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Thursday, September 17, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Arts/Entertainment
Courtesy of the William Rockhill Nelson Trust "River Landscape with Fireflies," a painting on a Japanese paper folding screen by Shikawa Bunrin, is one of 17 screen paintings on display at the Spencer Museum of Art.
Courtesy of the William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Japanese dividers viewed as art form
By JENNIFER ROWLAND
Staff writer
Originally used in Japanese homes as shields against evil spirits and cold weather, Japanese folding screens are many art forms around the world.
An exhibit of 18th- and 19th-century Japanese screens will be on display until Nov. 29 at the Spencer Museum of Art.
Patricia Fister, curator of Oriental art, said the idea for the exhibition came after the Kress Gallery in the museum needed an exhibit and had been vacant for about a year and a half.
The screens range in height from several inches to about five feet, and the images printed on them range from landscapes to birds and flowers. The screens are displayed in folded positions.
The exhibit was convenient for students in Fisterv's class in Oriental Studies.
dimensional pieces of art require seeing them firsthand, she said.
touch. Poor touch.
The screens were used as room dividers in Japan. They since have been viewed as art forms.
"In Japan, screens are functional as well as being art objects," she said. "They also allow us to customize decorations. They do present certain aspects of Japanese culture."
Fister said the exhibit was meant to show various examples of Japanese folding screens.
From Broadway to the classroom
"We didn't try to be comprehensive. It was more to kind of give a cross sampling of a range of things than it was the 18th and 20th centuries." she said.
"People have been intrigued with the actual format, and have also been intrigued with the designs one finds in screens," she said. "I think anybody will find something of interest there."
KU student enjoys Kansas living after being in New York fast lane
By BRIAN BARESCH
Staff writer
Broadway beckons to young actors, but the University of Kansas has been knocked to one Broadway actor.
Tom McCauley, Philadelphia graduate student, has seen the lights on Broadway. He acted for two seasons in "Da," a play that won a Tony award for its lead actor, Barnard Hughes. He has also acted off-Broadway in New York and in numerous regional theaters.
Cauley also has produced and directed several productions, been in a few commercials and appeared in the movies "Hair" and "Altered States." He also has kept himself busy as a hairstylist, working for Vidal Sassoon and trimming the locks of TV and music stars, including the entire cast of "Da."
"You have to be crazy to be in the business because it drives you crazy," the 36-year-old actor-student said. "One week we’re making hundreds of dollars, the next you're begging for work."
McCauley, muscular and fit, relaxed in an old T-shirt and blue jeans, his accent most East Coast with a little British thrown in. His eyes were intense but serene as he talked about life in the show-business world.
McCauley said he was feeling jaded and burned out by the nonstop parties with stars almost every night. "I was getting bored with parties in New York, to tell the truth," he said.
When he recently came to Kansas to visit his mother, who lives in Baxter Springs and who was ill, he took some time to re-evaluate his life. "I was starting to feel like I needed to get away from New York," he said.
So he decided to come back to
school and get a master's degree.
School and get a master's degree. McCauley had attended Temple University in Philadelphia for two years and then got a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy in London, but he never finished his degree
McCauley said he chose KU after talking to some of the faculty members here. "It just clicked," he said. "I felt right about it and decided to dive in."
After finishing the work required for a bachelor's degree here, McCauley will begin work in earnest on a master's degree in directing. In the meantime, he's rehearsing for a part in "The Trojan Women" for the Wilkinson Theatre Series, and is planning an avant-garde theater experiment.
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The party scene in New York, with parties every night, rock and TV stars everywhere, and the glamour of hairstyling, finally got to be too much for him, he said. He saved Billy's hair by letting it be styled and styled the hair of three stars of the soap opera "Ryan's Hope," but sometimes felt crowded.
Lawrence presents a nice contrast. "People are a lot more genuine," he said. "This is a beautiful campus."
He used to get about $45 for a haircut, but now he gets less than a third of that, clipping part-time between his other activities.
But after the fast-lane life in the Big Apple, McCauley is more than glad to be in the relatively slow-paced Midwest. "The people are so laid-back here," he said. "It's to my advantage, because I am so hyper after being in New York for so long."
Tom McCauley, Philadelphia graduate student, mimics a part from "The Trojan Women." McCauley, who has acted both on and off-Broadway, plays Poseidon in the play.
McCauley is hardly slowing down. He and Kevin Reeves, Ottumwa, Iowa, graduate student, are putting together what they hope will become
Reeves, who also has been on stage in New York, said the new stage, at Dynnex, 530 Wisconsin St., would increase the number of outlets for them to sell products and get people to display talent with only "X" number of projects," he said.
an avant-garde theater to provide a place for local artists to perform, sharpen their skills and experiment.
A number of prizes were given McCauley said he was excited
McCauley still keeps his ear to the ground for good movie roles and said he might take a sabbatical from school if he were offered a significant part.
about the chance to add to Lawrence's cultural scene, because of the rich tradition here. "It seems like this is the hub of the Plains," he said.
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