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PKCITJIXKotik (Muscato Photo)This Curator TraveledContinued from Page 9lot and like it.%u201d Kotik, born in Prague,Czechoslovakia, became a U.S. citizen in1977. She became curator of contemporaryart in 1985 after an impressive history withmuseums such as the Jewish Museum inPrague, the Prague National Gallery, theNational Institute for Preservation andReconstruction of Architectural Landmarksin Prague as well as the Albright-Knox ArtGallery in Buffalo, New York. She studiedart history in Prague and Vienna and hastaught in colleges in Buffalo.D lit u c i p a s t iia v e ls C ould h m u i> littV 6prepared her for the sight of coyotes alongthe backroads of Wyoming and studios %u2014when she finally located them %u2014 in westerntrailer parks, adobes, mountain cabins, andbams.She found ceramic artist, RandyHokushin, at work in a %u201ccave-like space,built into the side of a mountain%u201d in Hawaii,and Patrick Zentz%u2019s conceptual art objectsscattered across the fugged terrain of hisMontana farm.In many cases, Kotik says, she faced difficult decisions about whether some of themore massive artworks she saw could andshould be brought to the museum.%u201cTransporting such objects costs thousandsof dollars,%u201d she says. Some are best seenwhere the artist has placed them, as withthe enormous stick and bone constructionsof Montana artist Dennis Voss, not includedin the exhibition.%u201cWe must go to see them, like we do withthe Sistine Chapel,%u201d Ms. Kotik says.And Kotik went. It was all in a day%u2019swork for the curator of The Third WesternStates Exhibition. %u2014 S.S.W.Also, Film and Video Work From the WestFilm and video work from the WesternUnited States will be screened at theBrooklyn Museum on Saturday, June 14,l-5:30pm, in %u201cBest of the West: A Festivalof Short Films and Video,%u201d an event in connection with the Third Western States Exhibition on view through August 5.Drawing from the finest short film andvideo works being produced in the westernUnited States in the last few years, %u201cBest ofthe West%u201d will offer a wide range of genres,techniques, and styles. Included in theafternoon%u2019s program will be documentary,narrative, and experimental pieces, andworks utilizing animation, claymation, andcolor xerography. Moods range from thelyrical to the satiric.Among the prize-winning pieces to beshown, is the 1985 Academy Award-winningshort, %u201cUp!%u201d, by Mike Hoover, a stunningfilm relating the art and allegory of a youngman%u2019s hang-gliding adventure. %u201cSuspiciousCircumstances,%u201d by Jim Blashfield, usescollaged and animated xeroxes to tell thesurreally humorous story of the strangedisappearance of Lenore%u2019s husband. BillPlympton%u2019s delightfully satiric animation%u201cBoomtown,%u201d based on a Jules Feifferscript, introduces the Android Sisters andtheir view of the changing militaryindustrial complex. In %u201cPlace ofEmergence,%u201d Paul Brekke has created apowerful mosaic of images revolvingaround a primeval Garden of Eden theme.A number of films focus on uniquelyWestern phenomena. Nancy Kelly%u2019s%u201cCowgirls: Portraits of American RanchWomen%u201d looks at three generations ofwomen ranchers, and %u201cLast Call Forever,%u201dby Irv Broughton and Gerry Cook, provocatively explores the impact of the closing of The Magnet Bar, a mostly Indianhaqgout in Spokane. %u201cTater People%u201d dishesup some deliciously deadpan small-townhumor, focusing on the trials and tribulations of a potato farmer%u2019s wife.The program runs from 1-5:30pm and isfree with museum admission. Seating islimited and is available on a first-come,first-served basis. Nick Manning, founderand coordinator of the long-running NewYork Filmmaker%u2019s Exposition, will be onhand to make introductory remarks and torespond to any questions about the works.\organized by the Western States Arts Foundation and the Brooklyn Museum and onview at the museum from June 6 throughAugust 5. The exhibition and film programare supported by a grant from Philip Morris Companies, Inc. For information, call638-5000.Above, \Robert C. Cocke of Tempe, Ariz., painted this oil depiction of \UCUCMlTMJANAlN GlUGNO.ITALIAN FO O D TH IS JUNE.CALL TH E G REENHOUSE.To celebrate the Statue of Liberty%u2019s centennial year _ each Friday and Saturday night of 1986 The Greenhouse will present ftxxJs from the Old World in _ , tribute to America's immigrants, who brought our country a joyous appreciation of good ftxxl and fine wine.In June, The Greenhouse celebrates the gi ftxxls of Italy, including Caponata Zuppa di Pesce, Saltimbocca di Polio with Polenta, and Crostata di Ricotta.LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.Each month we re also offering drinks and entertainment indigenous to the country being featured, in June we re%u2019 presenting TneCavalicri Di Roma Orchestra every Friday and Saturday from 6AO - II PMr SAVOR THE TASTES OF LIBERTY.Many of our Italian recipes will be taken from Tastes of Liberty A Celebration of Our GreatEthnic Cooking I his magnificent axiklxxik is published by Chateau Ste. Michelle winery, which, with The Greenhouse, ing cc /-EllisWe invite you to make your June reservations now, by calling (212) 9)8-9100. It, on the other hand, your tastes run more to a New England clam hake, you 11 love what's coming in Julyis a matching co-contributor to the Statue of l.iberty-Ellis Island Foundation.ureenlluol E O N PALE! ITDI INF W IN f N SPIROS M St VI N II I AVIbi iw n n B t k 'M lt V IS U NIO NMONDAY SAIURDAYIOam V|)m(71H1 8S7-70I It!|>K<>M(>I llfll |) M a| lltllVIHV (kllVIHV lllK1H%u00abJ%u00abHil N y s VIA U()SMNehJi arc toft**, h%u00abk K) HfltxiUv* Wfc NIVtR Ull*R E S T A U R A N T and WINE B A Rmi: VISTA IVITRWIIOWI lion I VI M S \\U)KI.I) I KADI CENTERBAM, BCBC,The Museum,and The GardenK e ep U p W ith W h a t%u2019s H a p p e n in g In th e A rts E v e ry w h e re in%u25a1 rr\\s\\ 1/ I %u00bb / r>Award w inning ArtsReporting EveryW eek inThe PhoenixJune 12, 1986, THE PH O EN IX, Page 11