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Sunday, October 13, lflf.S IP o)1 if) Do The youiiir art of Paul Chidlaw THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 4i. 1, t.r -J 01) 7 UU Se.vj Or Can JFc Teens nsler' tQ sell, consequently HY OWEN FINDSEN Enquirer Art Editor continually adjusting itself to what I am trying to say." He docs not talk of color, design, or form individually, only of the total statement. "It takes awhile before you get to that. I can't do without discipline. I'm most free under the strongest discipline." He does not classify painting by styles, abstract.

Impressionist, realistic, etc. "Abstraction is one of my means of arriving; at a statement, so it's a verb, but when I get of Our Lady of Cincinnati are not merely a I I ft a xtt i A 4 i fcv Ky 1 rehah of shows past Chjdlaw studied they are an entirely new vj1n; in, Paris and says his collection of bright, teachers were ''all the up-to-date paintings. painters In the Louvre," Chidlaw has a simple ex? eight. -years he lived "Vdannttnn nf his nrtistie- across' the street from the Renew Old Question NEW YORK i.n The annual fracas between. school officials and students over classroom attire--raged across the land, spiced by glimpses of stocking tons, panties and even navels.

Each of the embattled sides, a spot survey dis--closed, had won some, lost some, and the ultimate outcome might fairly be described" moot. There was hot and $4te6ly Arpasolved oi troversy over a number of burning jmiestions: At what point do a RirJ' culottes become so brief that they are. so to speak, mtfrelike sans-culottes? Is a T-shirt underwear or outerwear? Where is the torrid zonitfftminlskirts? J- Should a friii wear a Nehru jacket with nothing underneath but panties? What is a reasonable length-far. male sideburns? School principals from coast to coast were bugged by love beads, and rode off In several directions. Some p.sisted that the wearing oCJrtve beads by males would not do.

Others held that lovebeads, If worn, must be tucked Inside shirts. Others said go ahead wear 'era any old way. Culottes, a sor were talxjo. last in Chicago's Morgafi'Pa'rK'High School.Vhtsterm they are pewnissible if they extend tq. wttrilh two Inches of the' nefc.

yv. AC Jlollywdod, Calif.J rfigh, culottes must be full enooflK'to-look' like unsplit skirts, and three inches up is the limit. On T-shirts, the oTficial rule at Mandan, N. High School Is: "They're underwear and not proper school apparel." But at Radford High near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. T-shirts receive the stamp'of approval as long as they do not bear words or pictures.

Officially fixed miniskirt lengtns'ranjre from two inches above the knee in Jefferson Parish, to four It Is not hard to find a few minor works by famous artists to add prestige to a show, and when 1 see a scorecard with names like Chagall and I.autrec In It I nin a bit cautious. Clossons present exhibit is not one of these shows. Although great names abound, the drawings and watercolors her have bpen sflfitwl first for quality. As for the names, most of them are known to the general public (Bonnard, ('assail, Vuillard), the rest (Koujita, Kupka, are familiar to collectors. There Is so niwh here that it is difficult to single anything out for mention, although I am particularly enamoured by a Childe Hassam water-color (talk about total a delicate Bonnard nude, and a Cezanne watercolor which looks at first like a barely started but, given a second examination.

Is seen to be the epitome of minimal art. PAUL CHIDLAW at tfte. easel: "I unless having fun, but it hasn't always been that way." 4 inches in Glendale, Calif. But there are other less specific views. The Westport, school board ruled simply that skirts must cover the girls, "undergarments and their torsos." Principal J.

H. Boucree of Booker T. Washington High in New Orleans said'-WheJi a girl srts you should not see the tops of her A pretty girl In Pacific High School, San Bernardino, admitted her miniskirt was five inches up the thigh, officially an inch too high, but told an interviewer: "If I pull the dress; ttown ard hold In my stomach it's only four inches above the knee." The Phoenix, High School system ran Into Nehru jacket trouble and had put its foot down. Explained Mick Herzog, the system's community relations director: "The girls were wearing them with nothing but -panties on underneath, which turned everybody on. "THc bcw 'teme' to schoor- with short Nehru youth: experience.

"My paintings have not yet been painted. I'm still 'getting ready, but along the way I'm willing to let people peek In from time to time." The pecks are infrequent for he seldom shows his work. There are two reasons. First, he teaches art and he wants his students to develop without being influenced by his work. Too many artists simply teach students to duplicate their style.

The second reason his work is seldom seen is that he refuses to find a single way to work and then duplicate himself. Galleries often prefer these "stamp pad" artists because easily recognized work is -t- v1 1 5 4. I J. i'-S, I are constantly urged to curb their development. ctwhhkiue and then ex- ploit it, museum, studying the art tlaily.

