European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Calendar Austria Flea and Art Market Linz every saturday on the Haup Platz until oct. 16. City tour by boat Vienna until oct. 20. Tours depart daily at 1 . Cost is 100 schillings about $5.  cruise with music May 23 to sept. 28. Cost is 120 schillings about $6. Belgium broughel Parade Wing enc sept. 15. Fetes de i lot Sacre Brussels sept. 15. Flower and vegetable Parade Mechelene sept. 15. Denmark cat show Hillerod sept. 22. France Floral procession Rosheim sept. 15. Sauerkraut festival Brienne be chateau sept. 15. Veteran car runs an Goleme sept. 21-22. Onions fair Grumath sept. 22. Germany International automobile show Frankfurt sept. 12-22. The automobile 99 years Young is the theme of this year s show. More than 30 countries will be represented. At the Fairgrounds. Autumn Market Lauenburg sept. 13-15. Third International Van and custom car show Sinsheim sept. 13-15. The show on the grounds of the automobile und Technik museum will feature a drag race show Convoy live band and More. For information Tel. 06221-380207. Old town festival Nurnberg sept. 14-22. The area around the Market place and the pedestrian precinct for the background for a series of open air entertainments including the traditional Fishers Cohen a tournament on the River boat trips on the River Segnitz and a procession of people in local costume. The main events Are on saturday. Great Britain British Isles horse and tractor ploughing championships Shrewsbury sept. 14. Historic vehicle rally and classic car auction Holker Hall near change Over Sands sept. 15. Canterbury festival Canterbury sept. 22-oct. 12. The Cathedral where archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170, will be the scene of a number of events including displays by sardinian Folk dancers and an exhibition on St. Francis of Assisi. Ireland Clifden Community arts week Clifden county Galway sept. 22-28. 15th Irish hot air balloon championships sept. 23-25. The Netherlands Prinsy Cadag the Hague sept. 17. Ceremonial procession with Queen Beatrix Riding in the Golden Carriage to open the new session of parliament. Airborne Landing in commemoration of Parachute Landing in world War ii Ede Fink else Heidi sept. 21-22. Sweden Market fair Orsa sept. 27-28. Switzerland Flea Market on the Peters Platz Basel every saturday to 4 . Yugoslavia  evenings folklore in the Oil town Belgrade until october. Gallery Basel is exhibiting works by Asper Johns. Denmark Bro St danish Art  until sept. 29. Germany Frankfurt hot air balloons. Airport gallery sept. 12-oct. 20. The exhibition Marks the first manned balloon flight in Germany made ocl. 3, 1785, by the Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard. It includes photos balloon equipment Stamps and other items to commemorate the flight. Entry is free and the exhibition is open daily 10 a.m.-6 . Mainz posters from Israel  Landes museum sept. 15-oct. 20. Lauenburg ship building in Lauenburg 1885-1985, Elb shipping museum sept. 15-dec. 31. Great Britain London paintings by Gwen John barbican Center sept. 19-nov. 10.  Barbara Hepworth s sculptures family of Man have returned to their Home at the Yorkshire sculpture Park. The nine Metal sculptures were renovated after being stolen last year and found in a scrap Metal Yard at Leeds. Italy estate Ceramic 85, Faenza until sept. 30. Exhibition of Ceramic work of the town. Switzerland Basel Jasper Johns 17 monotypes Kuns museum sept. 14-nov. 10. The exhibition is open tuesday sunday 10 a.m.-5 . From oct. 1, 10  and 2-5 . Zurich old Swiss Folk costume Schweizer Sches Landes museum to end september. Zurich in Vino Veritas wine and wine culture in the Canton Zurich woh museum Bare Gasse to end september. Victoria and Albert s pop Art exhibit is in the bag by Gregory Jensen United Pren International Art museums have exhibited some strange things but it s a Safe bet that none until now has devoted a whole show to the shopping bag. The Carrier bag is a genuine form of pop Art a Clever Token of our disposable culture claims a show called the bag whih consists of nothing else. All through the boiler House space in the Victoria and Albert museum in London hang Brilliant stalactites of shopping bags Ordinary plastic or paper bags selected from five cities around the world. There Are towers tiers suspended Walls of bags blazing in colors and arresting designs some trumpeting the names of famous stores in big Type and some showing no names at All. We be Hung about 500 bags a gallery spokeswoman said. That s almost twice As Many As we intended but it was just too hard to leave some of them out. Of course we be got rooms full of others which we did t  it s up to visitors to Complete the show. One gallery Wall is left vacant for people to contribute shopping bags of their own. To boiler House director Stephen Bayley the simple Carrier bag the merchant s free hold All has become an International Symbol of the  his Short entertaining catalogue makes a valiant attempt to describe How a bag from London or Paris differs from those from new York or Tokyo or Milan. In Paris for example he says perfumers and Couturier. Present the traditional Chic of High French consumer culture with their restrained and elegant  those from newer or More Pushy French shops Are More  in Tokyo Carrier bags. Are a fundamental part of modern japanese life the catalogue says. The paper ones Are free but the classier ones. Are available for Sale at vending machines scattered around the  Bayley most admires the audacious big Brown bag it says nothing else created by new York s Bloomingdale s department store. A Monument to double Bluff it s a bag which takes subtlety to the effective limits by not even mentioning the merchant s name. It is the sort of understatement that Speaks volumes of  Milan s typical shopping bags make a virtue of dignified understatement the show says while London s look curiously monochrome when seen in  such distinctions however Are for the specialist. To the average visitor one tier of hanging bags looks much like another a mass of colourful shapes in which occasional Clever or striking designs grab the Eye. There Are some serious and informative Points to be made from a deep study of shopping bags. The boiler House notes the message on every bag converts the customer into the innocent dupe of a manipulative retailer carrying his merchandise hither and thither with an unpaid advertisement on its  it Points out that bag designers work within tight limits of size printing methods and the need to convey a message or name in the Brief instant a bag is glimpsed on the Street. Never mind All that said a gallery official at the show s unveiling. Aren t they fun but the Way to enjoy the boiler House show until oct. 3 is to forget ponderous theories and weighty distinctions. Just wander about for a few minutes spot famous names and note the Jokey and flamboyant bags. 72 stripes Magazine september 12, ims