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Pike said that what people make of the paints is dependent upon the moment. Burroughs himself sees different scenes by just the slightest turn of a piece. Many of the paintings reflect a randomness, which he has experimented with in the form of "cutups," arranging random words and pictures to create an image. He has used this technique in literature as well as in painting.
Local novelist tries visual art
By Liz Hueben
Kansan staff writer
William S. Burroughs is trying to get pictures to move.
He said so in "Entrance to the Museum of Lost Species," a work written about his latest artistic endeavor, painting.
Many people have heard about Burroughs the writer, who penned the heralded "Naked Lunch," 'Hairy' and "Queer," among others.
The 75-year-old Burroughs, who hung out with "beat generation" notables such as Jack Kerouac, is now Burroughs the painter, collaborating with modern visual artists such as Robert Rauschenberg.
His paintings are on exhibit through Nov. 11 at Kellas Gallery, 7 E, Seventh St.
Since 1987, when Burroughs did his first solo painting show at the Tony Shafraïd Gallery in New York City, his works have been shown in such art-conscious cities as London, Amsterdam, Cologne, Rome, Lisbon, and Montreal.
This is a concept Burroughs called creative observation, which seems to be as appropriate to his literature as to his painting.
The Lawrence resident's painting career began in the mid-1800s when he was out target-shooting at pieces of plywood. After the wood was full of shotgun holes, he decided it looked like art, according to Burroughs's long-time friend John Meyers. He said Burroughs then began attaching cans of spray paint to the boards and shooting the cans, exploding it onto the wood.
This early painting style of Burroughs' became known as "shotgun
Mary Lisa Pike, owner and director of Kellas Gallery, said Burroughs loved guns. She said many of the guns in his novels revolved around them.
"With most painters, it is important for each individual to interpret for himself what he thinks of the painting. With Burroughs, however, it is almost mandated that this is what YOU make of it." she said.
"He likes to read medical novel, like you find in airports," he said.
A few of his early shotgun pieces are included in the Kellas Gallery display, along with his more recent mixed media paintings reflecting what Pike called "a more refined painter."
In some of the more recent pieces, Burroughs has used metallic paints, acrylics and abstract screen prints. Some incorporate the old standard spray paint, and some have visible brush strokes, unlike the shotgun pieces.
His paintings have received acclaim in their own right, with the shotgun pieces remaining the most-reviewed. Pike said.
The differences between the early and later works are stunning. Besides the media, the surfaces are different: paper as opposed to wood. The later pieces are seemingly more controlled and lean toward a consciousness of formal qualities.
Almost hidden in some of these paintings are forms of cats' heads. Pike said that Burroughs liked cats. Mevers agreed.
"It goes beyond liking them," he said, "he practically worships the damn things. He's a 'felinophile.' He plays with toys and has cats, guns, drugs and medical stuff."
Pike said much of Burroughs' literary and visual art was reflective of his life experiences, experiences that
James Grauerhoiz, Burroughs long-time personal assistant, manager and editor, said in "On Burroughs' Art," "On its own terms, it promises the open-minded viewer a chance to breathe through the themes and images that Burroughs has developed during a lifetime of making art."
have placed him in an internationally elite, intellectual crowd for many years.
Pike said it was very important to Burroughs for each person to absorb each painting and to experience it himself.
Burroughs has lived in Lawrence since 1982, dividing his time between here and New York City. He is a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commander De l'Orde des Arts et Lettres in France.
Window contest decorates Lawrence
By Tracy Wilkinson Kansan staff writer
The 20th annual window decorating contest was sponsored by Lawrence Parks and Recreation and the Breakfast Optimist Club.
Gray skies provided a gloomy background yesterday as downtown Lawrence businesses gave up their windows to ghosts, goblins, witches and haunted houses — and 54 young people with paintbrushes.
Lynn Frasheksi, special events supervisor for Lawrence Parks and Recreation, said that in order to participate in the contest, the children must have submitted a sketch to
the department of parks and recreation by Oct. 18.
Frasheski said information publicizing the contest was distributed at the end of September. The contest was originally supposed to take place Saturday but was postponed because of rain.
One hundred and ten sketches were submitted, she said, but because of the weather and the change of the date, only 54 people participated.
The youngest participants were in the fifth and sixth grade categories, which will have winners from first to fourth place.
The junior high category will have first and second place winners, and
the senior high category will have only a first place winner.
John Corbett, a member of the Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Club, said the contest was a child-oriented function because children are a primary focus of the organization.
"It is our creed to work toward the benefit of the youth," he said.
Frasheski said winners would be announced at a breakfast in their honor Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Holideme, 200 McDonald Drive.
The winners in each category will receive a plaque engraved with their name and place in the contest, and the location of each winner's painting will be announced to the public.
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