Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Page 23

UST AVHUStE COPY THE ARTS Friday, January 17, 1986 Albuquerque Journal Page 1, Section 4WalF I UtS Art Line Offbeat On the By La Verne Harper I If JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT Vs. I I i 2fLii I Iff $tny JOURNAL PHOTOS NEIL JACOBS "Sand Fall Spring Back" a sculpture by Jason Knapp SANTA look for artists taking risks," said Bob Gaylor, director of the Center for Contemporary Arts. Gaylor made the statement about the artists in the Second Annual "On the Wall, Off the Wall," the invitational show the center is currently presenting. This exhibit brings together artists throughout New Mexico whose works range from painting and photography to sculpture, ceramics and mixed media. According to Gaylor, this show, more than any exhibit the center has sponsored, exemplifies the philosophy of the center to provide a format for contemporary work of an exceptional quality and originality.

Much of the work in this show would not be commercially viable due to its content, scale or impermanence, he said. Gaylor said this exhibition acts as a "discovery show" for emerging talents as well as for recognized artists new to New Mexico. A panel of four invited 40 artists to submit representative works for the jury. Final selections were made by the panel and Gaylor. The common denominator of this year's show seems to be artists expanding their art forms.

Paintings become sculptural areas of Albuquerquean Luci Maki's canvases are built up with modeling paste. Sculptures become surfaces for painting the plaster surface of Santa Fean Richard Hooker's "Adobe Clothes" is treated with gesso and embellished with acrylic. In other works in the show, photographs are painted and collaged, and prints are photographed, photocopied and treated with dyes. Themes range from the nightmarish visions of nuclear war by Clayton Campbell of Santa Fe to the light-hearted, primitive animals and figures of Stuart Ashman of Santa Fe, to the poetic, three-dimensional drawing by Basia Irland. The drawing, which is also a site piece, is suspended from trees in front of the center.

Ms. Irland, who has shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, recently JOURNAL PHOTO RICHARD PIPES Film Committee Chairman Noah Golden Film Committee 5 Jt ements rare Suppl feelings about the passage of time (marked by sand) and the prospects of geological time versus biological time. Hooker plasters clothes and embellishes the surface with comic-strip scenes such as cavemen with clubs, an American housewife taking a cake from the oven and extraterrestrials landing on Earth. There are six photographers in the show Laurie Klingensmith of San Lorenzo, UNM graduate photography student Ian North, Eric Renner of San Lorenzo, Robert Widdicombe of Santa Fe, Dan Pebbles of Albuquerque and UNM photography professor Gwen Widmer. Others showing include Valerie Arber of Alameda, sculpture; David Parsons, a Santa Fe sculptor; and Richard Burkard of Albuquerque who works in ceramic sculpture.

This show is on view at the Center for Contemporary Arts, 291 E. Barcelona Road, through Feb. 1. By Roy Durfee "Text Book Riddle," part of Richard Hooker's "Adobe Clothes." became the head of the University of New Mexico's sculpture department. Jason Knapp's sculpture is an apparatus that could be described as something between an inventive hourglass and a seismic recorder gone mad.

Knapp, of Albuquerque, said the sculpture signals his LaVerne Harper is an Albuquerque painter and free-lance writer. Fin ds Family ast Track in Hollywood By K.C. Compton JOURNAL ARTS WRITER and the work of American mavericks from Orson Welles to Francis Ford Coppola. Films made by black Americans are highlighted during February, Black History Month. The series includes eight double-bills.

The new schedule, which includes commentary on every movie, is available in the UNM area, or call 277-5608. Here is a listing of the spring schedule: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Jan 24., Saturday, Jan. 25, Jan. 29 Jan. 30-31 Feb.

1, "Killer of Sheep" and "Joe's Bed-Stuy Feb. 5, "Postman Always Rings Feb. 6-7, "Chimes at Feb. 8, "Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year Feb. 12, "Out of the Feb.

