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Thursday, April 28, 1983/The Battalion/Page 5 J he of color shocked world Matisse show ‘remarkable’ by Diana Sultenfuss Battalion Staff In 1905, Henri Matisse (1869- 1) shocked the art world by g color for its own sake. This use of color, combined th a clean, controlled line, timed the basis of Matisse’s art. “I have a great love for pure, lear, sparkling color and I am |ways surprised to find beauti- 1 colors dulled and dirtied un- ^cessarily,” Matisse explained ; the time. Near the end of his life, latisse began work on the port- llio“Matisse: Jazz,” which is on Ihibit until May 1 1 at the MSC Review Eric EtidIa tt and ikl onighl May 8, allery. The show is on loan im the collection of the Ma tt Koogler McNay Art Insti- te in San Antonio. “Jazz” was published as a ok in 1947. Every aspect of azz,” from the illustrations to jetext, is remarkable. The in- Itwining of the text and the ates integrate “Jazz” with ength and liveliness. Matisse lies color from black-and- dite more completely than any flier painter. His works show a olence of colors, a syncopation lines, a gentle warmth of sha- )ws. Matisse works to retain e intensity of juxtaposed dors. The plates in Jazz were ;inted by pochoir, a method of linting with stencils. Matisse iaped the colored papers and jplied them to the surface in a lontaneous and improvisation- al manner, like good jazz — Ihkh is how the series received its name. Stencils were made , from the shapes and then printed with the same gouaches used to color Matisse’s paper. Matisse cut into color much as if he were making a relief, and technically the cut-outs are in fact very shallow reliefs. “Cutting straight into the chosen color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor,” he said. This elementary proce dure demands a mastery of col ors in tjieir primitive, simple state. The imagery in Jazz is diffe rent from Matisse’s usual por trayals — the subject matter comes from memory and imagi nation rather than sight or ex perience. There are plates of music halls, legends, travel and the circus — many of the sub jects are pastoral in nature. At one time, Matisse had planned to call the book Le cirque (The Circus). Circus* scenes pre dominate — “The Acrobats,” “The Horse, The Rider and the Clown,” and “The Nightmare of the White Elephant” are among the plates relating to this theme. Variations are created by such poetic abstractions as “The Heart and Destiny” and several abstract compositions, including three called “The Lagoon.” The shapes of his lagoon works look like psychologists’ ink blots. Other abstractions are shown in “The Cowboy” and “The Night mare of the White Elephant.” Two other plates are about fan tasies — “The Burial of Pierrot” and “The Nightmare of the White Elephant.” “Icarus Fall ing Through the Sky” and “The Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood” are portrayals of legends. Stylistically, Matisse used sev eral techniques, including re petition and framing. Several of rts •ht ter, wiiii i rds label W ie spectres pop hits« lover" antll trd-rockinj 're TooPk eologists hold talks at A&M ion idustrial® jd business residential ■ consider® | so w: sizing >P( to imp le H n progn® ordinal 1 ] •es also» tvn 11 ^ i Good*’ ierf nt.” d the i* 9 ' wall"® of the > P 1 f by Larry C. Couvillon Battalion Reporter ■ A team of 35 geologists from bound the world have assem- Wed at Texas A&M to discuss the appropriate direction that Kological research should take. I The meetings are the fifth animal symposium sponsored by the Texas A&M Geodyna- jics Research Program. The symposium focuses on a |nge of topics related to the eanic lithosphere. The scien- ifets will discuss plate tectonics, a Sieory that suggests continents pre floating around the globe on lix major plates. Scientists from the United |5tates, England, Canada, Japan, the Soviet Union, France and South Africa will speak at the symposium. i The talks will be presented in four sessions on the sixth floor of Rudder Tower. A $35 regis- ftation fee is required for pro- Itesional scientists who attend, but students may attend free of Barge. ■ The first session, which began ■this morning, discussed spread- ,ull ^ iwiUt*'" 1 it co yer ' from ’ ’ [08 of lll( Try Something New! Shaefer & Schaefer Light . •*. $2 62 Six Pack Miller 12-Pack Bottles $499 Miller Bottles By the Case s 9 75 Carta Blanca Dark *2 $099 Six Pack Open Monday-Saturday f til Midnight! (Specials good thru Sat. April 30) 3611 S. College 846-6635 S ill S I V lilif iili mm H! VillToaks West apartments “Home away from Home!” • Convenient to campus • Brand new • Spacious floor plans • On-site leasing and management • Pool, fireplaces, laundry room ‘Cowboy” by Henri Matisse. staff photo by Eric Lee Matisse’s pictures are based on repetition of the same element to emphasize freedom and sym metry. As he said in “Jazz:” “In a fig tree no one leaf is exactly the same as another, but each one differs in shape, and yet every leaf cries out: fig tree!” The richness of his work com es from the infinite repetition of a particular element. In “The Toboggan,” “The Sword Swal lower” and “The Clown,” fram ing devices are used primarily as containing devices — they assume an architectural rather than a pictorial function. The plates show Matisse’s use of line and color in design and his mastery of the graphic arts. Matisse’s merging of color, draftsmanship and form makes the paper cutouts especially powerful. Matisse summarized “Jazz” by saying: “The images presented by these lively and violent prints came from crystal lizations of memories of the cir cus, of popular tales or of travel.” Now preleasing! 1107 Verde Drive between FM-2818 and Villa Maria Road 779-1136 ing under the sea centers where molten magma is excreted from long cracks running north and south in the Earth’s surface. Older material that came from the crack is pushed away to both sides as new material is excreted. This movement is the basis of plate tectonics. Evolution of the ocean lithos phere will be discussed during the second session. Ten scien tists will discuss its thickness, movement and theories of age this afternoon from 3:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and on Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Speakers during the third ses sion will distuss dynamics of plate tectonics. Discussion will center on how the plates are formed and how they move horizontally and vertically. This session will be from 10 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. Friday. 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