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Photos by Steve Wilkow
Artist Arnold Grutter discusses his work with Clackamas Community College art instructor Norm Bursheim at a recent reception
in Grutter s honor.
"Fjords in Oval", priced at $265, is one of many art works of Arnold Grutter on display
through Friday in Clackamas Community College's Fireside Lounge.
An art exhibit honoring the work of
Arnold Grutter opened Oct. 11, and will
continue through Oct. 15 in the Commu
nity Center building.
Grutter's works include wall hangings,
paintings in both oil and acrylic, pen and
ink and sculpting in wood and plastics.
Grutter and his wife Rita are staying
with the Norman Bursheim family during
the show. Bursheim is the head of the Art
department.
The exhibit opened Monday at 8 p.m.
with a reception. People attending were
allowed to browse through the show while
a string trio played. Everyone then adjourned
to CC 117 where Grutter talked for a
while on his art and showed slides.
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In many pieces of Grutter's work Harle
quin figures are present. Grutter explained
that Harlequins were more than just clowns;
they're more like court jesters who can
poke fun at society and aristocracy and get
away with it. In some of his pictures, Harle
quins are being crushed by other ones, re
presenting how people are able to crush
others in many socially accepted manners.
Grutter is a man who is truly as inter
esting as his work. He is presently an artist
in-residence at Moncado University in Minne
sota. Grutter, who comes from Amsterdam
where he was raised and married, moved
his family to Canada in 1954, where he
went to school at Manitoba University. In
1968 he moved to Mancado, Minnesota.
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Grutter also said that he was very
pressed by what Clackamas had donr
further art in their college. The col
owns three of Grutters pieces which a«
display with the works that Grutter bro
with him in the Community Center. Grt
also has art in North Dakota, Minna
and other places in the United States.
After the slide show everyone was
vited to hors d'oeuvres and coffee, ni
they were free to talk to the artist.
Students are urged to go see the
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