13-14, Feb. 15, "Sparkle" and "Sweet Sweet-back's Feb. 19, "Lady From Feb. 20-21, "Vengeance Is Feb. 22, "L'Age d'Or" and "Simon of the Feb.

26, "They Live by" Feb. 27-28, "What Have I Done To Deserve March 1, "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" and "Pat Garrett And Billy The March 5, "In a Lonely March 6-7, "Broadway Danny March 8, "Jeanne March 26, "Pickup on South March 27-28, "Up to a Certain March 29, "Melvin and Howard" and "Real Life." April 2, "Touch of April 3-4, "Family April 5, "Peeping April 9, "Point April 10-11, "Born in April 12, "Badlands" and "Mean April 16, April 17-18, JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT At a time when art cinemas, repertory houses and campus film societies are seeing their audiences lured away by videocassettes and cable television, the University of New Mexico's Film Committee seems to be going strong. Noah Golden, the committee's 24-year-old chairman, has been programming the films for two years and believes he has found a formula for the individual's and the commu nity's satisfaction. "We provide a vigorous alterna tive and a valuable supplement to the other movie fare available in Albuquerque," Golden said.

"In the next 14 weeks we will be showing 50 movies, many of which have never been seen in New Mexico before, and most of which are not available at your corner video outlet," he said. New projector lenses and a film cleaner recently installed in the UNM Student Union Building Cinema should further enhance the well-projected image and sound previously available there. The old, uncomfortable seats in the facility have been totally refurbished, completing a renovation begun last summer. Although attention to such details has marked Golden's tenure, he reserves most of his enthusiasm for the programming. "We have two basic criteria in selecting movies," he said.

"First: Is it good cinema? Secondly: Is it likely to be shown here by anyone else? Rather than competing with commercial exhibitors, we want to provide a service to the New Mexico audience." The spring 1986 schedule features 10 Albuquerque premieres, including films from Italy, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Cuba, France, Great Britain and the United States. A series of free Wednesday evening screenings celebrates the classic Hollywood genre, film noir, while Thursday through Saturday screenings feature largely world cinema 111 the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She graduated from RADA in August, 1984, and returned to Albuquerque where she began performing in productions with the two professional companies in the area, New Mexico Repertory Theatre Night's and the Wool Warehouse Theatre Restaurant of the Red Hot "We moved to LA. in July and in August I did a music video with Maurice Day, who co-starred with Prince in "Purple Rain," Patrice said. "In September I read for a part in a feature film, 'A Walk on the Four callbacks later, I got the lead." "A Walk on the Moon" was filmed in Mexico, Patrice said.

While she was there, Margarita and Maria came to visit her for 10 days. During the visit, Maria auditioned for and got a minor role in the movie. Director Raphael Silver is currently editing and preparing "A Walk on the Moon" so he can enter it in the Cannes Film Festival this summer, she said. Though Patrice's success has been the most dramatic, the entire family seems to have wandered under a particularly lucky star. Margarita's first job in California was with the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

Currently, Margarita is working for a bilingual production company, CalMex, that makes commercials in California and Mexico. Benito, 17, and Maria, 15, have been accepted into Hollywood High School's performing arts program la the television show And Benito has the lead in his school play. Rico Ortiz isn't a brother by birth but by profession, Patrice says. "Mother just sort of grabbed him and dragged him along when we came out here," Patrice said. "She had this way of adopting people in La Compania, you know." Though unofficial, the adoption must have fooled the fates.

Some Martinez luck seems to have rubbed off on Ortiz as well. After five months in Los Angeles, he's been given a leading role in a low-budget thriller, which will go into production this spring, Patrice said. The only member of the family who didn't make the journey to California is Bennie, the father of this brood of theatrical wunderkin-der. A musician by profession, Martinez was unable to go to California because he was in a serious car accident last year and spent 10 months in the hospital. "We have extended family there in Albuquerque," Patrice said.

"So he at least has some company." Last July, the Martinez family Margarita, her four children and a "semi-adopted son" picked up stakes in Albuquerque and removed themselves to Hollywood to pursue careers in film. Whether the relocation was a quixotic adventure or a shrewd leap onto the fast track, only time would tell. Time not only told, it shouted. A brief six months later, the results are undeniable. The Martinezes aren't just on the fast track.

