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Western Carolinian Volume 59 Number 06

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  • Western Carolinian September 30,1993 Features Page 9 Japanese Resident Artist... Sculptor uses elemental energy Internationally acclaimed pianist Edward Kilenyi visits Western as part of the university's Visiting Scholar Program. He will present a free concert of music by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Bartok and Dohnanyi on Friday, Oct. 1 at 8 pm in the recital hall of WCU's Music- English Building. Cris Merwin Contributing Writer Masaki Matsumoto was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He arrived at WC U in early September and has set up his workshop in the outside lab on the west side of the Belk building. Matsumoto is WCU's new resident artist. Matsumoto received his formal training in the United States, with a B.A. from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is a sculptor who enjoys doing large pieces. Like the forces of nature which work together, all of life interconnects, ac- cordingtoMatsumoto. This includes the interaction inhis works. I asked about one work in particular. "[In] this I try to show energy. I use the elements of fire, water or air... the energy of nature. Hike tocreateall my energy in movement." Matsumoto shows the flow of the lines in the piece. "I stayed in Czechoslovakia about three months after they changed the government. Maybe one person is very small. But everybody together has very big energy." Matsumoto turned and pointed to a clay plate Masaki Matsumoto (Photo by ASB) that was approximately four feet in diameter on a potter's wheel. He wanted to make another point. Iusethewheel. It'smoreliketheyinandyangidea. It works on time. It's always rotating." Next we looked at works Masaki is preparing for an exhibit at the Asheville campus, scheduledfor three weeks starting September 26. The first was a long piece with a large container sitting in it. The lines of the piece flowed out from the work as well as into it. It was entitled "Urban Desert." Matsumoto said it represented what it is like to live in a large city which is concrete with no room for nature. But he had incorporated a sense of life. Placed on top of thi s was large flowing bowl, shaped much like a lotus flower, thathe would fill with water for the exhibit. "It will show relief," he said of the waterbearing container. The second work was of the artist. It contained thirty cones. "I will be thirty years old in November," he laughed. "So it is time to show my self portrait." We discussed mediums used by Matsumoto. "Matsumoto" See pg. 15 (704) 452-2524 . _ 119 North Main Street OFFER NG „, .„ XIPO0-0, I ~, ,., j x i ^- /- n a Waynesville, NC 28786 j Porcelain • Clay • Wood • Jewelry Fine Crafted tnr^\ \2i -k-m Natural Fiber Clothing & Accessories Herbal Soaps & Vinegars Baskets • Unique Bird Feeders Dulcimers & Hand-made Folk instruments Alpaca backpacks from Equador Batik shorts & daybags from Indonesia Glowing Candles fr \ Open May 1 - December 31 Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm ^ J -PlfHSL'HIPJsadfora ip%_djscqunt^ | 4* T tis Come join us for our REcepTion... trench music October 4, 1993 141 U ;im McKee 5*30%> momuaaoBoxbuBBMBuaBam WELCOME BACK ALUMNI! W's YOUR GREEK! CONNECTION HOURS 11:30 -1:00 AM PM 11: I 2934112 CENTRAL CAMFlUS ©ji© m ?SK?S: W
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