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■ Lincolnite wants exhibit
to take viewers on journey
into their own perceptions.
Josh Nichols
Staff writer
Puzzling as it may seem at first,
viewers must journey into their own
perceptions of meanings and thoughts
to understand David Alles’ work.
Alles, a local artist, said his art is a
reflection of his imagination, giving
him a unique style.
He shows this style in prints,
sculptures and oil paintings, which
will be on display the entire month of
September at Gallery 9, 124 S. Ninth
St.
An opening reception fbr his dis
play will be held tonight from 7 to 10
at the gallery.
The display will feature Alles’
most recent works, almost all of
which wefe created in the past year.
Those who look at the watercolor
works “Playground Brawl,” “The
Drunk,” “The Rodeo” and “Twilight
Garden” may not directly interpret
what was drawn.
Alles said what he sees when he is
developing a piece of art probably
will not be what a viewer sees when
looking at it.
wnat l put down may not be
what they interpret it to be,” he said.
“Five different people may see five
different things.”
In the artistic statement on his
home page on the Web, Alles says,
“My art is everything the audience
doesn’t see, in that I produce art sim
ply out of the love of the process.
“Just as it is a puzzle for me, it
should be a puzzle to the observer.
Nothing is laid out in black-and-white
like a text, but rather it is a journey;, a
journey into the viewer’s own percep
tions of meanings and thoughts,
which may or may not have any valid
ity in regard to the work. The audi
ence has clearly become part of a
larger process.”
Alles, a North Platte native, began
to develop his love and unique sense
of art in junior high and high school.
His mother was an art teacher, he
said, and many of his relatives are
artists.
Alles pursued his artistic drive at
Nebraska Wesleyan University, where
in 1996 he received a bachelor of fine
arts degree with an emphasis in paint
ing, printing and sculpture.
Although he passionately works
year-round and has three different
studios in Lincoln, Alles has Other
plans.
He said his goal is to eventually
do monumental work with stone. He
already has plans for statues he wants
to create.
Alles‘said he takes pride in his
work but likes to move quickly from
Gallery Preview
The Facts
What: David Alles
Where: Gallery 9,124 S. Ninth St.
When: Tonight - September
The Skinny: Artist creates "puzzles” for
observers.
one project to the next.
“I don’t try to dwell on a particu
lar piece,” he said. “I try to feed off of
what I produce and move on.”
Along with the Gallery 9 exhibit,
his work will be displayed at other
locations in the coming months.
One will be held at the Nebraska
Wesleyan Alumni Exhibition from
Sept. 23 to Oct. 24 at the Elder
Gallery, 5000 St. Paul Ave.
To sum up his work, Alles used a
scientific term meaning the union of
light atomic nuclei to form heavier
nuclei, involving the release of huge
quantities of enetgy.
The closing of his artistic state
ment reads, “Fusion is the key to my
imagination that leads me through the
process of creation, resulting in a
form that I call art.”
Courtesy Photo
ABOVE: David Alias used ceram
ic and his traditional bright col
ors for the 1996 sculpture “The
Blues.”
BELOW: In “Point if
Perspective,” Alles expanded
on the idea that each viewer
brings his or her own perspec
tive to a work of art.
Nach-O-Fast: Mali’s new Mexican
eatery doesn’t quite measure up
JJ. Harder
Staff writer
Just when you think there are
enough fast food Mexican joints in town
- not so fast my friend, as sportscaster
Lee Corso would say. Or specifically,
Nach-0 Fast.
vThe new Mexican restaurant
opened in Gateway Mall less than two
months ago and has been sefving up
south-of-the-border meals ever since.
Nach-o Fast is a national chain head
quartered in Utah.
The dining experience is no frills,
since it’s located just off of the food
court in the mall. Nach-o Fast offers the
standard tacos and nachos, which are
also available by-the-bag to go.
The nachos are the specialty, topped
with generous portions of cheese, salsa
and especially meat The wraps are the
best and most filling entrees and are
loaded with rice, chicken, salsa and gua
camole.
Desserts don’t stop short of authen
tic, like Crispos or Cinnamon Twists, for
Nach-o Fast has the real deal. The
restaurant offers sopapillas, pastries
with honey and churros, Spanish delica
cies usually dipped in hot chocolate.
While authenticity may be a strong
point in some areas, Nach-o Fast fol
lows the rest of the herd by offering “El
Sip;” It’s a frozen fruit shake, and every
flavor has a hint of banana for a kick.
Sure, “El Sip” is cheesy, but it’s actually
very thick and tasty.
The two best adjectives to describe
the food at Nach-o Fast are huge and
monotonous. The portions are very
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Ths Facts _ .
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What: Nach-o Fast
Where: Gateway Mall /
Cost: $5/meal
The Scoop: Another fast food Mexican
i restaurant comes to town.
large, and you’ll get a bargain. But if you
try a couple of different things, the taste
won’t vary that much.
For $3-$5 entrees, I can’t complain
too much. But compared to Lincoln’s
Mexican classic Amigo’s, Nach-o Fast
isn’t Nach-o Good. Stick with the cam
pus favorite and leave the new place for
malhvalkers and teeny-boppers.