Tuesday, October 2, 1834
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The genius of an artist may live work and how it can most easily
on forever, but unfortunately time be repaired. Chemistry knowledge
often deals harsh y with art. Put- is essential for choosing the proj
ting the original "life" back into a er solvents and cleaners to use.
work is the job of art conserva- Any retouching must be made
tors such as Anne Rosenthal, who with paints carefully mixed in
is working on an Elisabeth Dolan order to match the original Fi
painting at the state Capitol nally, a conservator prepares a
-Spirit of the Prairie" is painted report of exactly what was done
on the lunette above the entry to to the work and what techniques
the Nebraska Supreme Court i- and materials were used. "
brary on the third floor. The work Rosenthal is a fine arts conser
features striking pastel colors of Vator with a bachelor's and mas
a prairie sunset. But unfortunate- ter's degree in art history and a
ly the colors have been dimmed master's degree in conservation
by 50 years of dirt and neglect. and preservation of historic and
Rosenthal has been hired by artistic works. The latter degree
the Building Division of the De- wa3 obtained at a special gradu
partment of Administrative Ser- ate program offered at the State
vices to restore the painting's University of New York at Coo
hues to their original contrasts perstown. This master's level pro
and to touch up any spots that gram, which is offered at two
have been badly damaged. Ros
enthal said that she will only
bring back what time has taken
away, not repaint the entire pic
ture as many restorers have done.
She praised the state of Nebras-
ka for its concern about art, which
is only beginning to be expressed
by other public institutions. Pri-
vate collectors also have taken an
interest in the condition of their
art works. Common sense and a
few precautions against harsh
conditions lengthen the life of
any artwork Many museums re
quire a listing of all environmen
tal controls and precautions be
fore they will release any of their
works for display. Facilities with
out adequate controls are not
allowed to exhibit the art.
The process of restoration be- tion behind restoring art," Eos
gins with some research into the enthal said. "You really have to
original paints, varnishes and love it, or you can go crazy."
Once again you biased news
paper has contained an article
that cuts down a fine heavy
metal band. Your latest victim
was found in Thursday's article
by Randy Wymore that brutally
criticized the group Kiss and their
new album Animalize.
Wymore begins by stating that
Kiss makes its yearly "feeble"
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where have you been? Kiss has
been a formidable force in the
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sixth grader. I wish I had their
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said the album could have been
saved by some semblance of tal-
ented musicianship. Boy, you're
real informed Wymore. Didn't you
know Gene Simons placed third
as an all-time rock bassist on
MTV? Incidentally Paul Stanley,
guitarist for Kiss, is also extremely
talented and he has a great voice,
I do believe Kiss has had better
albums than Animalize, but
nonetheless, it didn't deserve the
thrashing it got from Wymore. As
to his closing comment on how he
hoped radio airplay wouldn't en
courage Kiss to do another al-
bum; I hope Kiss comes out with
10 more albums!
The Daily Nebraskan seems to
have a history of bigotry when it
comes to heavy metal Last year
Quiet Riot was voted worst group
of the year, Pyromania, by Def
Leppard was the .worst album,
and (get the hnrf hasfs resdv.
Spandau Ballet as best group of
me year. East? If I wanted to
waste the $7 for a good laugh, I'd
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other materials used. Next the
conservator must decide what
other U.S. universities, prepares
specialists in preserving all types
of art works. Rosenthal special
izes in paintings and other works
of art on paper such as etchings
and drawings. Those itirjtH
in becoming conservators should
specialize in one of three under-
'graduate majors: studio art, art
history or chemistry, Rosenthal
said
The next project for the
California-based conservator is
an 1,100-square-foot group of
frescoes in Los Angelas. Rosenthal,
a free-lance conservator, often
works with museum staffs and
other free-lance conservators on
larger projects like this.
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a derogatory review on Judas
Priest's Defenders of the Faith
last year, it seems mere is tnis
heir of snobbishness whenever
your "sophisticated" staff mem-
bers comment on a new heavy
metai release, as mi is an mierior
form of rock.