They've hopped the bullet train. "In July it just seemed like the time was right for everyone in the family to make a move," said Patrice Martinez in a telephone interview from the family's home in Hollywood. "It's really incredible how fast things began happening." For openers Patrice, 22, formerly Patricia, has landed the female lead in "Tres Amigos," a new comedy movie that will go into production in Arizona in February. Her co-stars? Chevy Chase and Steve Martin. Michael Landis, of "Animal House" and "Blues Brothers" fame, will direct the film.

"The day I had the first interview I was talking with the casting director and all of a sudden the door opened. Steve Martin walked in and Patrice Martinez I thought, 'Oh, no. He's not going to sit in on the "But he did," she said. "He's a true exhibitionist. Very funny.

I haven't met Chevy Chase yet." Patrice's sister Benita, 20, has been cast as Chase's love interest in the same movie. Before their move, the Martinezes were stalwarts in the bilingual La Compania del Teatro de Alburquerque, where Margarita served as producer for several years and all four children performed. In 1982, Patrice was accepted to "Hail April 19, April 23, "The Killing of a Chinese April 24-25, "Holy April 26, "Lenny" and "Star April 30, "Remember My Name." May 1-2, May 3, "The Chant of Jimmie May 7, "Raging Bull;" May 8-9, "After May 10, "The Man Who Would Be King" and "Wind and the Lion." j. I Spotlight Singer-Guitarist Plays KiMo Singer-guitarist Dave Van Ronk will play blues and folk music on stage at the KiMo Theatre 8 p.m. Monday.

Van Ronk will play his own compositions as weH as interpret the works of others. $10 downstairs, $8 balcony. Tickets are available at the KiMo box office or by calling 848-1370. Ragtime Pianist To Perform Ragtime pianistcomposer Max Morath will per-form at 4 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church, Fourth and Lead SW.

Morath has been entertaining audiences for 22 years, debuting at New York's Blue Angel and later premiering with his Original Rag Quartet at the Village Vanguard. $8 general admission, $6 students and seniors. For information call 243-5646. Bear Presents Buddy Rich Buddy Rich and his big band will perform at 8:30 p.m. Monday at The Hungry Bear.

Rich's career began in 1938; he has toured with Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey during his career. $8 in advance and $9 at the door. Tickets available at Giant Ticket Outlets. Cowboy Plays Heights Center Cowboy singer-guitarist Steve Cormier will perform at 8 p.m. Monday at the Heights Community Center, 823 Buena Vista SE.

Cormier is a working cowboy at the Pintada Ranch, Santa Rosa. The concert is sponsored by the New Mexico Folk Music Society. $4 members, $5 nonmembers. Ethnofilms Series Continues SANTA FE "The Amish: Not to be Modern" and "Our Sacred Land," the second pair of films in the Center for Contemporary Art's Ethnofilms Series, will be shown at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night at the center, 291 E. Barcelona Road.

$3.50. The series, featuring highlights from the 1985 Margaret Mead Film Festival, runs through the end of the month. Albuquerque Municipal Band Dave Van Ronk Takeda Conducts Santa Fe Sjinphony SANTA FE Yoshimi Takeda the globetrotting maestro and former music director of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra guest conducts the Santa Fe Symphony at 3 p.m. Sunday in St. Francis Auditorium.

Featured on this "Masters of Municipal Band Marches On The Albuquerque Municipal Band will play music of Souza, Hoist, Robert Russell Bennett and Alfred Reed in a free concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the KiMo Theatre. The band, sponsored by the Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department, is composed of 50 musicians under the baton of Bruce Kroken. Music" series program is Stravinsky's "Pulcinella Suite," Mendelssohn's Overture to "Fingal's Cave," Mozart's Symphony in G-minor No. 40, and Yoshi-mato's "Threnody to Toki" to A $7 to $14; 983-3530..