Friday, November 3, 1972
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Kansas Staff Photo by PRIS BRANDETER
Jim Evans Exhibits Constructions, Prints and Drawings
. . KU student finds stabilization through his art . .
Artist Balances Work, Life
By JOE ZANATTA Kansan Reviews Edite
It is not often that an artist will be offered
an exhibitable exhibit whenrar that artist is so
elegant.
The 7 East 7th Gallery is currently featuring an art exhibition by Jim Evans, Teoga senior. The exhibit is made up of 14 drawings, prints and constructions.
"I find it easier to express myself visually than verbally," Evans said Thursday.
Evans said it was difficult to talk about his work because he was so involved with it, and partially because he was exhausted from setting up the show.
Evans lives above Strawberry Fields, in a combination apartment-studio. The shop below provides a variety of music, which drifts up through the floor into the comfortable workshop where Evans devotes at least six hours each day to his work.
"I've been doing prints for the last four years—since I was a freshman," Evans said. "I started making constructions about six months ago."
Weekend Scene Mahavishnu to Perform
MUSIC
Weekend Scene
JOHN MCALEHUNL AND THE MAHAVISINHO ORCHESTRA? This could turn into the surprise concert of the year. Guitarist John McLaughlin has been called "the best" by many critics, though he is relatively unknown outside of jazz circles. McLaughlin has combined a number of musical styles, including jazz and rock, to create an interesting sound all its own. Also scheduled is the Charles Lloyd Quartet, another jazz group. Tickets are still available at www.johnmcLaughlin.com $ 50.80 m. Saturday, Hoch Auditorium.
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY: Bruce McKinney will conduct the symphony in its first concert of the 1972-73 season. Included in the program will be Barber's "First Essay for Orchestra," Mendelsohn's "Italian Symphony," Lladvö's "Kikimara" and Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamorphosis." The compositions composed of 77 University of Kansas students. No admission charge 3730 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre.
SLAVIC FESTIVAL
KANSAS CITY PHILHARMONIC: The opening subscription concert of the Philharmonic season will feature three University of Kansas choral groups, Verd's *Requient*' will be the presentation, the chorale and University Singers providing the chorus. Sunday, Music Hall, Kansas City, Mo.
SLAVE FESTIVAL
SALTO:
Tadeus, INLAND, 1966,
directed by Tadeus. A REPORT ON
THE PARTY AND THE GUESTS:
Czechoslovakia, 1966, directed by Jan
Nemec. No admission charge; 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Woodrud Auditorium.
SLAVIC FOLK ART AND BOOK
EXHIBITION. Through Nov 12, Kansas Union
CONTEMPORARY EASTERN
EASTERN HOUSE
HIBBITH;
Through Nov. 30, Wyton Library
RUSSIAN ICON EXHIBIT: Through Nov.
30, Nelson Art Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.
WHAT'S UP DOC: Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal team up for a very funny musical that concentrates his efforts on music. No one is quite sure what Streisand is, but it is clear that her concentration is on O'Neal. She slap-stick comedy and laughs. Hillecrest!
**PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM:** Another Woody Allen masterpiece. This time Allen takes on the classic heavy, Bogart. Another in the classic movie movies by Woody Allen. Hillcrest 2.
THE TROJAN WOMEN: The historical tale about the women of Troy takes on new look with the acting skills of Katharine Baldwin. The film also achieves valuable Buildup and Irene Pane, Hillcrest 3.
THE FRENCH CONNECTION: Last year's Academy Award winner for Best Picture. It's just about the best cops-and-brothes tale you'll find. Story concerns the
RYAN'S DAUGHTER: Re-released as
part of the MGM Big Four extravaganza.
"My basic drive in any media is stability," Evans said, "It's natural kind of thing, evident in the world and the universe.
break-up of a top narcotics ring. MASH; the father of this year's television series, only with no holds barred. A truckload of drugs was stolen. If you've never seen it, Sunset Drive In.
"There's a certain solidarity and formal aspect that I've transferred into my constructions, kind of a molecular stability. I need a stability factor. My life is not that stable," she said. "The stability (stability) is what I need because it's missing in my day-to-day life."
"I need to stabilize my mind," Evans said, "and art gives that to me. It's a process that I need and when it comes down to it, that it's the process of art."
Evans said that it was a creative drive and not a commercial one that motivated
"What art does is make you dissect and
think things to where they clearly
vibes."
"I just go by my own personal drives," Evans said. "It (the art work) is made for me because it comes directly from me. That's a part of self-expression. There may be outside influences but they're broken down and assimilated into the artist."
"When it comes down to the nittle-griffy facts, I have a need to produce for myself. Sure, there's the need to be loved and supported but you have to produce for yourself."
"I'm satisfied with myself, but there are things unanswered in my art that I'll have to find an answer for. I'll have to keep on working."
"You can't reach a goal--you'd just run into a brick wall."
Evanas said the instructors in his KU classasses had been good. He said he felt he was a super teacher.
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"They're helping me an incredible amount. I'm still a student. My teachers have been around a lot longer. They're really good coaches."
Evans said most people eventually end up dropping a career or becoming teachers, but he said he didn't.
"I'll continue doing this to express myself. That's the most basic need I have."
"I'm lucky to be on a-to-one basis with my teachers. It is more helpful and I am able to communicate better. And that's where art is - on a personal level."
"In print-making there's a technical skill involved. It takes a lot of practice to become even adequate. My first prints were so bad I just tossed them out."
Jim Easl's drawings, prints and con-
structions will be on display at the 7 Eastham
School.
"Comings and Goings" is the first play to be presented by the Hashinger Hall Experimental Theatre. The play and the theatre are well worth an examination.
Theatre Debut In Hashinger Shows Talent
The play is a modern improvisation written by Megan Terry. It is an exaggerated replay of the same ship. The examination ranges from drama to comedy, with a little song and dance thrown in. It is set in a variety of places, such as the ocean and the scene of an automobile accident.
By JOE ZANATTA
Kansan Reviews Editor
COLLEGE HILL MANOR
The play is well performed by the Hashinger group. A dress rehearsal Thursday night demonstrated their ability to make the play work, bringing the audience to both silence and laughter—even at the right spots.
The theatre itself is quite interesting. The audience must enter through a maze of obstructions. The seats are cushions, lounge chairs, folding chairs and floor. The result is an informal atmosphere which generally helped the play of type that was presented.
There are very few props and almost no set. The main attraction of the stage area is a large painting. It is roughly a theatre-inspired artwork, with strong drama and the audience intentionally undefined.
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Peggy Baldwin, director and coordinator of the Hashinger Experimental Theatre, has done a good job of building a theatre and stocking it with acceptable talent.
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Tango
by Slawomir Mrozek
— A Macabre Comedy— directed by Zvone Sedlbaur, guest director from Yugoslavia
November 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 1972
8:00 p.m.
University Theatre — Murphy Hall
KU Students receive reserve seat tickets with Certificate of Registration Box Office: UM4-3982
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