More than just art
Valentine’s show promises no stupid questions
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ByJohnFulwider
Senior Editor
Everyone has thought this at
least once when talking to artists
about their art: What if I ask a stu
pid question?
Noyes Art Gallery, 119 S. Ninth
St., aims to eliminate that worry
Friday night from 6:30 to 9:30 at
its special Valentine’s Day art
show, featuring portrait and
“people paintings” artist Carlos
Reyes.
i ne pian is 10 give eacn gaiiery
visitor a sheet of prepared questions
to ask the featured artists. After
visitors ask the questions, artists
will give them red heart stickers.
Later, the visitor can turn in his
or her question sheet, stickers at
tached, as an entry to win one of
several door prizes. A question for
artist Janna Harsch, who makes
acrylic paintings and wire sculp
tures of horses, might be as simple
as “Why do you like horses so
much?”
“This gives an excuse to shy
people,” Harsch said. The artists
have set aside the time specifically
to talk to people, she added — so
ask away.
Something else new about
Friday’s show is its location in the
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This gives an excuse to shy people.”
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artist
upstairs studios, an area usually
closed to the public. Reyes, a guest
artist from Wayne, has taken over
most of gallery director Julia
Noyes’ studio to exhibit his works.
Reyes is known for his commis
sioned portraits, but Friday’s show
will include a broader range of sub
jects — paintings of everything
from swans to a coffee carafe.
While soaking up friendly af
fection from Noyes, his friend of
more than 30 years (“The show’s
around Valentine’s because Carlos
is our sweetheart,” Noyes said),
Reyes explained how he made “The
Gathering,” one piece visitors will
see Friday.
The painting came from photo
graphs he took at a harvester show
in Grand Island, Reyes said. “I like
to hang out at places like that and
just find the characters,” he said.
The character in the foreground
with the baseball cap and hands
stuck in his pockets struck Reyes
the most. He liked how the man’s
stance added to the mood of “some
thing impending that I don’t know
whether I want to hang around for.”
The faces in “The Gathering”
and Reyes’ other non-portraits are
deliberately left indistinct so view
ers will concentrate on other as
pects of the composition, like light
ing and shape. What captivates
Reyes most about “The Gathering”
is the light streaming from behind
the men and through their legs.
For those who don’t know him
from his many appearances in Lin
coln, Reyes, 59, taught art at Wayne
State College for 10 years before
turning to producing his own art
full time. He came to Nebraska af
ter living in Kansas. He was bom
in Oklahoma.
The next logical move would
seem to be to South Dakota. But
not for Reyes.
“I want to go south,” he said
with a laugh. “I'm going the wrong
direction.”
Photo courtesy of Noyes Art Gallery
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Set sights on ‘Trainspotting’ for superb new release
By Gerry Beltz
Film Critic
Yee-haw! There are a whole lotta new re
leases this week, and most of them are well
worth the rental price. The pick of the week
helps celebrate (what else?) Valentine’s Day.
“A Very Brady Sequel” — Well, they sure
didn’t waste any time slapping this flick to
gether, given the success of the original.
Now, the whole flaky family and crew is on
vacation in Hawaii when Carol’s (Shelley Long)
ex-boyfriend shows up and wants to steal her
back.
Some laughs, but it looks like a rush job on
the script. Rent it only if you’re desperate for
comedy or big lapels.
“First Kid”—Sinbad plays a secret service
agent who is determined to help a youngster
learn how to have a good time.
iep, more oi sinoad s antics, out the kids
will like this one. Rent this one ahead of “A
Very Brady Sequel” if you need some comedy.
“Trainspotting” — One of 1996’s best re
leases was a Scottish import—based on Irvine
Welsh’s masterful novel of the same.name —
that told the story of heroin addicts slugging it
out in the streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow and
London. But because of its subject matter and
its sickeningly realistic examination of the drug
subculture, “Trainspotting” also may prove to
be one of the Academy Awards’ most neglected
films of the year.
The main character is Mark Renton (Ewan
McGregor), a quick-minded lowlife who spends
one half of the film trying to kick his habit,
and the other half trying to get a fix to feed it.
The supporting cast, particularly the frenetic
performance by Ewen Bremner, rounds the film
out to near perfection.
This is a harshly told, bitingly funny film
that gets better each time you see it, so be sure
to hit the stores hard looking for this one.
“Feeling Minnesota” — This not-sp-funny
romantic comedy falls victim to a plot with so
many twists and turns that it’s a miracle it
doesn’t collapse in on itself.
Keanu Reeves stars as a lonely guy who runs
off with his brother’s new bride (Cameron
Diaz). And as if that wasn’t enough to cause
some family problems, his brother works for a
mob boss (Delroy Undo), who is determined
to get his trusty employee’s wife back at any
cost.
The expected madness and hilarity ensue,
but the fast-paced story line doesn’t allow any
time for any real character development, and
the whole film degenerates into a series of
loosely connected anecdotes and half-baked
characters.
“Grace of My Heart”—Deana Douglas stars
in this film about an up-and-coming singer who
must maneuver her way not only through the
music industry, but also through the hordes of
men (including Matt Dillon and John T\irturro)
who try to get a piece of her success.
Director/screenwriter Alison Anders (whose
“Gas, Food, Lodging” showed much more
promise than this delivered) unfortunately lets
her well-placed characters and the fine abili
ties of her cast become muddled in an over
wrought story line.
But the cast alone makes this film worth
seeing, and if you don’t mind waiting a little
bit longer, this one will arrive at the Mary
Riepma Ross Film Theater on Feb. 20 for a
two-week big screen engagement.
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