Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 20, 1991, Page 6, Image 6

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ARTS
Artistic visions of body featured
By Karen Engels
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It commands attention
Passers-by inevitably stop to
ponder it
A sculpture of a headless,
nude man whose stringy flesh
makes him appear to he a sur
vivor of a nuc lear holocaust
stancis near the top of the
stairs leading to the KMl
ballroom He Tarries. In his
> uiac luted arms, a host with
staring eves
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w/imspei tiled bust hv Mi
c hue! Handles of Eugene is
just one startling image in an
art exhibit with the body as
its theme
Works inc Iuded m flu
Hodv Interpretations of the
Human f igure' are c urrenth
on display in the KMl’ Art
and Aperture galleries I he
exhibit Includes works by
several local and national art
isls
I wanted to show pimple
what is happening with the
human form (in art)." said
Ilrenda Abney, visual arts co
ordinator lot the KMl I (lullur
al Korum
Abney, a Dnivrrsity gradu
ate student in art history who
conceptualized the exhibit
assembled the work of 1 •! art
ists after seeing their work in
different exhibits and in
slides in < lasses She* eontiic I
ed the1 artists, from Eugene
and Portland, (all forma,
Washington. Texas and (Tin
r.icio, and asked them to par
lie ipate in the show
Despite an Initial slow re
spouse, most of the artists
wanted to show their works
and arc- represented in the ex
hihtt. which continues until
Dec 13
The irmly theme links the
ec let tic works on display
Counesy photo
Nonspecific figure w unspecified bust by Michael Randles of
Eugene is one of the works featured as part of The Body: Inter
pretations of the Human Figure," on display in the EMU Art and
Aperture galleries through Dec. 13
Represented .ire photogra
phers sculptors, .in installa
tion-format artist, and “art
w.mili'n-r' Ada (Iharvalia
On display am black-arid
white photographs, ink draw
mgs, paintings, watorcolors,
mixed media and cast alumi
num w orks
So far the response has
been very positive. Abney
said But several visitors have
called the works vulgar,” .is
noted in a comment hook in
the gallery
Some people have been of
fended hv the work of Thorn
S Heileson, Abney said. His
photos, which depict human
bondage, .ire on display in the
Aperture Callery Ahney said
tile people who complained
assumed tile figures were of
women, which is not the case
Sometimes the works are
merely decorative, whereas
others try to show psycholog
ical aspects through the hu
man figure, Abney said
As an example, she cited
three black-and-white photos
by Honda Stone, of l ort Col
lins, (!o|o , in a series titled
"Human hntrapment
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