Inferior? Most of the world's
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greatest guitarists are or were
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neaa-Dangers:tanayitnoaes,a-
ward Van Halen, Jimmy Page,
Pete Townshend and Jimi Hen-
arix, just to name a iew. now can
anyone think that these legends
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Now, so you dont think I'm
closed-minded: I have a wide var-
iety of musical tastes. I love the
Rolling Stones and R & B. I like
southern rock, Bruce Springsteen,
Prince...I even like David Bowie!
But none of the above (except
the Stones) can rock me like a
good metal tune by ACDC or Van
Halen or Krokus or Motley Crue
or...the list goes on.
To close, I would like to say
that in the future, the Daily Ne
braskan should have someone
who's "in" to heavy metal review
HM albums. Who better can dis-
tinguish good heavy metal from
bad than a head-banger? Other
wise, you get a shallow, unedu
cated and feeble" review such as
the one done by Randy Wymore.
Troy Park
sophomore
news-ed
P.S. Thumbs up to the guy who
did the good review on the Ratt
concert,
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Webster stays put; world exhales
The summer months were dif
ficult for me. Fun, friends and
other diversions barely held my
attention. Each glance at the
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Back then I would have given ail
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the lymph nodes in my body to
find out just who would get pos
session of Webster.
The world can exhale and sit
back in its chair now. Emmanuel
Lewis of ABC's "Webster" saw Un
cle Phillip the slipshod single par
ent that he is and chose to stay
with George and Mamie. Wise
choice, Web. Not only do George
and Mamie need the worK, Dut to
hand the show over to Ben
Vcreen's Uncle Phillip would be
like having Benito Mussolini hqst
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the Miss America rageant. 1 reai-
fee that Ben Vereen is a name-
brand star and he makes a con-
venient wall for Emmanuel Lewis
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to bounce his cutesy singing voice
off of, but the guy is nauseating,
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badly and has a sissy wardrobe.
So there.
But "Webster" has the makings
of a good show. Web himself is
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it weren't for the efforts of Ben
Vereen, "Webster" might be a little
more than just a nice, average,
harmless little sitcom.
That was Friday night. My Sat
urday night was equally unclut
tered by social engagements; I
had the very distinct pleasure of
seeing "Cover Up" in ail its
rougedcleft-chinned glory. Jen-
nifer O'Neal and Erik Hexum lead
a troupe of mindless bimbos in
this latest good-looking-folks-fight-crime
series. Using the back
drop of a high-fashion modeling
agency to camouflage their true
intentions, their job is to criss-
cross the globe, showing thighs
and catching bad guys ail in one
swood. This episode showed the
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capture oi tne only psychopath
who kills gorgeous women on
record in television history. The
producers of this show were ob-
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ize that viewers' minds needn't be
crowded with new plots or ideas,
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The ultimate insult for any show
is to be laughed at when it is not
trying to be funny. I needed a
laugh Saturday night and fortu
nately "Cover Up" had just such a
scene. Watch the drama unfold.
The bad guy has raised his
knife to hostage Jennifer O'Neal's
throat, and Erik Hexum stands
nearby, ready to defend her with
"his Daisy .357.
"Let her go," Hexum says, his
gun trained on the villain's head.
"I'm a fourth level marksman in
the Marines. I don't know if you
know what that means, but do
you see that zero on the sign next
to your left ear?" (He neatly shoots
out the middle.) "That's your tem
poral lobe. You will be dead in
seconds."
Hexum delivers this with all
the conviction and emotion of a
dead carp, and the villain drops
his knife and falls into a fetal
position. I was on the floor, too.
I hate being the bearer of bad
tidings, but if mv subiect is bad.
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of the screen it is my duty to keep
viewers abreast of the networks'
good, bad and udv. and if a few
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shows like "Cover Up" have to fail
in the process, then so be it. But
don't think I don't enjoy it.
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