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44 CANTON REPOSITORY

Sunday, April 14, 1963

Art Institute Feature

Argentine Artist's Works Exhibited

By JOSEPH R. HERTZI
Director, Canton Art Institute

A one-man show featuring the work of artist-educator Jaimie Davidovich of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will open today at the Institute.

Twenty oil paintings by Mr. Davidovich will be on view in the third floor west gallery.  The paintings are abstract in concept and direction and the artist's use of form, color and mass are purposefully simplified in an expanse of space to create a feeling of silence and emptiness.

Although non - figurative, the paintings possess a special quality much like that of the traditional Chinese landscape paintings.  Mr. Davidovich's use of the open visual field implies the configuration of the landscape without the use of representational forms to verify them.

AS A FORMAT to the exhibit, the artist has provided a statement regarding his work and his feelings about his country:

"The continuity is besieging us, the prejudice of our historical reality bring us near to the eternal silence of our emptiness, sensation of a vacuum which we have received from the frustrated generation, like a symbol of the invisible Argentina proclaimed by the solitude of the Pampas, the grays of the country; that monochromatic blending of colors in which we live immerse.  They are nourshing us with their silent flow, stating a local problematic but pertaining to an earthly environment, with a minimum of elements, but a maximum of world.

"The language and the gestures have the objective of satisfying, but leave the something in absolute emptiness.

"The true love is the one which utilizes less words, and the true religiousness is the one that less applies to exterior gestures, always the essential."

MR. DAVIDOVICH was born in 1936 in Buenos Aires.  He has gained considerable recognition in his country as one of the leading young contemporary artists and as a prominent art educator.

He is an instructor of painting art history and visual education at the Institute of Visual Arts, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires.  At present, he is in the United States as the representative of the Art Center of the Di Tella Institute.

As a painter, Mr. Davidovich has exhibited extensively in Argentina and has also exhibited in Brazil.

On view in the galleries of the institute to April 28 are four exhibits.

The fifth annual Stark County School Art Exhibit featuring works by children from grades one through 12 is on display on the first and second floor galleries.  The exhibit includes paintings, drawings, ceramics, jewelry and various two and three dimensional projects executed in the classrooms.

FEATURED in the first floor foyer and third floor gallery is a collection of valued works given to the Institute by the late Mrs. Edward A Langenbach.

Among the many works in the collection are "Portrait of John McLean" by Gilbert Stuart, "Landscape" by George Inness, "Portrait of a Lady" by Maria Cosway, "Swiss Chalet" by George Inness, "Indian Life in Camp" by Ralph Blakelock, and "Portrait of a Lady" by Peter Paul Rubens.

Twenty recent paintings by Marjorie and Mary Jane Evans of Akron are on view in the Goldsmith Gallery and Studio.

An exhibit of portraits by members of Pro Arts is on display in the second floor Pro Arts Gallery.  The portraits were executed during regular meeting sessions and as independent efforts by the members.

Entries for the 30th annual May Show and annual High School Graphic Design Competition will be accepted beginning today from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the institute.  Deadline for entries is Sunday, April 28, at 5 p.m.

The institute is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 to 5; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 9, and Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 5.  It is closed all day Monday.

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ARTISTS'S STATEMENT

The contiguity is besieging us, the prejudice of our historical reality brings us near to the eternal silence of our emptiness, sensation of a vacuum which we have received from the frustrated generation, like a symbol of the invisible Argentina proclaimed by the solitude of the Pampas, the greys of the country; that monochromatic blending of colors in which we live immerse.  They are nourishing us with their silent flow, stating a local problematic but pertaining to an earthly environment, with a minimum of elements, but a maximum of world.

The language and the gestures have the objective of satisfying, but leave the something in absolute emptiness.

The true love is the one which utilizes less words, and the true religiousness is the one that less applies to exterior gestures, always the essential.

JAIMIE DAVIDOVICH