36 - Wednesday, September 25, 1991 - North Shore News

Greenberg’s images
expertly handled

From page 28

Another contribution to the ar-
list’s series of attempts to unravel
the connection between the rep-
resentational image of women and
the question of her self-identity,
this work is more conceptually
resolved and mare effectively cast
in irony.

Lorne Greenberg's brightly col-
ored photo-works, though smaller
in scale than Mees’ paintings. are
not at all overpowered.

Through the use of multiple ex-
posure, the artist combines the
two sources of imagery, strect
scenes from India and shots of the
Indian film industry's billboard
advertisements, to create compell-
ing works.

Though the grand and dramatic
gestures of the billboards against
the nullifying meanness of the
Scoatlife makes an almost
obscene contrast, this is only one
dimension of these provocative
pieces,

The superimposition of ane im-
age on another is so expertly
handled that each ends up
deconstructing the other and the
result sends us into a kind of suc
tealistic limbo.

Thus, while we are made more
vividly aware of the dichotomies
of Indian life, we are at the same
time challenged by doubts about
the very process by means of
which we have became so aware,

Ontario
actor
stages
journalist’s
tale

THE NAME Martha Root isn't
bound te ring bells,

But Root, an American journal-
ist, fought against sexual stervo-
types and broke important barriers
in her profession.

During the turn of the century
when the bulk of women writers
were covering food and fashion
columns Root was editing the
aUIUOLVe Section OF a prestivous
Philadelphia cuagazine.

hart Raoveet well be best
remombered tor her commitment
to wereld peace. Her fre took a
dramatic turn when she
decovered the Bahai tah, which
views all religions as coming from
one Gad.

bhe became oan important
teacher who caricd ter iiessage
across the globe.

Roots stery will be brought to
lite this Saturday at Presentation
Plouse, Ontario actor Susan byons
Stars as Rats in’ Ann Boyles‘

onewoman play, The Passing of

Exduisite Music.

The play runs for one day only,
Sept 2B at 3 and B pn bor reser.
vations, phone 986 1351,

the process of photographic imag
ing atselr,

the work of Mees and
Greenberg is showing alongside
several strong and philosophically
probing works by Calgary-born ar-
tist Kieth Mitchell, and same visu-
tli staking and testurally volup-
tuous pieces by the youngest artist
m the show, Rich Nielson,

It is not entirely clear to me why
these tour artists are exhibited
together here, but Catriona let-
tries’ sure eye for good art makes
this show well worth seeing.

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