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Libby presents his artistic retrospect
By MATTHEW LOVING
Contributing Writer
Somewhere in downtown Athens
a silent wave is crashing on a
somber beach while a cat with a
moustache smiles over the lonely
view. Sound like an unlikely scene?
Not at the Loblolly Frame Shop &
Art Gallery, owned and operated
by Stuart McCall Libby.
Libby currently is displaying a
retrospective look at his own art
work. The Athens artist, who at
tended the University of Georgia
from 1969 to 1972, laughs when he
looks back at his years spent at the
university.
“I was going to major in political
science,” he said with a smirk of
disbelief at the pieces of art sur
rounding him.
Libby said he decided to put
aside politics and go to San Fran
cisco where he received further
schooling at the San Francisco Art
Institute. In 1976, he received his
B.F.A.
Libby’s retrospective is a collec
tion of widely diverse works. Since
the showing is in chronological
order, it’s easy to see how his art
work has changed over time. From
his first pieces of oil monopoint
media, to his more recent waterco-
lors, even the most casual of ob-
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Libby pays “Homage to the Autumn Leaf" at Loblolly.
servers can detect the enormous
change in the artist’s style and
choice of media.
Although Libby has chosen to
stick with watercolor as his prime
medium, his past works in various
techniques are worthy of merit, as
well.
“Fence in the Ocean,” a photo
etching, is hauntingly beautiful
and begs the imagination to ponder
its depth. Another photo etching,
‘Tree of Branches,” is a gloom-
stricken portrait that is capable of
sending the chill of a January wind
up one’s spine.
These two works of art stand out
in the collection due to their bleak
appearance. There is a theme of vi
brant color that runs through the
Libby’s is a collection
of diverse works.
majority of Libby’s art. Some of his
earlier silkscreens flaunt an ag
gressive use of varying color, while
more recent works tend to show a
more refined blend of color to ex
press the author’s feelings.
Nature seems to be the inspira
tion for most of Libby’s pieces. De
tails such as crisscrossing leaves or
fish bunched together in a wide
array of colors are used to convey
the artist’s ideas.
“Every piece has meaning be
hind it, Libby said.
Whether he is commenting on
the Beijing massacre or his own
personal feelings, his art is a reflec
tion of thought and emotion.
The Stuart McCall Libby retro
spective will be on display through
November 10 at tne Loblolly
Frame & Art Gallery located on
153 N. Jackson St. Loblolly is open
Mon.— Sat., 10 a.m.— 6 p.m.
The majority of Libby’s art is on
sale to the public.
Pulitzer Prize-winning
poet to read today
By AMY WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
Tired of sitting on the cement
at the Tate Center listening to
headbanging bands and poli
ticians?
Then grab your bookbag and
head to the University Chapel
today at 4 p.m. to hear Pulitzer
Prize-winning poet James Mer
rill.
Merrill will read from “The
Changing Light at Sandover,” a
trilogy comprised of “Mirabell’s
Books of Number,” “Scripts for
the Pageant" and Pulitzer Prize
winning “Divine Comedies."
“James Merrill is one of the
most exciting poets published
today," said Margaret Dickie, the
Helen S. Lanier Distinguished
Professor of English.
‘The trilogy emphasizes the
importance of experimentation.
He was inspired tor this partic
ular piece by meditations from a
ouija board, said Dickie.
The Poet’s Theatre in Cam
bridge, Mass., has adapted the
epic trilogy for performance.
After having won the National
Book Critics Circle Award and
the Los Angeles Times Prize for
Poetry, Merrill’s trilogy was
made into a 90-minute produc
tion titled “Voices from Sand-
over.” It is now being filmed for
public and educational television.
‘This major work has caused
him to be compared to renowned
poets works such as Walt
Whitman and Ezra Pound’s “The
Cantos,” said Dickie.
Helen Vendler, poetry critic for
The New Yorker, commented on
Merrill: ‘The time eventually
comes when readers actively long
for his books, to know someone
out there is writing down your
century, your generation, your
language, your life.”
“Merrill has become one of our
indispensable poets.”
Along with Merrill’s appear
ance, Margaret Dickie continues
to bring innovative, nationally
known poets to Georgia.
