh and death are important
moments enjoyed by the beings
of Underland Life, that which
ties the iwo togelher. is a
journey toward a self destruc
tive goal involving much dan
ger
Lykins himself has made
journeys they have influenced
some of his art. He credits
Teolihuacan in Mexico and the
Catacombs of Rome as being
minor influences.
This current show of Lykins'
work is certainly no discredit
I enjoyed his work immensely,
but probably would have been
more receptive if the gallery
had proper facilities for dis
play A quiet hall with a full
track lighting system that is
soft but individually effective
is what this exhibition needed
After the Underland exhibit
leaves Ihe Memorial Gallery
May 30. Lykins plans to let the
show develop further along
liold new lines He plans to
experiment with the absence of
color, the addition of sound and
new visual techniques But as
it is right now. the Lykins cer
amic sculpture display is a
pleasing few minutes flight of
the mind into another world
By RICK RICKS
Despite the fact that the
Equal Rights Amendment and
pari-mutuel betting failed. Zell
Miller is pleased with the past
session in the Georgia Senate.
According to Miller, this
year's session transpired with
out the usual overload of
senators or committees, mem
hers sitting on up to six com
mittees concurrently or bills on
the calendar that can't be
called up
Miller, whose job as lieuten-
TIIE BUDGET rush of this
past year, in which the House
held the slate budget for 35
days and then passed it to the
Senate in Ihe waning hours of
Ihe session, caused some con
cern with Miller.
It was at that time that
Miller made a statement to the
Senate, scolding the House for
delaying action on the bill
Tm tired of every time the
House eats watermelon, the
Senate has to spit out the
seeds." he said.
Miller emphasized that in
we will have less highway
deaths, hat has been proven."
said Miller.
In non Senate related com
ments. Miller staled that the
current agricultural adminis
tration "needs somebody like
• Georgia Sen > Herman Tal-
madge The country would be
a lot better off."
Miller also stated that he had
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relationship with Gov. Busbee
with the only major disagree
ment coming on the *35 million
tax relief program
Commenting on the Presi
dential candidacy of former
Gov Jimmy Carter, Miller
said, "He's got a good shot at
it and nobody's going to work
harder '
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presiding over the Senate, re
cently finished his first session
in office.
Miller attributed the upper
chamber's effectiveness, in
part, to senators that are
"boiler educated and more
qualified
"tVE STIl.l. have problems."
he said, adding, "we need
more full time office space
with clerical assistants for the
members."
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ERA bill Miller expressed dis
appointment
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such a situation, "there is little
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closure law. a bill heavily
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for a Campaign Ethics Com
mission. which became law
this past session.
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ernor's desk almost word for
word the same as the Common
Cause version."
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session, approved the setting of
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