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Show Through the ~ens of! Jhotography master - - - - --- ________ Sbtialttakt Sribunt ·R .S.V.P. THURSDAY, January 28, 1993 . _, The art of Manuel ·Alvare; Bravo transcends lan, · · . guage. An exhibit of 111 striking black and white photographs by the 91-year-9ld Mexican artist was unveiled Thursday-evening at a reception in the Uta~ Museum of Fine Art's Thomas Gallery on the Umversity of Utah' campus. . • · ·. . . ·.. ,.·Invitations; programs and literature are in Span- _, ish and English (as was The S.alt Lake 'l'ribune!s : irticle), but-the'.·art "is uniYlrsa[· The show is a _gift . _from ·UMFA advisory board chairman Katherine ~ : Dumke ariq.American Express. Salt ~ake is one of a: .' ,,dozen U.S..cities on the exhibit's traveling .schedule: The elegant opening had a Latino theme, with music by a costumed mariachi duo called Rio Bravo, comprised of. Anas~cio Castillo and Israel Moreno. · Qary Vlasic's. sumptuous Southwest buffet was an . edible still-life. Guest Lourdes Cooke said Utah's Latino commu- · -_ · nity feels a kinship to the renowned artist. "For us, the photographs are a tie to the past, reminding us of people and places we have known. I have been in the United States for 23 years and they . · still had a powerful effect." Museum .director Frank Sanguinetti acted as 1 1 ' Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune Mariachi players entertain Marc Day, Joyce Edwards, David Boyles, Frank Sanguinettl, Terry Rampton at reception before the Manuel Alvarez Bravo photo-exhibition opening. prou~ host, assisted by Mrs. Dumke 'aiic:t husband·. Ezekiel, ·event chairmen Joyce Edward& -a nd: Terry ,.· Rampton and UMFA education curator :Bernadette · _Brown.. . . . ·. .. . ): : -··. '"",ii" . , ... AMONG :rHE 'GU_ESTS: Betsy Qui)ltaria; Raquel Vaughan; Tma Martin; Laura Espinoza Manny and . ~ura Padro; 1:tobert Archul~tta; Lo~ Cervantez; .1~hard Jaramillo; Amex semor vice president Dad Boyles; Helen Smith and granddaughter Jennifer amble; Joel and Brenda Hancock; Kristine Widner; on and Carol White; and Marilynn Roskelley The Jxhibit continues through March 7. Museum hours lre Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. ,to 5 p.m.; Sat. md Sun., _2 to 5 p.m. It's fre~. Betsy Quintana, front left, Raquel Vaughan, Bernadette Brown, back, Lourdes Cooke at opening. |