After teaching for many years at the Cincinnati Art Academy he opened his own studio in the Rookwood Building and has collected a large following of devoted artists and students. All of the paintings in this show were done in the last year, most of them In the past three months. They are. In fact, only about one, third of the paintings that he produced, selected to form a consistent exhibit. These paintings are based on 1 a -scape themes, although none are careful renderings of a particular scene.

"Every picture has its own anatomy, not necessarily the anatomy of the subject. The artist does not simply copy something out there, he may pick up his subject out there but the contribution is from man to man. Every day art has to change Just enough to make a new contribution and to help man become a little more civilized." Chidlaw is cautious of a painting that comes to easily. "If I arrive -at it too directly. I'm afraid I've missed some of the opportunities." He lets his work develop slowly, setting the paintings around the studio and living with them, changing and adjusting until, like fruit, they ripen.

"While developing the paintings they are developing me, it's a partnership." Each painting is an individual thing. "My style is r. 71 i A I. i Jt VV .1 jlS- LC Alumni The deadline for entry into the University of Cincinnati's Homecoming exhibitions is Friday, October 18. There are two shows, one a fine arts show and one a display of professional work such as architecture, advertising art, etc.

The shows will open on October 20 and are part of the UC Sesquicentennial Images '6o Ohio artists are invited s. to submit drawings and prints to the Baldwin-Wallace College, graphics "I a vs i which will open at the Berea, Ohio, college on No-vember 10. An entry fee of $2 will be charged for up to three entries which will be judged by Ray French, Professor of Art at DePauw University. All awards will be purchase awards. Entry blanks may be obtained by writing to Images '68, Department of Art, Baldwin -Wallace College.

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4 Mt mta 15 wily 1 91 fur tt SEE; VIEW OF THE CITY: "See the way the edge is vignetted. The painting demanded that treatment. One statement demands another, and I go along." Stress Of Industry through it's not abstract, it's concrete." His art is the proof of what he says, it is not dated, it is not even datable within this century. It has evolved like a flower from a seed, a butterfly from a caterpillar, with freshness, youth and beauty as a result of metamorphosis. "It has taken a lifetime for me to do it, if someone thinks they can do It In a shorter time, let them try." As for a critical evaluation of the show, it Is unbeatable, except perhaps a vear from now, bv Paul Chidlaw.

The proof of Chidlaw's teaching ability can be seen in the newest of the exhibitions by the New Group. Chidlaw students now showing at the Upstairs Gallery. The artists. Kathy Kapp, llrlcne Buckley, Susanna Williams and Gil Born are displaying the best of their shows which are consistently among the best group shows in the city. Each Is.

understandably unique but related by strength and color. The star, this time is Helen? Buckley, though not by far. There are less than half a dozen photographers In Cincinnati who a tand must) be listed ps fine artists. Ilerhrrt Marcus, nationally renowned for his work is represented in the po 1 1 1 a n's "Photography in the rine Arts" collection) is one of them. His photographs which are now showing at Mt.

St. Joseph College are, of course, technically impeccable and highly creative. The subjects, if it matters, are largely symphony musicians, dancers and animals. There has been much discussion about photography's place in the fine arts, if you have been doubtful, this show will convince you. sliillito's AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS OF THE Jackets, jao undershirts, and open at the midriff, allowing their Mavete to 1 Some-' riiUnps Ari sideburnst Glendale, No lower than the tip of the ear.

Hollywood, Must end at midcar. Pasadena. Down to the bottom of the ear. Astoria, Not allowed. The face hair hassle has come to some sort of climax in Nashville.

Tenn. Two youths are challenging in Federal court the school board's right to expel them for wearing not only long locks but beards. They said they needed their hair in their business. Both are with a rock 'n' roll combo. Love beads? They're verboten for boys in Glendale.

mav be worn inside shirts in oconomoc, Wise. But in Waukesha, Wise, Principal Charles Horwitz of Central High looks at it this way: "If men can wear ribbons around their necks and call them ties, there's nothing wrong with beads." Kailua High School in Hawaii 'ruled that this year the kids must wear shoes. students won point, though: From now on mirtrrtfuus.aiie okay class- room garb for girls. LANDSCAPE: "The more mature an artist is. the longer it should take him to do a because he should be demanding more of each painting." U.

