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	Vol.7, No 14, September 22, 1999
	Art critic gives personal touch By Don Weberg Daily Forty-Niner Christopher Miles, an acclaimed art critic, goes that extra mile to spread the gospel of art to Cal State Long Beach students.   This extra mile was on display when he visited the University Art Museum Gallery Tuesday, to give about 40 people a tour of the gallery's latest exhibit, "Sculptors on Paper."   His loose and somewhat airy attitude was part of the warmth and charm the CSULB lecturer and local artist projected, letting the audience not only learn from him but also relax around him.     "I'll just talk until people start going away," he joked with the audience at the museum.   One piece, by Alexander Archipenko titled "Les Rendes-Vous des Quatres Formes," struck his interest with its gritty texture.   "It looks like an image of sculpture,"  Miles said.  "There's a 3-D image here, but itís a two-dimensional design."   Hence the theme of the exhibit, "Sculptors on Paper." The black, white and gray image on paper resembles a metal-like sculpture that can be touched and pulled out of the frame.     Miles moved along the wall of the museum to a piece by Lee Bontecou called ìSixth Stone I."    "Bontecou is someone who Iíve thought of as being one of the more underrated sculptors of the 20th Century," Miles said.    Liz Harvey, curator of education for the art museum, said the museumís goal is to have a good dialogue with the campus so that everyone will know what is going on at the museum and check it out.		Year-round class looked at KBEACH offers easy listening cuisine 'Dirty' teacher may be fired CSULB recognized for lending helping hand No booze on field Holiday buzz beginning Art critic gives personal touch 'The Dictator's Nose' has confusing plot structure Doheny Beach Days disappoints Team has ups, downs at meet Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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