26—The Daily Collegian Friday, April 6, 1984
arts
'Ziggy' Coyle:
fly JEFF BLISS
Collegian Staff Writer
The frumpy, ill-groomed women who are the subjects of
D.M.Z. Coyle's sculptures might be described by some as
Parodies of the Miami Beach bridge-playing set. However,
as Coyle pointed out, her art involves more than just
poking fun at people. "(It is) sometimes humorous,
sometimes whimsical, but always with an underlying
seriousness."
A University graduate with specialties in ceramics and
painting, Coyle known to her friends as "Ziggy" has
been selling her art since the age of 16. Surprisingly, Coyle
Concentrated on painting at first, selling her works and
exhibiting them in countries as diverse as Korea and the
Yemen Arab Republic. ,
Her show in the coastal Islamic country was especially
noteworthy, since Coyle was the first foreign artist ever
iponsored by Yemen's Ministry of Culture . It was also the
first real exposure the Yemenese had to painting, an art
form that is considered taboo by some Moslems and is
Virtually ignored by others. Yet, as Coyle explained, the
yemenese flooded to the exhibit, eager to see sketches and
portraits done . of their countrymen. Coyle credited the
Aiccess of the exhibit which gave her an international
reputation (o the people's openmindedness in exploring
a' different artistic medium.
; Also, she smiled, "They don't have TV."
• Five years ago, after she had completed her travels,
Coyle decided to settle down in Pennsylvania, only to find
out that she still felt like a tourist observing the native
culture. "I had lived overseas 20-odd years, and when I
came back it was like coming into another country."
Many of the observations she made of Americans
Influenced her art, which had always in the past been
People-oriented. "Just walking down the street and ob
Big time comedians bring their funny business to HUB Ballroom
By DEBBIE GOLINI
toliegian Staff Writer
' Catch A Rising Star, The Comedy
:Factory Outlet, The Comic Strip, The
'HUB Ballroom. Whit do they all have
yin common? They showcase comedi-
The HUB Ballroom?
Yes, after this Sunday night the
HUB will join the ranks of the fore
?mentioned clubs in featuring the tal
.ents of Scott Bruce, "Big Daddy"
;Graham, Grover Wilcox and Fred
:Stoller. The ensemble, billed as
I ‘ ;Scott Bruce and the Comedy Com
pany" will perform a free show in the
.HUB at 8:30 .Sunday evening. The
event is being sponsored by the Stu
'dent Union Board.
Just who are these comedians any
way, you may ask? They are "big
time in the comedy world," says
Bruce, who for the past eight months
has been bringing comedians to the
University and neighboring colleges
4nd nightclubs. Two of the comedians
to perform on Sunday are from Phila
delphia. Both "Big Daddy" and Wil
cox have played The Comedy Factory
Outlet and The Comedy Works.
Besides working in clubs, "Big
Daddy" had a record out, which
truce says, "has been gettting a lot
df play on the 'Dr. Demento Show,' a
serving people: that's the most interesting thing I can do,"
she said. Such places as Atlantic City and State College
have provided Coyle with an abundance of material for
her projects.
With her change in residence came a transition from
painting to sculpture. "It was like an opera singer going
western or vice-versa because it was a complete learning
process all over again," Coyle remembered. Much of what
she learned from her painting was transferred to her clay
work, which can account for some of the stylistic
uniqueness of her, work. Coyle explained that she handles
the glazes like oil paints. Through experimentation, she
has also digressed from the formal approach to sculpture.
"I break a lot of rules with clay, technically," she said.
From her focus on individuals in society and her
emphasis on experimention came the statues, which she
calls affectionately "my ladies," now being exhibited in
the Kern lobby. Even though insisting that her work is
open to broad interpretation, Coyle said she did create
them with a definite purpose in mind. Many of her
sculptures are of older women who Coyle said grew up in
an era, when females did not have the opportunities
politically, economically and socially that 'men had.
Giving the example that women in the 1950 s tried and
were expected' to emulate the Marilyn Monroe-type of
woman, Coyle feels that females were forced by them
selves and by society to be something they couldn't be.
Yet, as Coyle explained, her ladies, who are seen superfi
cially by many to be caricatures created for the specific
purpose of making fun of people, are truly enviable
because they are happy and independent. "They are free
because of their age and have outgrown the social stigmas
they were under," she said.
• The truth, Coyle went on to say, that all her subjects
have discovered is to ,be themselves. Her art, she stated,
partially derives from "seeing humor in truth."
weekly radio , program." Grover Wil
cox has a possible syndicated talk
show in the works for the coming
year, says Bruce.
Then the New Yorker from the
group is Fred Stoller. Stoller has
headlined at Catch A Rising Star and
The Comic Strip, both of which are in
Manhatten. His other credits include
two appearances on the. television
program "Star Search."
How does Scott Bruce know so
much about comedians? He is one
himself. For the past year and a half
he has worked as a standup comic in
such clubs as The Improvisation,
Catch A Rising Star and The Comic
Strip in New York City, as well as The
Comedy Factory Outlet in Philly. To
add to his credentials, he has ap
peared twice on cable's."Showtime"
and once on TV's "Entertainment
Tonight." Besides his work as a per
former, Bruce teaches a class for
Free University called Insanity 102.
What if you can't make the show on
Sunday? "Scott Bruce and the Come
dy Company" will be in State College
at Cafe 210 West tonight and then they
will travel to Altoona for two perfor
mances at Gullifty's on Saturday. If
you are still unable to make the show,
Bruce's Insanity 102 class will be
performing in the Coffee House at the
HUB Cellar Tuesday night.
University graduate says she enjoys sculpting the lighter side of life
Ziggy Coyle doesn't Consider her statuettes to be caricatures poking fun at people, but to her they represent the lighter side
of middle•aged life. These frumpy women can be seen in the Kern display cases.
Scott
Same!son presents his
'Theater of Illusion'
By SARAMMA METHRATTA
Collegian Staff Writer
Magician Peter Samelson will
bring his Theater of Illusion to
Eisenhower Auditorium tonight at
8. His performance is sponsored
by this year's Artists Series.
"To call what I do 'performing
tricks' is to degrade magic," Sa
melson once told a Chinese news
paper. "What I do is create
effects. Magic is creating a world
of fantasy and illusion, altering
reality in order to help you recog
nize your own perceptions. Magic
can make members of the audi
ence realize something about
themselves and the way they think
and feel."
Samelson's interest in magic
began when he received a magic
kit for his eighth birthday. "I
opened it expecting wonderful
things, but when I realized they
were just tricks, I flung it away,"
he said. "It wasn't real magic."
But his interest had begun and
later-flourished after seeing a ma
gician who visited his school cre
ate what appeared to be real
magic effects.
Samelson studied performing
arts ,at the Stanford University
and later traveled throughout Eu
rope studying forms of theater. In
the past 21 years, he has presented
his magic to an estimated half
million people through live perfor
mances and television appear
ances in the United States, Canada
and the Orient.
• He holds the'distinction of being
the first Western magician to per
form on the Great Wall of China
and to exchange ancient secrets
with the Acrobatic and Magic
Troupe of, Beijing (Peking). His
other credits include perfor
mances at the United Nations,
aboard world cruises of two ocean
liners, and at Los Angeles' Magic
Castle, San Francisco's Magic
Cellar and New York's Magic
Towne House.
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