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?- ? 1?* -1 f Iff y I WTm jl PPPlfHWiT? /iTMryiooirr uuitov *T iti <1 i am HVJV7?V^1\ Leon Berkowitz is a manipulator of color, an artist with a bent toward the sensuous and the seductive, a man who produces paintings that literally leap with tnf AttOlfvr T-T /v o rv/\ri V*in ??\tnntAM mv^iioiiy. 11c: ocra mo uiiddiuu ao one to return to color what it rightfully claims in nature, its illusion to depth: "As long as color is seen through an atmoshpere, it can never be flat. This idea of flatness in color is only a concept in mind, like the dot or line-a false model of what is real, something I was taught to see." Berkowitz has been experimenting with the effects of color since the late forties, but it is only within the last few years that his paintings have taken on a new vitality, and that in turn has incresed his exposure nationally. Yet Berkowitz has been active in a regional sense lor quue some time. In the Washington area he founded, along with his wife Ida, the Workshop Center of the Arts in 1947. The center became one of many factors that helped to unify artists in the capital city towards a more cohesive direction. Later, this same group of artists became known as the Washington Color School, due to similar concerns over the effect and function of the colored image. a HI r* ? ii_ l .1 1 Aiinougn uerKowuz was inueea one of the founding fathers of the Washington Color School, he was never considered one of the more important artists. Heavy-weights like Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland were reaping the recognition. That was back in the 50s. Now in the late 70s, Leon Berkowitz seems to be going tnrougn a late flowering of sorts, and his new show at McKissick is expressive of both a new confidence and a stronger originality. Technique certainly has Myv . m w 4jj^ ? OV Yearbooks I Main l< G&B YOU I =z WmSBSKmSBSfSfS^ 1 lj93jc5gSfeSHB&Bs^Hl!HSH^HKn?feE9K^^H i something to do with his new ef- J fectivness, which in itself creates J considerably different results < than most other color field painters 1 achieved. He begins by extremely J cniuiing nis on Dase paints, 10 me i point that, the pigments of color i literally swim in the medium with i no possibility of opaqueness. The paint becomes opaque only after < numerous applications of the < diluted formula, with the end < result being deeply intense colors i that beautifully blend from one i 1 A. 11 1 vaiue loanouier. i Perhaps the most stimulating i ncnort of fhoco now naintinCc I UU^VVV V* VIIVUV ??V ff ^UlllVlll^U happens with juxtaposing of two I contrasting colors (mostly i primaries), each so independently i intense, that a third aura of another color appears, when in ! fact it is not truly there The paintings also function quite differendly at different distances, 1 I A. A _ ft ! 1__ 1 ?_ dui mosi enecuveiy wnen one s entire field of vision is consumed in color. This of course makes evident the crucial importance of scale, being that the larger words function considerably better than the smaller pieces. It is without < question the biggest problem 1 a aniitaiti i :m ...uu a rteMiieuuct imu in ueauug wiui unt> < show, for it is dispairingly difficult 1 to detect a comprehensive un- i Welcome Bac Serving Columbia's < 1 OQ^ Caa i 11- fi ? y . JCU UO IUI \\KZ\ ^ columb ? " } 15151 I 765-0610 COLUMBI/ Win a tie Beet reeken< >r 100 other priz imply Have Your Picture Taken or the Yearbook in Room 311 Russell House )0 A.M. to 5:00 P.IV Aug. 27 - sept. 7 being distribute Dbby of Russell I ir Carolina vee lerstanding by the artist in this espect. Another inconsistency that must >e mentioned is that of framing, >eing that some are framed and ome are not. In work such as this, n which but a portion of a eemingly greater expanse of |;cn.c to given, uic nainuo >/vvviiiv :onfining, like an obtrusive chainink fence around a beautiful ;arden. Thus, they almost pigeonlole the vision, boxing it in a ashion that truly negates the lature of the work. The Berkowitz show, more so han most, is one that must be ixperienced. No words can fully lescribe the essence of color, the indulation between form and nass, the deleneation of very real nit nebulous space. In these espects, Berkowitz is somewhat >f a master, yet before he arrives at ruly unified vision, other obvious, lear blattant problems must be esoivea. The show will continue through iept. 28. 5HOW DATES There is still time to enter two of he more important regional shows. The 21st Annual Springs Vrt Show is receiving work up to Jept. 23 at the National Guard Vrmory in Lancaster. Also, the 5th \nnual Seibels, Bruce Carolinana iVatercolor Competition will be iccepting work Oct. 10 at the Columbia Museum of Art depot, ^uther information on both shows :an be obtained from the Columbia Huseum or the USC Art Departnent in Sloan College. ?? 1 J :k Students ocial needs since ns for your parties. ia sandwich shop AYLOR STREET VS.C. 785-2822 ich 68 d and sold louse ipboolr T ower c survives By Bill Qcmecocl Can a group that has undergone 1 be successful? That's what Tower < Since the group's first albumn i has had a turnover rate similar to I a busy airport. The majority of the group's turn where for the past nine years thre three drummers and six lead singe The Tower's horn section, consis Greg Adams, Stephen Kupka and 1 the years with the exception of one DESPITE THE PERSONNEL c productive. Since 1974 the Tower c Kammo nti 0?t olKumno Ul ai laugeu nut IK) vin uu aiMuiiuuj John, Rod Stewart, The Brother Brothers, Peter Frampton and Gn performed horns for the Sgt. 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