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                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, June 21, 1996                  TAG: 9606210068
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

ARTRAIN AT DEPOT DAYS

LENGTH: Short :   34 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  1. Elizabeth Catlett's "Children With Flowers," a 
          27-color lithograph, is one of the works coming to Pulaski on the 
          Smithsonian Institution's Artrain. Catlett, who graduated from 
          Howard University in 1936, uses her work to illustrate the social 
          struggles of people of color. In 1995, the Smithsonian commissioned 
          this work which reflects the multiculturalization of American 
          society.color. 2. Among the works in th Artrain exhibit are Luis 
          Cruz Azaceta's "Fragile Crossing" (above) 3. and Otto Piene's 
          "Centerbeam" (left). Azaceta, a painter who came to the United 
          States from Cuba at age 18, has works in the permanent collections 
          of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.  
          "Fragile Crossing" was created in 1992 for the 500th anniversary of 
          Christopher Columbus' voyage. In it, Azaceta shifts the focus from 
          Columbus and places it on today's voyagers - those who, for reasons 
          more political than adventuresome, make dangerous crossings of their
          own. Piene's "Centerbeam" was commissioned in 1978 to celebrate an 
          outdoor festival in Washington. Piene, director of the Image 
          Resource Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is known 
          around the world for his work as a painter and designer. Artrain 
          will be in Pulaski for Depot Days today through Sunday. Works on 
          display commemorate momentous events that have happened over the 
          past 25 years.