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“Works of Hope,” an art exhibit honor
ing National Peace and Justice Week
ind World Food Day, is on display at
Friends Congregational Church this
iveek. Phyllis Fredericksen, chair of the
Just Peace Institute, which is sponsoring
he exhibit, said the its goal is to pro-
ote peace and justice through art.
“The artists are conveying through art
messages of peace, justice and hope,” she
tition said.
The exhibit features 38 pieces of art
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ranging from paintings and photographs
to sculptures and computer art, and it
features several artists from the A&M
College of Architecture.
Fredericksen said she hopes the com
munity will visit the exhibit to look at
the art and discuss what they learned.
“We hope this will give people cause
to stop and think about peace and hope,”
she said. “Peace is an issue we can start
with ourselves and build upon and
spread to our community and nation and
hopefully the world.”
She said the Just Peace Institute
hosts forums to explore peace, justice
and tolerance on all levels, including en
vironmental and social issues.
Fredericksen said she hopes the com
munity leaves the exhibit with these is
sues in the forefront of their minds.
“These are things we don’t have the
time to think
about,” she said.
“We know it’s im
portant, but we
don’t (discuss the
issues). We’re tak
ing a time to say
‘Let’s sit, down and
look at these is
sues and think
about them.’”
Robert
Schiffhauer, an as
sociate professor of
architecture at A&M, is displaying some
of his artwork at “Works of Hope.” He
has been creating religious art for al
most 15 years, and some of his pieces
have been displayed in churches around
the country.
One of Schiffhauer’s drawings is enti
tled “He is Risen” and is based on the
resurrection of Christ. He said it appeals
to religious and nonreligious people.
“It is my hope, at least, that many can
identify with the idea of new hope for
man,” he said. “If we can embrace all the
best ideals of which man is capable, then
a new man will arise for the betterment
of mankind, and our future on earth will
be assured as a bright one.”
He said his art grew from his concern
about the direction society is moving in.
“Everybody wants their own way, and
we’re not trying to understand each other,”
he said. “Once that is shown to be a failure,
people will start working together.”
He said his works appeal to a sense of
unity.
“I hope to inspire people to do good
rather than evil,” he said.
Schiffhauer said his style of work is
spiritual expression based largely on Ger
man Expressionism. He said that follow
ing World War I, there were many Ger
man artists who continued to do religious
art despite the fact that it wasn’t popular.
“People had respect for the art,” he
said, “but they thought it was sad that
they were wasting it on religious art.”
But the focus of the exhibit is not sole
ly on religious themes.
“Works of
Hope” is the sec
ond annual art ex
hibit for World
Food Day and Na
tional Peace and
Justice Week.
World Food Day is
held to commemo
rate the founding
of the Food and
Agriculture Orga
nization of the
"The artists are
conveying
through art mes
sages of peace,
justice and hope."
— Phyllis Fredericksen
chair of the Just Peace Institute
United Nations. The organization is
committed to improving the nutritional
status world wide.
Fredericksen said exhibit visitors are
asked to bring a can of non-perishable
food as a donation to the Brazos Church
Pantry. Frederiksen said last year’s ex
hibit raised more than 160 pounds of
food for the charity.
A press release said the contributing
artists will express their individual views
about peace in eloquent expressions of spir
it — “The diversity of artistic style and me
dia combines to say, in the most glorious
way, what so many of us feel about every
thing from war to peace, from hopelessness,
hunger, violence and indifference to kind
ness, hope and justice.”
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'Obaitori Symbiosis," a sculpture by Emmett L. Amos, is on display at
'Works of Hope," which started Sunday.
Green Day’s Insomniac has same tire<l message
By Rob Clark
The Battalion
It’s hard to believe some
thing called Dookie could cap
tivate the music world.
But Green Day’s 1994
album did just that, and
with it came immediate
proclamations of punk mu
sic’s resurrection — led by the Messi
ah, Billie Joe.
From Lollapalooza to Woodstock,
MTV to the Billboard charts, Dookie
was on top of every pile.
“The new Sex Pistols!,” people cried
“The biggest thing for punk music
since Nirvana’s Nevermindl” they
exclaimed.
Please.
Green Day will never be the Sex
Pistols and Dookie isn’t even close to
the revolutionary Nevermind. Green
Day’s formula for success is taking the
simple punk style and injecting
themes of teen angst between the
three chords.
With Insomniac, the band picks up
where Dookie left off.
That’s the problem.
There’s nothing new, just the same old
sound. It’s almost as if Billie Joe has an
album cookie cutter and just rearranges
lyrics to make recycled songs.
Insomniac sounds like Billie Joe
has been watching “Coffee Talk” on
Saturday Night Live too much, and
Linda Richman gave him the topic of
apathetic youth. Every song revolves
around this discussion, and it grows
tiresome quickly.
Lyrics are practically interchangeable
among most of the songs — “Stranded ...
lost inside myself’ (“Armatage Shanks”),
“I’m getting old and I’m getting nowhere
fast,” (“Brat”), “My sense dulled passed
the point of delirium” (“Brain Stew”),
“I think I’m falling off into a state of
regression” (“Jaded”) and “I’ve got a
knack for f—king everything up” (“Bab’s
Uvula Who?”).
The album’s first single, “Geek
Stink Breath,” is one of the few bright
spots. With this song, Billie Joe actu
ally tackles a topic beyond the mun
dane monotony of the norm. By explor
ing the psyche of a drug
addict, he examines the
rationale for continu
ing the substance
abuse.
“I’m blowing off
steam with Meth Am
phetamine,” he sings.
“I found a treasure
filled with a sick plea
sure / And it sits on a
thick white line.”
To hear the band do so
well with a song like “Geek
Stink Breath” makes it
that much more frustrating
to see it rely on old, formu
lated material.
The album’s other strong
points include the theme of
moving and adjusting on
“Westbound Sign,” the love-
gone-bad lyrics of “Stuart and the
Ave.” and the money-obsessed
“Walking Contradiction.”
Green Day will probably suf
fer eventually from ridiculous
saturation on MTV and from
the fact that its average fan
age is around 13. Extreme
popularity can lead to over-
inflation of a band’s signifi
cance, and “significant” is
not a word that can realistically de
scribe Green Day.
Insomniac is just a carbon
copy of Dookie, and the strict
following of this successful for
mula doesn’t allow for explo
ration of new ground.
There’s only so many ways to
bitch about being bored.
Green Day needs a new topic.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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