ART WITH AN ATTITUDE,: Don RICE,

DON RICE,-- press man,bibliophile, art lover,author,and scholar,-- has made possible a highly attractive and informative exhibit. ART WITH AN ATTITUDE will show through January 18at First Unitarian Church. In "ATTITUDE" the printed covers of underground magazines from the Sixties have been neatly , professionally, hung or rather strung, on a wire which serves, adroitly, as kind of a poly sci clothesline! The colors (on the suspended covers} are gorgeous . They re bright, clear, unadulterated,
yet subtle. There is something "Asian" about the simplicity of the images. And,after all, the ancient Chinese have solid histories as designers and print makers --On the whole these newsheet covers are as American
as Ohio pumpkin pie-- drive the chevy to the levy. . . The subjects of Feminism, Peace, Antiwar Struggles,s, BoyCots,Sit Ins-whatever--the social messages are clear, yet abstracted, and the designs and hues are gorgeous. There are many names and titles. Go see, remember. I thought I saw Joe McCarthy last night. as live as you and me--Believe me, Senator, Betty Friedan was no Sarah Palin and
hey time is but a stream I go a wishing in and if it's oil it will float..
*Snowed in and lost in a mass media blizzard Ill live to write another day --Whatever your politics, you'll find Art with An Attitude, to be
an amalgam of artists and printmakers. Intelligent and beautiful The colors and shapes glow.
Don Rice is the author of ART WITH AN ATTITUDE: The Golden Age of the Underground Press, 1960a thru 1970s. His exhibit is vital; it has a strong constitution.