The reading by Merrill is the
fourth annual event in the Uni
versity’s Helen S. Lanier Reading
Series and is free to the public.
Helen S. Lanier will be present
for this special reading as well.
James Merrill will be meeting
students prior to the reading to
entertain questions in Park Hall
room 261.
Chinese art professor visits University
Lu Baozeng delivers lecture about Chinese art philosophy
By MAURA CORRIGAN
Contributing Writer
In the wake of all of the excite
ment over the recent decision for
Atlanta to host the 1996 Olympics,
there has been a push to make At
lanta, as well as the rest of the
state, more culturally diverse.
The University’s art department
did their part to increase interna
tional awareness by hosting Lu
Baozeng, an art professor from
China.
Lu Baozeng gave a lecture
Monday, Oct. 22, on ancient art
and then demonstrated the basics
of Chinese art philosophy. The art
on display consisted of 60 works
that Lu copied in the caves of Dung
Huang.
Lu is the associate professor of
painting and the director of the
Chinese Painting Studio at the
Fine Arts Institute in Tianjin,
China. He is also a member of the
Chinese Artists Association.
Before coming to Georgia, Lu
spent three years at Dung Huang,
a series of caves in northwest
China close to Peking.
Cong Yuan, a University grad
uate art student who organized
Lu’s visit, said that the cave net
work consists of 450 caves covering
about one mile of ground and is lo
cated off of the ancient Silk Road,
which was once the only road con
necting East Asia to Europe.
“For 1200 years, from the fourth
to 16th centuries, Chinese artists
dedicated religious work to the
area,” Rong said. “They depicted
the traits of Buddhism in artworks,
showing social life, weddings, the
family and wars.”
Not all of the art is Chinese,
however, nor is it all murals. Yuan
said artists “from India and the
Persian Gulf area also traveled
along the Silk Road and contrib
uted their works as well.”
Yuan said the caves contain so
much art that if all the pieces of art
were laid out in a single line, “the
line would extend for 30 miles.”
Rong said the land around the
caves is mostly still rural.
“People still ride horses and
camels in the area. It is very windy
and sandy and there are no modem
facilities in Dung Huang,” Rong
said.
“It is in the desert and it is ex
tremely difficult to live and work
there, especially without light.”
Despite these conditions, Lu
spent three years in the caves,
during which he studied, re
searched and copied original pieces
of art.
‘The pieces he copied are so
valuable because the conditions
were so difficult,” Rong said. “Some
of the caves were so small that you
have to bend down or position
yourself in odd ways to get to them.
Most artists leave after one year.”
Lu said Dung Huang has re
cently been attracting more and
more attention.
“Each year about one million
people visit Dung Huang. Interna
tional Scholars are interested in it.
Lu teaches courses about traditional Chinese
mural paintings that are part of Chinese culture.
France and the U.S. ewe also inter
ested in it," Lu said.
Lu teaches courses about the
traditional Chinese mural paint
ings that are a part of the Chinese
culture. Therefore, he said, he
found it necessary to go to Dung
Huang.
"1 had to go there,” he said. “I
have no regrets about it. I may
have sacrificed some time and lived
in poor conditions, but I was happy
when I was there and if I have the
chance to go back I will do it
again."
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Lu will remain at the University
throughout the fall and winter
quarters. During this time he will
do research and assist in teaching
a class on Chinese painting winter
quarter. After his sojourn here he
will continue on to Philadelphia,
where he will give presentations on
Chinese folk art.
Next quarter, Lu and Cong Yuan
will jointly teach a class called
Chinese painting art 301. The class
will cover the basic skills and tech
niques of traditional Chinese
painting and Chinese calligraphy.
Students will practice and hope
fully develop an appreciation for
Asian fine arts.
Cong Yuan said he and the rest
of the staff of the art department
are very excited about the opportu
nity to host Lu. Yuan, whose father
was one of the four founders of the
Central Art and Craft Institute in
Peking, hopes to create an ex
change between China and the
United States.
He said that he wants to intro
duce Chinese culture to America
and work on a cultural exchange
program where several professors
would travel between The Univer
sity and his father’s institute.
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