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A&Mprofessors display 'recurring art
phenomenon' in Local Color exhibit
By Mandy Cater
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t a University where engineer
ing and agriculture are the
Lfoundations of curriculum, Dr.
ijlobert Schiffhauer is an unsung hero.
Schiffhauer has called Texas
iM University his home since
59. A student of New York’s elite
Cooper Union School of Art,
Schiffhauer earned his master’s of
Snearts at Yale University.
A professor in the College of Ar
chitecture, Schiffhauer specializes
teaching design and figure draw
ing classes. His teaching philoso-
is simple — he wants to “imbue
itudents with the idea that drawing
isthe basis of good design.”
Above all, though, Schiffhauer’s
work comes down to the figure.
Mary Saslow, a professor of paint
ing and design, is Schiffhauer’s of
fice suite mate.
“Bob calls his figure drawing class
‘boot camp for artists,”’ she said.
In a recent review of Schiffhauer’s
work, Richard Davison Jr. said that
his art “suggests a deeper awareness
of the inherent mystery and signifi
cance of the human form.”
Schiffhauer believes under
standing the figure is a must for any
serious student in fine arts or any
sort of design.
“Drawing the figure reminds you
of human scale and proportion,
which can be applied to all areas of
design,” Schiffhauer said.
Although he has experimented
with a number of artistic move
ments, Schiffhauer can best be de
scribed as an expressionist. Expres
sionism involves “interpreting an in
ner experience in a distorted rather
than natural way,” according to The
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.
Davison said Schiffhauer sees
expressionism as a tendency, not a
movement and feels it is a recurring
phenomenon in art.
A sample of Dr. Schiffhauer’s work
is now on exhibit at College Station’s
Local Color Gallery. John Walker, a re
tired professor in Tie A&M College of
Architecture, is sharing space with
Schiffhauer. Walker said that Local
Color has a lot to offer a community
like Bryan-College Station by “giving
local talent a place to exhibit.”
Kass Prince, executive director of
the Arts Council of Brazos Valley,
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Photograph: Rony Angkriwan
Dr. Robert Schiffhauer, a professor of architecture, displays his work at the Local Color Gallery. Schiffhauer,
a self-described “expressionist," uses religion, Christ images and angels as prominent themes in his work.
said the gallery is an important part
of the community.
“It provides an opportunity for
Texas artists to show and sell their
work,” she said. “It is not just on the
walls and pedestals. It provides ed
ucation for the public, artists and
the media.”
The exhibit features works in
several mediums. Schiffhauer,
typically a painter, devotes most of
the work in this exhibit to a series
of woodcut and block prints on
canvas and rice paper. The end
products were the result of, in
many cases, numerous attempts
to create the perfect marriage of
color and amount of ink. Leather
and felt were also the backgrounds
for some of the prints.
A predominant theme in
Schiffhauer’s exhibit is religion.
Christ images and angels are visible
throughout the work. Schiffhauer
said the reason he incorporates so
much religious imagery is because
many contemporaries choose not
to. Many artists are criticized for
dealing with religious imagery,
Schiffhauer said, but he feels that it
is important today.
Please see Art on Page 4.
Suckers, Union 13 breathe fresh air into music
The Supersuckers
Must've Been High
A * Sub Pop Records
; *** 1/2 (out of five)
By Keith McPhail
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I oming from the Seattle scene, these
Tucson natives known for their cow-
I boy hats, hard-pounding riffs and ir
reverent religious attitudes have taken a
turn toward Nashville, proving yet again that
one never knows what The Supersuckers are
going to do next.
The latest album, Must’ve Been High, is
described by Sub Pop as “the greatest coun
try record since Merle Haggard stopped
smoking pot.”
The group that made a splash with songs
such as “She’s My Bitch,” and “How to Maxi
mize Your Kill Count” on its now classic 1994
album La Mano Cornuda, has spent a good
deal of time in the Lone Star State. Their
Texas catalog includes the Austin recordings
of 1995’s Sacrilicious, produced by Paul
Leary of the Butthole Surfers, and a cover of
“Bloody Mary Morning” for a Willie Nelson
tribute album.
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Supersuckers
As much as listeners enjoyed La Mano
Cornuda and the stage antics of front man
Eddie Spaghetti, fans were more than a little
skeptical of The Supersuckers step into the
world of country music.
In retrospect, more should be expected
from these Farm Aid veterans. The Super
suckers pull from the influences of Willie
Nelson and Johnny Cash. Mickey Raphael,
Nelson’s harmonica player, Brantley Kearns
of Dwight Yoakum’s band and Jesse Daton
all lent a helping hand. The result is a gen
uine sound, free of cliche references to
pick-up trucks and drunken mothers, that
thankfully is not corrupted by the last 20
years of noise that has been passed off as
country music.
This album contains several instant classics.
“Roadworn and Weary,” and “roamin’ ’round”
are simple, beautiful tracks that embody every
thing that is good about country music. These
tracks are on a level with Stevie Ray Vaughn’s
“Life by the Drop.” The lyrics are less potent,
but that just means listeners won’t cry.
“Non-Addictive Marijuana” is the drug refer
ence-laden, upbeat, boot scootin’, sing-along
that you might expect from the ’Suckers. This
festive little number is reminiscent of Reverend
Horton Heat’s “Bails of Cocaine.”
The instrumental “Hangliders” is a great
all-purpose tune. Whether one is out riding
fences, sippin’ on a cool one at the end of
hot summer day or blazing down Highway 6
in a step-side 4x4, this tune goes down
smooth like Southern Comfort.
Must’ve Been High contains seven strong
tracks that would be a solid addition to any
collection. If all the tracks on the album
were as strong as the four mentioned, this
album would be an easy five stars.
Union 13
East Los Presents...
Epitaph Records
★★★1/2 (out of five)
By Keith McPhail
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H ardcore fans familiar
with the likes of Agnos
tic Front, Madball, Sui
cidal Tendencies, and D.R.I
need to check out Union 13.
This raw album brings a bilin
gual assault of mosh-pit erupt
ing jams with tight grooves and
plenty of punk chants reminis
cent of the Misfits.
This five-piece outfit from
East Los Angeles are straight up
hardcore, and hardcore is not
for everyone. The album con
tains a number of tracks that
will get under your skin and into
your blood. Fans will find East
Los Presents... difficult to take
out of the CD player.
“Final Approach” declares the
American dream an illusion and
is the best punk song in years.
“Over the Hill” will get fans
off their cans with fists in the air.
“Bonded As One” is a hard
core anthem that highlights the
unity that separates hardcore
from other scenes. On this track,
front man Edward Escoto shouts
with authority, “Together we can
overcome it all, No matter how
hard it seems, As long as we
have each other, To fight
through everything, Cause we
are, We are all bonded as one!!!”
The production on East Los
Presents... is unpolished, but
meshes well with Union 13
sound and image.
The power jams can be te
dious at times, but when Union
13 hits one of its spine-twisting
grooves, it is worth the wait.
The album seems to indicate
a band who has an incredible
live presence.
Those new to the scene that
cannot figure out why the Off
spring T-shirt didn’t buy any
credibility with the gutter punks,
Union 13 will either make them
punk or let them know how
much of a poser they really are.
Oi, Oi, Oi!
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