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Arts Briefs:Estate to Show at JordanHard edged abstract paintings by Rachel Jordan will beshown at the Sixth Estate Gallery October 4 to 22. Jordan%u2019swork is a constant interplay between the two-dimensionalshapes and the three-dimensional volumes these coloredlozenges and parallelograms appear to generate. Thecolors in these complex grids and irregular patterns aresystematic, creating a rigid sense of drama andmovement.This is Jordan%u2019s second exhibit at the Sixth Estate and itrepresents work of the pdst two years. The gallery, at 85Atlantic Avenue, is open Wednesday through Friday, 2 to6 p.m. and on weekends, noon to 6 p.m. For moreinformation call 965-4210.Coming This WeekEarly September brought us a surge of gallery openings,a good number of which were group shows, presenting apreview selection of the 1978-79 season. Now that a monthhas passed, most local galleries are opening their doors forthe season%u2019s second shows.This week Jose Pizarro will be showing %u201cViones yPasajes,%u201d paintings and drawings, at the Atlantic Gallery,81 Atlantic Avenue. The show, opening October 3 andlasting through October 22, will also host collages byCarole Roth in the back room gallery. The Atlantic Galleryis open Tuesday through Friday, 2 to 6 p.m. and onweekends from noon to 6 p.m.Rich Sanmelson, whom you may be familiar with inconnection with the Atlantic Gallery, will be featured atthe Salena Gallery at Brooklyn%u2019s Long Island University,DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues, October 5 throughNovember 1. These paintings and prints will be availablefor public view 9 a.m. %u2019til 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.Paintings by Rachel Jordan will comprise her secondexhibit at the Sixth Estate, 85 Atlantic Avenue. Theseabstracts will go on display October 4 and remain throughOctober 22. The gallery hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesdaythrough Friday and noon to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.Henry%u2019s End, an establishment which Heights residentsknow and love as a restaurant, debuts as a gallery thisseason with an exhibit of brass sculpture, oils on canvasand various works on paper by Tom McSherry. OpenHouse will be October 3, 7 to 10 p.m. at 44 Henry Streetand the show will continue through October 29.%u201cOur Masks & Vibrations%u2019%u2019 is the name of the exhibitof works by MU Johnson, opening at the Work of ArtGallery, 87 Atlantic Avenue, October 3. These paintingswill be on display Tuesday through Sunday, 2 to 6 p.m.through October 22.Quality Needs QuantityNed Truss%u2019 exhibit at the Salena Library of Brooklyn%u2019sLong Island University is good. It would be great if therewere more of it.Each work is fascinating and almost weirdly beautiful.They are a perfect combination of real and surreal,employing a mastery in watercolor, the wet-brushtechnique in particular. All depicting heads and faces,these five works make a statement about the human mind.By covering the better part of the available space with hissubject, Truss compounds the intensity of his artwork andalmost overwhelms the viewer, yet the work remainssomewhat subtle.A series of three watercolor profiles show aperfect-featured woman with especially beautiful eyes. Inlieu of shadows, the skin is ripped and peeled away,revealing fascinatingly macabre interiors, each aPandora%u2019s Box of human nature. In another painting,%u201cMacho Series,%u201d the artist super-imposes figures andshapes on an Hispanic face, creating a similarly intriguingspace. The choice of colors is particularly notable in thiswork; the greens and purples both collide and complementand bleed into primaries in a nightmarish way.The few pieces that this one-man who has to offer areworth seeing, though perhaps not by themselves. Each isan excellent piece, but as a group they do not offer enoughin the way of quantity or variety to qualify as an %u201cexhibit.%u201dThe show is much better, of course, than one that wouldoffer a large quantity of mundane paintings, but, be as itmay, the works are worth an extra trip only to the mostavid of surreal fans. The exhibit will be on display throughOctober 15, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. %u2019til 5 p.m.-J.W,%u201c A m e rica n E lephant W ith E th n ic Rider%u201d (top) and %u201c The Life of the Blessed V irgin M ary%u201d (below), by Rex Clawson.Benefit Ballet at BAMA benefit theatre party at the November 2 performanceof the San Francisco Ballet at the Brooklyn Academy ofMusic will be held by the Brooklyn Chapter of theAmerican Red Cross. The program will feature %u201cRomeoand Juliet.