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fXGallery Talk XRetich FamilyShown atLibraryUp to the recent past, art fam ily dynasties were rare. Some of the better-known families of artists are the Wyeths, the Calders, and the Zorachs After World War II, the numbers of artists in this country began to increase dramatically - unAil now there are hundreds of families with more than two members seriously committed to the arts.The Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza Is presenting a family of four artists - Jerome and Miriam, Jon and Linda Retich. As you enter the Library, Jerome Retich%u2019s small geometric abstractions are in the left showcase near the escalator. Ride upstairs and you%u2019ll find the others (mother, son and daughter-in-law) exhibiting in the showcases on the balcony.Jerome Retich is a meticulous worker. His paintings are obviously complete; very satisfying to look at. Miriam Retich is exhibiting woodcuts. Her black and white %u2018interior%u2019 is a well planned print. She successfully integrates her stylizations and small details into the final effect.Jon Retich establishes a feeling of energy in all his work. His pen-and-ink illustrations are entertaining; the decorative drawing within areas of each picture is elaborate. Linda Retich%u2019s craft work holds its own within this exhibition. Her quilt was appealing to me because it was so unusual!The Library%u2019s exhibit space is not large, but there always seems to be a good show. The Retich Family Show will continue to the end of the month.-Roger EricksonArchitecturalRubblings NowAt MuseumAn exhibition of 19th and 20th century ornamental architectural artifacts - called %u201c rubblings%u201d - retrieved from nonextant buildings in New York City, and housed in the Sculpture Garden of The Brooklyn Museum, are now on display in the lower plaza of the McGrawHill Plaza in Rockefeller Center through May 29.The exhibition is being presented by The Brooklyn Museum in cooperation with the Association for a Better New York, Rockefeller Center, and< V e %u00a3 V o S r e ^ N\\&S %u00b0 v\\ o 'V 'the Anonymous Arts RecoverySociety.The selection includes architectural details executed in stone, terracotta, cement composition, and metal, and deals prim arily w ith the work of anonymous artists and craftsmen who cane to the United States during the great immigration waves. Production started in the 1870%u2019s, and ended almost abruptly in 1910. The work of every immigrant group is represented, from the severely classical work of the English, Scottish and German carvers to the ebullient, lyric and eclectic concoctions from craftsmen from middle Europe, Italy and Russia. Not all architectural ornamentation was created by im m igrants from Europe. Blacks from the South and Southwest came North after the Civil War and also contributed.The McGraw-Hill Building is located at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, between W. 48 and 49th Streets. This exhibition is open to the public Monday through Saturday, 11:00 a. m. to 6:p.m. Admission is free. Photographs on request.Yucatan Photos at Gallery 26Fifty pictures worth 3,000 miles. That%u2019s the effect of Ann M andelbaum %u2019s one woman show of photographs currently on exhibit at Park Slope%u2019s Gallery 26 through June 22. Entitled %u201c Yucatan Profile,%u201d the exhibition has an integrity and honesty that literally transports the viewer to Mexico, a brittle but beautiful landscape peopled with wary youths, faded age and time worn artifacts.The straightforward installation of the show contributes further to the documentary effect and subdivisions emergenaturally and them atically. Transportation, the business of moving about, in a country that seems to defy time and stand still is one aspect of Yucatan life Ms. Mandelbaum considers. A 50%u2019s Mercury with shattered glass, the weathered shell of a school bus, a well choreographed formation of bicycles and the hulking skeleton of a beached boat casting its shadow over a lean motorcyclethese are the subjects Ms. Mandelbaum presents with a brutal clarity. They seem to represent progress petrified or atrophied.Her portraits are more gentle, less assaulting. Children with imploring eyes and secret, hesitant smiles peer at the viewer with a canny watchfulness. The elderly are portrayed with a dignity and grace, not effortless but steadfast. One wonders how the children will ever earn those myriad folds of lines and wrinkles. Smiles with turned down mouth and eyes at once vacant and full seem to mirror memories the viewer can only guess at. Ms. Mandelbaum has managed to bring us the people of the Yucatan, but she leaves them their secretsboth the joys and the sorrows.The show is moving, inspiring and haunting. Both technical prowess and perceptive vision are very much in evidence.Gallery 26, at 26 Eighth Ave. near Lincoln Place, is open weekdays and Saturdays from 11 to 6, Sunday from 2 to 4.EILEEN BLAIRDeMartis PaintingsShowing in SlopeJames DeMartis%u2019 oils, now on view at The Brownstone Gallery in Park Slope, have immediate visual impact. The large canvases and works on paper are, for the most part, romantic landscapes that often tease the viewer with recogO ' 0 < *.0 9Sindbad7W$iaunmtSYRIAN 4 LEBA N ESE CUISINEOPEN 7 DAYS12AM- 12 PM624 -9 105172 ATLANTICAVENUE4%u00ae* ||Thevery famous restaurantm Brooklyn.ii i xu/ ? ui Our\\iyi i waS a Scpai cue Ciiy dfiu w c began aNew York dining tradition. The distinction of the food the unhurried service and the elegant atmosphere attracted patrons from far and wide. Now we are a Landmark, a nostalgic example of a golden era in New York's history. Today, as in the past, our patrons arrive with anticipation and leave warm and happy. It's our claim to fame.Brooklyn's Landmark Seafood and Steak House (Est 1879)Ga g eTollner372 Fulton Street (nr. Boro Hall) 875-5181. Lunch and Dinner except Sunday Amex & Diners.This portrait is one from %u201c Yucatan Profile,%u201d an exhibit ofphotographs by Ann Mandelbaum currently on view at Gallery26, Park Slope.nizable forms-people, a tree, a lake-only to put them in an abstracted context that defies recognition. Delicate veins of color, patches of spackled texture and whips of cross hatching trace across the surface of these fantasy canvases, evoking a sense of movement or change and, occasionally tumultuousness. Other paintings seem static with dreamlike steadfastness.Smoky grays and neutrals take on the bold colors of Chagall%u2019s or Dufy%u2019s pallette to create these frozen moments that seem to melt upon scrutiny. Each of the paintings has a painted frame, as Seurat supplied, that seem to act as a rein upon the im agination. Within the single or multiple bands of the painted frame, the artist permits the distortions and intricacies of the fantastic.DeMartis, a Park Slope resident and co-owner of The Brownstone Gallery, executed most of the works on display during the past year. Well over 20 works are on display including some of the artist%u2019s eariier paintings.This show, perhaps the most exciting that The Brownstone Gallery has exhibited thus far this year, is truly a joy to behold. DeMartis%u2019 work will remain on view through June 1. The Brownstone Gallery, 76 Seventh Avenue, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 to 6_ EILEEN BLAIR5 TO 10 P, M. *O U < ^ A J \\e ,x iio< z / x * %u00a3 i t a u i a n t%u2014--- I 15 MONTAGUE STREET ...Live EntertainmentFriday %u00a3 Saturday nights lOpm to 2amRalph K o tk o b-folk - rock piano vocalistSUPPER SERVED ' riu AMT h u rsd ay v S u n d a y rig h ts 6 50pm to lOprriAnya FraK er'Oik g u ita o s tI3G> A T L A N T IC . A v e t e e r . 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