Paintings absorbed in primary colors wipe clean modern questioning with primitive images and unconscious whispers. These are the guardians of John V. Orth's vast and fragile message, one that flows from piece to piece without a ripple in continuity. On the gallery walls are 30 or so small shop notes that reveal 8 by 11 clues to the life long artistic process that is behind each work. Orth has illustrated how the hands of a mature artist can give inorganic material life. Through Nov. 12.
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In August of 1991, a car transporting a Hasidic Rabbi through Crown Height's in Brooklyn jumped the curb and killed a young black boy. Possibly in retaliation, a group of angry black men fatally stabbed a twenty-nine year old Hasidic professor a few hours later. Racial confrontation ensued in this area for the next several days. In a hope to understand this tragic occurrence Anna Deavere Smith interviewed many people who lived through this troubled time. She found a myriad of opinions, perspectives and stories that she wove into the 29 different monologues that make up this enlightening performance.