Word: parker
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stone sculpture is in danger of annihilation. Weather, children, riflemen and clumsy power mowers are rapidly wreaking havoc on the ancient tombstones that stand row on row in cemeteries all over New England and the South. But with the help of a Ford Foundation grant, two young artists, Ann Parker and Avon Neal, have been haunting graveyards since 1961, preserving the crumbling heritage in a less vulnerable form. Last week a show of 120 of their meticulous gravestone rubbings (see opposite page) opened at the Brooklyn Museum...
...rubbing is made on the principle that schoolboys have been using for generations when they put paper over a coin and run a pencil over the surface to make a copy. Parker and Neal use large sheets of strong, pliable Japanese rice paper placed over the carving. A silk pad, dipped in black ink, is rubbed over the paper, and colored inks-coppery green or earthy brown-are added with other pads until the final effect is achieved. "Sometimes it takes hours-a whole day for a big one," says Neal. "We are often surprised to see how a rubbing...
Detroit surprised hockey fans this year with its early season winning streak and domination of the NHL leadership. Sparked by the playing of 34-year-old Gordie Howe, young Parker MacDonald and goaltender Terry Sawchuck, the Wings surprised hockey sages who had predicted a fifth-place finish...
...used to be the Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross trio. (Annie Ross has returned to England for reasons of health.) The new trio's most recent release, Lambert, Hendricks, and Bevan at Basin Street East (RCA Victor 2635) is interesting solely for the novelty of a Ceylonese girl singing Charlie Parker-type solos...
...feels, completely frees him from the cliche. This may or may not be the key to more meaningful improvisation, but have you ever heard a folk singer talk like that? It sounds like something you might have heard at Minton's in the mid-forties when Gillespie and Parker were exploring the new world...