%u201dTickets, at $12.50 each, may be obtained by mailing acheck payable to the American Red Cross, BrooklynChapter, at 165 Cadman Plaza East. Tickets includecocktails and a light buffet before the performance.Victoria Herd, Catherine McGovern and Dr. MarcellaMaxwell are co-chairmen of the benefit. For furtherinformation call the Brooklyn Red Cross Chapter at787-1000, ext. 501.Brooklyn Philharmonia Returns front MexicoThe Brooklyn Philharmonia has just returned from its Mozart%u2019s \SCCOIIU IViCJUtaii to u t, an, u iip iG ic u c u ic u s tu c a u i c ig iiiconcerts which came to a close last week. The orchestraplayed at Mexico%u2019s new Sala Nezahualcoyotl, and at aspecial double header evening of chamber concerts atsalons at opposite ends of the city.Under the direction of Lukas Foss the Philharmoniaperformed such works as Carlos Chavez%u2019 Chapultepec(Obertura Republican ana)%u201d which opened the series inmemory of the recently deceased Mexican composer;n . t ---- t _ 14 c ------- 1______ XT%u201e uiaiuii d ujiupiuujMexican conductor Jorge Veiazco led the orchestra inworks by Dukas, Paganini, Dvorak, Liszt, de Falla andBerlioz.The Philharmonia reports that the concerts were a totalsuccess, leaving the audience %u201c estatic after everyperformance; clapping, stomping and demanding%u2018more%u2019.%u201dBrilliant Clawson ShowThe bold, colorful, primitive encaustic-like acrylics thatharacterize Rex Clawson%u2019s artwork, now on view atJallery 91, usually go hand-in-hand with a childish,%u25a0arefree feeling. But with Clawson's work, the exactipposite is true. A bizarre combination of Aztec , Hindutnd Picasso-influence, the theme of these paintings isnvariably sociological; often with modern urban issues, asn %u201cAngle of the BMT,\common to the south-western Indian art, such as in %u201cThejfe of the Blessed Virgin Mary.\Regardless of the subjects%u2019 time era, all of the paintingsind drawings have a lot in common. Each takes a familiarheme and presents it as something frighteningly alien,ret it remains too close for comfort. Almost all of theleople, usually a small group, are surrounded by or part ofn impressionistic environment. Some are suspended in aIream-like imagery world. Interestingly enough, all theharacters, even the animals, have green, almond-shapedyes, which, within a few minutes of viewing, become madnd demonic or sometimes intransic. The sub-real way thertist handles the subjects, anatomically in particular,ntensifies the strange quality they eminate.In addition to a keen use of symbolism, Clawson alsolemonstrates a brilliant command of his images, colorsnd designs. The detail in his work is very commendable,'hough Clawson is not yet a member of Gallery 91, hisddition there would be a valuable one to the gallery. Thexhibit will be on view through October 15, noon to 6 p.m.n weekends and 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. The;allery is located at 91 Atlantic Avenue.%u2014J.W.Scottish Folk ComingCilia Fisher and Artie Trezise, one of Scotland%u2019s top folkluos, will be giving a concert October 15 at 8 p.m. at%u2019auline Berger%u2019s Loft, apartment 15R, 135 EasternParkway in Brooklyn. From Kingskettle and Fife inScotland, the twosome will be performing traditionalScottish folk music mostly of the lowland with specialemphasis on fife. Fisher and Trizise successfullyperformed in Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Holland,France, the United Kingdom and various locationsthroughout the U.S. Recently they were part of the B.B.C.program Ballad Fold and last March recorded their firstAmerican Album, for Folk Legacy. For more informationon this Brooklyn performance, call Bemie Klay at 343-9575Museum Material W o r l d%u201cThread, Wool and Fabric,%u201d an exhibition of 52 piecesby 19 artists, will be on view in the Community Gallery ofThe Brooklyn Museum through October 29.The exhibition, organized by Brooklyn artist MadelineAppell, presents contemporary artists who use traditionalcratt techniques with thread, wool, and fabric to createwall-hangings, stitched paintings, soft sculptures andr -------- t i . ............_ i . _ --------------f ---------------------* _ __ WUVtil lO iliU . anv v>v/itva %u00bb unge UU1U i cuiuuv. iu u u ju u v iand include virtually every form of needle work.%u201cThis exhibition,%u201d says Appell, %u201cincludes artists whohave turned the traditions of crafts into a contemporary artform. Techniques and materials that were once used forutilitarian purposes are now the media for the creation ofthese works of art.%u201dThe Brooklyn Museum is located at 188 EasternParkway. Admission is free.October 5,1978, THE PHOENIX, Page 31