Friday, February 1
One of the artists freed by Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution–figuratively, at least–was Oldrich Kulhanek, etcher and illustrator. His work was political enough in the early 70s to get him jailed for “defaming the Soviet Union and its representatives.” Lately he’s turned to lithography and drawing; a recent work shows a series of bloated but menacing faces, each nicely punctuated with an uncomfortable, misplaced clown nose. A survey of his work from 1967 to the present opens today at the Jacques Baruch Gallery, 40 E. Delaware (944-3377), and runs through April 3. The gallery is open 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday; a free opening reception today goes from 2 to closing.
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For decades V.S. Naipaul has examined the cultural psyche of the third world in books like Among the Believers, a chronicle of Islamic beliefs in the Middle and Far East. His newest work, India: A Million Mutinies Now, looks at social unrest in the second largest country in the world. Naipaul will read from the book in the Illinois Room of the Chicago Circle Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 750 S. Halsted, tonight at 7. $5 gets you in. Call 413-5180 for details.
