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Cheryl Minns

. Arts Editor
Marts
@theotherpress.ca

 

f you're looking for a vacation

with seaside scenery, sunsets,
and serenity, check out the
new Scenes from the West
Coast exhibit at the Amelia
Douglas Gallery on the fourth
floor of the Douglas College
New Westminster campus. The
exhibit features a variety of
nature-themed artwork from
artists Marilyn Atkey and Lea
Price, and is open now until
July 2.

The artists chose the theme

because the West Coast has

: been a part of their lives for

: many years: Atkey has spent

: most of her life in British

: Columbia while Price moved to
: BC from Los Angeles in 1972.

Some of their favourite

works on display are the ones
: that were inspired by loved
: ones.

Atkey’s favourite piece, Fog

: Rolling in Near Friendly Cove,

: Nootka Sound, came to be after
: her father suggested a trip to

: Nootka Sound.

“I think I like all the

: different colours of the water
: when it’s moving,” she said.

: “That worked out well for me.
: And the fog was rolling in.

: Typical West Coast.”

Another painting of hers

: that she enjoys is Surface of a

: Glacier, which is based off of a

: photo she took when she went

: to Alaska with her father for his
: 8oth birthday.

“I love painting reflections

One of Price’s favourite

paintings is Boundary Bay
: Morning, which depicts a tree
: near the bay during a sunrise.

“My husband called me up

: one morning, because he left

: pretty early at 6 a.m., and said,

: ‘Lea, you've got to get up! You’ve
: got to come see the sunrise?”

: she said.

“So I went and it was just

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: so magical and so peaceful, and _ :
: it was nice and warm, and the
: birds were singing. Itwasjust —:
: this whole peaceful heaven right :
: there. That’s why it’s probably
: : one of my favourite ones.”

: in water,” she said. “I got myself :
: through the heat wave last

: summer by painting glaciers.
: And it worked!”

Price also teaches art to

: those interested in the craft :
: and has had a range of students :
: from those in their early 20s :
: to those in their early gos. She
: shows them techniques, but

: encourages them to find their
: own artistic style that suits

: them.

“T call myself a doorknob,”

: she explained. “Picture yourself’ :
: ina round room with eight or
: 10 doors. I'll open up this one,
: you go down that path and

: learn that technique. But pretty :

 

By Cheryl Minns

The artists

chose the theme

because the West
Coast has been a

part of their lives
for many years.

: soon youre going to come back
: in here again. It’s just a matter

: of teaching people to trust

: themselves.”

Atkey’s and Price’s works

: in the gallery are available for
: purchase. Details and prices

: can be found in the exhibit’s

: program.

 

A great read of anarchies
past and present

» ‘Cazzarola!’ book review

Joshua Grant
Columnist

I: always a risk to try covering
too many stories at once, but
Norman Nawrocki’s Cazzarola!
does so gracefully and semi-
coherently. In the novel,
substantial bits of historical
anti-fascist resistance come
together as readers are plunged
into a chaotic story of semi-
forbidden love between a young
Italian student/rocker and his
Romani lover.

To the unacquainted,
Nawrocki is an artist
extraordinaire. Between
anarchic experiments in electro,
jazz, indie, ethnic, and noise
musics, he writes. This is his

: first novel, for which he’s also
: produced an accompanying

: album and a stage show. This, in :
: itself, makes Cazzarola! worth

00000

: the juxtaposition of its dual

: settings. The not-so-subtle

: parallels that Nawrocki

: draws between the Italy of

: Mussolini and the Italy (and

: European Union) of today are
: disconcerting. Anti-immigrant
: sentiment is complicated and,
: for the most part, he handles

: the topic well with his simple,
: agile prose.

a look.
The novel’s strength is

Unfortunately, the novel is
not seamless and I was drawn
out of the flow from time to
time. The worst was when
it depicts the thoughts of a
pro-nationalist senator in an
interview with a young black
reporter. After asking where she

: learned to speak Italian (she
: grew up in Italy), he spends

the rest of the interview trying

: to figure out how he can get

: her naked. This cartoonish

: portrayal of “the enemy” felt

: unnecessarily manipulative.

: Otherwise, Nawrocki deftly

: weaves together characters,

: time periods, fact, and fiction to
: create a tapestry that’s one-part
: romance, one-part anti-fascist

: polemic, and one-part paean to
: the bravery of anarchists.

As the story draws toa

close, the final showdown
; seems imminent. Then
: Nawrocki ends it with the literal

voice of God echoing through
the mountains. Perhaps the
story deserved a non-ending,
but not the one that it got.
Despite a few flaws,
Cazzarola! isa great read.

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Cazzarola! // By www.cazzarola.ca