S. Autbr ln AND SCULPTURE OPEN TO ALL AflTISTS GREATER CINCINNATI AREA HeElMiiie Forged CINCINNATI ART CLUB Nov. 2th ihnj Dec. 1st Pick up entry Iwms it your local art supply store, or wnti VIEWPOINT '68 PO. 80X 1744 CINCINNATI.

OHIO 45201 i who haiWPrrme'ffeltTeare of her Thv wUl 'no revolution, rs'charged that eir nttIe ne'ghhor falter. forgers have been THE HURRICANE YEARS By Cameron Hawley. Little, Brown Co. S7.50. Cameron Hawley.

author of "Executive Suite" and "Cash McCall." has gone into, the intricacies and finagling in bis business in his long (567 pazes) and, at times, ponderous new novel, "The Hurricane Years." This one1 involves Jucld Wilder, a go-getter and public relations man for a carpet company wrtfcH had been built from a' small concern to of the powers in the rug industry largely' by the excellence of its product. But Wilder suffers a heart The people and llie svsfeni THE by Leonid Praegrr, Sfi.95. Leonid Vladimirov is a Russian Journalist who de ieciea 10 me wesi auring a trip, to London two years fected to the west during a -n -ana. t. He.

Boviet system tor its'' oppressive secrecy and bureaucracy, while singing a hymn cf love for the. great Russian people. The book' adds 'little to previous accounts of the Soviet Union except in its very immediate and personal recounting of the author's experiences as a factory foreman and a journalist. Most interesting is the chapter dealing with working of the censors. i work of- tormented Russian soul, "The Russians" draws its strength from 'the very personal ap proach of the author.

He is at his best when talking about daily life and his personal experiences arret his weakest when he gen- erajjzes about.Soviet.gov- eminent and Scott Aiken PnPmc Vlllis 1 iimis A LOOK ROUND THE ES-' TATE. Poes 1 957-1 fG7 by Kingsley Amis, Harcourt, Brace and World, $3.95. To readers familiar with the acerb wit of Kingsley Amis's prose, it will come as no great surprise that these poems leave a slight ly bitter tisjte the mind. Master of the technique which Halford Luc-cock Was wont to describe as "a twist of lemon," Amis in this modest collection ranges widely --over-' mankind patrimony. ThV English boys' school, established religion, love, marriage and sex "the good are subjected to an Ironic scrutiny.

This is hardly the sort 'of one. would give, one's maiden aunt, but it is good for an hour's thoughtful reading and some of the poems cling tenaciously In the memory. -Virginia Juifd Mishcff attack and is brought into contact with Dr. Aaron Kharr whose research has convinced him that stress" and. emotion are major causes of heart ailments in men under 50.

He classes Wilder in that group. Other doctors look down on Dr. Kharr's theories and, to the layman, the discus-sions of' such heart attacks end their caused at times may become wearisome but they also provide some food 'for thought. Entangled with that is the future of the -carpet company and efforts 'by financiers to gain control of it, all of which come dur-" tn? the time Wilder is incapacitated by his heart' ailment. Also involved is the rather Xrifrid atmosphere between Wilder and wife and the future of their son who seems want to wander in Europe with not much definite in- mind.

The publisher calls this Hawley's "best and -most novel but this, reviewer would be inclined -to rete it However, it is one that is difficult to put down and men in the 40 to 50 year.y bracket can learn some thing about stresses and emotions. Harold Harrison Spys ele. A SPY kely FOR A SPY by Ber-Mather, Scribner's ai.a;. Special Agent James 'WairiwrifUit'sis- sent on a special mission. It is his job return a captured Kus-siarl' agent to the Red Chinese for execution.

In return heis to bring back a British agent being held in China. There are problems, however. The Russian-doesn't wanj; to-go to Chintf and it looks as if the British don't want him to go there either. Wainwriht is put on his own with both the. Russian and the sarcastic daughter of a blackmailed agent and appears to be on the receiving end a gigantic espionage f'oul-up.

The basic problem is, to find out who works for, whom and which spy goes where. The author makes certain that no ope, Including the reader, knowsnhe answers until the very'end; It's a well done Job. Mark Schulzinger I paperbacks THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN, edited by Robert Payne, Fawcett Premier, 95 cents. Eyewitness accounts of the Spanish Civil War; this work contains articles by John dos Arthur Koestler, George Orwell and numerous others. i ing a document a rifl her nanie t6 "sow su'sptr ton" bet ween Vietnam and China." The document, described as a supplement to Miss Strong's "Letter From China" No.

