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Marina Pantioukhin, draws on Russian Orthodox traditions and imagery. Radunitsa is a folk holiday of ancient pagan origins observed after Easter by Eastern Slavs to remember relatives and friends. The offerings include flowers, candles, bread, cake, vodka, and a bowl of wheat planted with thin candles. Most striking are Pantioukhin’s six delicate egg tempera and gold leaf Russian Orthodox icons, which together form a cross on the wall. Back by popular demand is Jill Cardinal’s Community Altar, a tall, wonder- ful replica of a church in papier mâché painted pink, blue and yellow. Pieces of colored paper printed with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe are provided for visi- tors to write messages to their lost ones and pin them on the altar. Artworks La Boda de Weissbarth y Fuentes, a delightfully playful oil on canvas by Analee Fuentes (Coburg), offers multiple cross- cultural references as a spoof on Dutch master Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Marriage (1434). Fuentes and her husband appear as skeletons, the bride holding a brush. Van Eyck’s round mirror is replaced with a representation of the Aztec calendar — in the center of which the painter, as CALAVERA BY LISA FIELDS CLARK. Tonatiuh the sun-god, sticks out her tongue. Van Eyck’s dog, European symbol of fideli- ty, has turned into a metal sculpture by local sculptor Harold Hoy. Humorous self-refer- ences abound: the groom’s shoes are Birkenstocks, the chandelier has turned into a camping lamp and fly-fishing rods rest against the bed covered with a serape or Mexican blanket. The floor carpet is Astroturf. E. Ipolani (Granada Hills, Calif.) also uses skeletons in his acrylic paintings to spoof famous artworks. She didn’t call brad is a great parody of Roy Lichtenstein’s comic book style with its characteristic photoengraver’s dots. A female skeleton is about to drown, only her head and mop of blue hair emerge from the gray water. A yel- low band proclaims: “Oh my God! She was serious!” Mitzi Linn’s (Eugene) luminous gouaches, painted last fall in Oaxaca during the Day of the Dead, feature gentle skele- tons in the roles of Kahlo and Rivera, dancers, or carved benches. In The Appearance, rich in symbolic imagery, the Virgin of Guadalupe appears simultaneous- ly as a skeleton and a flower. Her robe is made of plant life and she holds the earth in her hands. The nested design creates a fig- ure/ground tease, an apt metaphor for the JAMES von BOECKMANN Attorney at Law G E N E RA L P RAC T I C E , I N C LU D I N G : Family • Business • Criminal Law Civil Rights • Immigration * COST-FREE INITIAL CONSULTATIONS * HOME VISITS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE F O R A N A P P O I N T M E N T, P L E A S E P H O N E : 968-0781 O R E M A I L : J LVO N B O @ M S N . C O M Oregon Family Dental, PC Welcomes Stephanie Coursey, RDH Now accepting new hygiene patients “Providing quality care with a gentle touch.” 344-7900 • 11th & Chamers • Eugene INTRODUCTION TO QIGONG Nov. 3 - Jan. 7 M & W 11am - Noon $88 for the entire course Gentle exercises that coordinate the mind, body and spirit. All ages and abilities. INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI Nov. 4 - Jan. 8 T & Th 5:15 - 6:15pm $88 for the entire course Yang style solo form. Partner training exercises.. $150 for both classes. at The Natural Arts Center 240 W. 6th Alley (at Charnelton) 579-6663 Los Mex Pistols Del Norte Dia de Los Muertos • Sunday, November 2 • 9pm • Sam Bond's Garage • 407 Blair • Donations OCTOBER 30, 2003 13
