UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 15, Page 4
December 15, 1994
Up and coming

Two exhibits are scheduled in gallery during Winter Session
     The University Gallery will open its winter season Jan. 2, with
two exhibitions: "Alan E. Cober: The Artist as Visual Journalist" and
"The Blues in Black and White: Photographs of American Blues Artists
by David D. Spitzer." Both exhibitions will be on view through Feb.
28.
     Cober, whose exhibit will be in the Main Gallery, is a nationally
recognized illustrator whose name may be less familiar than his
unsentimental drawings, which can be seen regularly in such
publications as Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly,
Esquire and Rolling Stone.
     Cober's work "compels us to look, to pay attention to subjects we
might want to ignore, to witness the unexpected," Nancy Weekly,
curator of the Burchfield Art Center in Buffalo, N.Y., said. "[His]
pithy, pen-and-ink drawings that critique social injustice...represent
firsthand observations of the human condition. They arise from a
tradition of political artists who used the graphic media-prints and
drawings-to voice their abhorrence to oppression, inequalities and
war."
     Weekly also calls Cober's work "gripping visual images that
provide evidence of the harsh realities of contemporary events."
     Cober is one of a group of innovators who managed to inject the
precepts of modern art into American illustration. When he began
working in the early 1960s, illustration began to veer away from
sentimentality towards a new expressionism. Cober played a significant
role in this movement through his work and teaching. This radical
change meant that an illustration could impart its own information
rather than merely mimic a text.
     The University exhibition will focus on the illustrator's almost
40-year career and will include work of both a personal and political
nature. Included will be more than 100 works of art.
     Spitzer, a humanities professor at Miami-Dade Community College,
has moonlighted as a photographer of both blues and jazz artists for
the last 20 years. He captures the artists while in concert, creating
through a still photograph a glimpse of the musical transformation
that occurs when the performers are on stage.
     Blues masters like James Cotton, B.B. King, John Mayall and KoKo
Taylor are among the 50 musicians featured in the photographic essay,
which will be on view in the West Gallery.
     The University Gallery is located on the second floor of Old
College. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays,
and from 1-5 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays.
     The University Gallery is wheelchair-accessible, and individuals
with special needs or those wanting more information may call 831-
8242.
     Gallery programs are made possible, in part, by the Delaware
Division of the Arts and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural
Activities and Public Events. All events are free and open to the
public.


Valentine's benefit for AIDS research
     Two University of Delaware students, Marcus Kline and Kiva
Kolstein, decided to take action in the fight against AIDS after the
recent death of Pedro Zamora, a young cast member of MTV's The Real
World.
     "Our goal is to promote awareness and educate people about AIDS
in the heterosexual community, particularly the college-aged group. We
feel there is much that can be done to alert people about AIDS and the
risks that exist," Kline said.
     The two have organized a Valentine's Day benefit gala of dining
and dancing to benefit the Philadelphia AIDS Task Force, which
supports AIDS education in local universities.
     The event will be held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, at The
Revival on Third Street, between Market and Chestnut streets in
Philadelphia. The $65 per couple cost will include food and drink, and
there will be live music. Bus transportation will be available, and
tickets will be on sale after the first of the year.
     The Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress is helping to support
the event, which organizers expect to generate $10,000 or more to be
used for AIDS education and research through the Philadelphia AIDS
Task Force.
     Students from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel and
Temple universities also are being invited to the event.
     "People usually go somewhere special on Valentine's Day. We are
planning to make this a great evening and at the same time help a
worthy cause. We want to alert students early that this is happening
so that they can make plans to attend," Kline said.
     For information about the Valentine benefit, call Kolstein or
Kline at 731-1429.


Johnny Cash to appear in BCC
     Tickets are now on sale for a campus concert in January with
Johnny Cash, featuring June Carter and the Carter Family, with John
Carter Cash.
     The legendary singer-songwriter, now an icon for the MTV
generation, will perform at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Bob
Carpenter Center.
     Tickets-at $20 for the general public, $10 for full-time UD
undergraduates and $15 for other members of the University
community-are on sale at the box offices in the Carpenter Center and
the Perkins Student Center.
     Tickets also are available by phone through Ticketmaster,
telephone 984-2000. A convenience charge may apply.
     Cash's most recent release, American Recordings, was produced by
Rick Rubin, who has worked with everyone from the Beastie Boys to Mick
Jagger to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
     The UD concert is sponsored by the Student Center Program
Advisory Board.