59. has been distributed in Japan, India and Miss Strong says that a check of the paper, ink, type face and envelope indicated differences from the items in use by her printing skofrfWi Peking. She adds that the; Peking postmark had also been counterfeited. The "supplement" was entitled, "Problems Ahead For Vietnam." and date 1968. This period ooiiyd(JcU' with Hanoi's decision to join the Americans at a negotiating table In Paris.

na Let- MISS STRONG her charge in China Let ter No. 60 which she she had rushed into' print partly to answer "widely, and quickly" the alleged forgery, and partly id deny the "ludicrous rumors. about my alleged Jailing." One of the Journals to make heavv use of the doc I best sellers I '68 New York Timet Newt Semct An analysis based on reports from more than 15 hooistore. in 64 U.S. con mgnthes.

in rotand do not necessarrl rvn.m consecut.ve FICTION Thit lut Weekt Week Weekt On lilt I. I 29 2. Presarve. And Protect. Orury 6 3 Salburg Connection, Maclnnet 3 4 4.

Of Two Ven. Vbiik. 2 i. True Gnt. Port, 5 7.

IV Senator. Pearson 7 8. Red Sky At Worninq. 13 5 Brsdtord 8 13 9. Tnt F.rit Circl.

SoizheniUvn 1 10. Trie Queen'i Conferon. Holt 9 5 GENERAL 1. Th Money Game. "Adam Smith" 17 2.

The Rich And The Super- Rich, lundberq 2 13 3. Between Parent And Child. G.nott 3 44 A. Iberia. Michener 4 21 5.

The American Challenge. Servan-Schreiher 5 11 6. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Woife 6 7. The Case Against Congress.

Pearson Anderson 9 5 8. Of Diamonds Diplomats, Balclndge 1 9. The Riqht People. Birming ham 8 21 10. Soul On Ice.

Cleaver 3 Current Shows CINCINNATI ART CLUB Paintings by Howard Bauer. JrCLCINNATI ART MU-' SEUM The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt and the Archi-t penko Retrospective Exhibition plus new acquisitions throughout the Museum. CLOSSONS Watercolors and Drawings by the worlds great artists. FLAIR GALLERY Drawings by Saul Steinberg. HARRIET CRANE GAL-4LERY Watercolors by Phillip Olmes.

MICHELLE GALL ERY Opening today, paintings by Ruthe.Pearlman. MILLER GALLERY Prints by Donald Saff. MOUNT ST. JOSEPH COL-LEGE' Photography by Herbert Marcus. OUR LADY OF CINCINNATI Paintings by Paul Chidlaw.

UPSTAIRS GALL ERY Paintings by the New Group. talks "which Johnson is cynically advocating cannot and will not succeed hi una fit ftAimtrv wr i and Its 700 million; Stsanti-lifmly behind. i sinu.Mi aiso quoted as attacking the National Liberation Front '(NLF) in South Vietnam for making compromises with the bourgeois and "other anti-people elements." The front, she was quoted as saying, may have been useful for propaganda purposes, "but now it is becoming more of a hindrance than help.J 'Va 1 "no choice but to appr6ve the NLF's program, the in Hanoi? "have, sown cofifusio in their own was NLF ranks" therefore it time to replace Ihp with a revolutionary! government." This strpng stuff or aa ArneriCan'in "Peking, and especially for one using the Chinese government's print ing presses. Miss Strong 'ittiaji' therefore, be right in suggesting she had been victimized by forgers. China's fringes have no shortage of ntl-Communlst agencies busy with an infinite variety of dirty tricks.

IT IS, HOWEVER, a fact that after a long silence about the talks in Paris, Peking finally Indicated its a negotiating table. Miss "strong Strong has taken exception to the re- ports of. her difficulties last summer. "I cannot hope," she writes, "to catch up with Hong Kong's wholesale manufacture of lies. I can only that no interference of any' kind has been' made with my life or yvprk, not even to the extent of a Red Guard poster criticism.

I move freely around Peking and go to other parts of China within the limits of and FINE ART GALLERY it proud to present a new collection, SCENES OF ISRAEL an assortment of watercolors. oils, graphics and other contemporary Israeli art. Featured in this showi the works of RABBI SEVY RAPHAELY, one of Israel's most popular living; artists. Downtown Fifth Floor, ument denounced by. Misjji dlsafprpval last May by Strong nas been the pro- 'arguing that a just peace Soviet news magazine, can be won only on a published New tlefield but never across Delhi.

Tne journal, itably and at time in described Mls'iStnig' "an aged spinster whose. emotional attachments with China are as ancient as she herself. Though, she has practically- tosv the capacity to recollect or write anything, her name is used bxPekJng to speak to the English knowing, Wprld "Link" to' think the document was genuine. It nuoted Miss Strong as say in? In that the, peace.