European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday november 26, 1991 faces no places is it really Art or just a swim through slime Billy Urmano wears his Quot but is it Art Quot to shirt As tils watery Canvas strata has behind him near downtown Minneapolis. From wire reports Stuffy audiences and sarcastic critics Are the least of Billy cum anon a worries. The waterlogged artist has dodged Barge traffic water snakes and River slime a All in the name of Art. Urmano says his swim of the 2,340-Milc Mississippi River is a extended performance others Arentt quite sure what to Call it. A when i really first started thinking about the swim thought it was insane and impossible a Urmano said. A the More i thought about it the More i thought i had to do about 100 people turned out at the Minneapolis Institute of arts for a debate on cum anon a swim called but is it Art the moderators were split but the audience was supportive said Stewart Turnquist coordinator of the Minnesota artists exhibition program. Urmano 42, describes the expedition As a Way to blend Art culture and the environment. He Hopes to make it to the Gulf of Mexico but has no timetable. A the River is a living organism. I feel like i be been intimate with the Mississippi a he said. A the work is process oriented its not an athletic event. Actually getting to the Gulf is not As the process has t much impressed the institutes Kaylen Whitmore. A Billy Urmano does a rather bizarre thing that he Calls Art in that he swims across the Mississippi River and shows you All the slime and crud on his wet suit a Whitmore said. 1 a a he a decided that this is performance Art and some people have a problem with among cum anon a other pieces Are a seance he held for a dead artists and a concert he put on for cows. He once scaled himself into a burial vault for four Days to perform and draw. The River swim began in 1987 at the headwaters of the Mississippi in North Ern Minnesota. He has logged 894 Miles since then swimming Only in the summer. Urmano who lives in Rushford a town of about 1,500 in Southeastern Minnesota pays for the project mainly through to shirt sales and benefits. He also performs at museums along the Way using a child s wading Pool to recreate the River. He displays the flotsam and jetsam he has collected and talks about the hazards he has avoided such As water snakes boats and pollution. A the says he a entertaining the people and the wildlife. He chants while he swims and it echoes Down the River a said Turnquist who is among cum anon a defenders gonzo artwork a 12-piece series of artworks by a a gonzo journalist Hunter s. Thompson is on display in Aspen colo., including a poster of j. Edgar Hoover riddled with Bullet holes and splashed with red paint. Titled the director the poster is among several doctored depictions of Well known personalities that Thompson has on exhibit at the Aspen Art gallery. A a it a very artistic a said gallery owner Mary Grasso. A the uses paints and a variety of guns and she described Thompsons representation of Arch conservative Barry Gold water As a the most gruesome thing you be Ever a the shot out the eyes and Mouth a she said. A a it a violent. Its other subjects include Ernest Hemingway Jane Fonda Brigitte Bardot and Ronald Reagan. Three pieces have sold for nearly $10,000 each Grasso said. The author gained Fame in the 1960s and �?T70s with his strange and hyperbolic reporting style dubbed a a gonzo like Murphy Candice Bergen says her life at Home Isnit much like that of her to alter ego the saucy Murphy Brown. A a in Mas stimulating As a Squash a she said in the dec. 2 Issue of people. Bergen 45, lives in los Angeles with her 6-year-old daughter and maintains a Long distance marriage with her parisian husband filmmaker Louis Malle. The couple wed in 1980 and see each other about three months a year. She said her off camera life Borders on the mundane including twice weekly 8 . Car pools and serving hot lunches at daughter Chloes kindergarten outings. A at this stage of my life the luxury is staying Home a Bergen Niro not scary Juliette Lewis the 18-year-old winning raves for her role in Martin Scorsese scape fear says she Wasny to intimidated by Robert de Niro. A a in a not scared of people who Are excellent at what they do a she said in sundays new York times. In the movie she plays a teen Ager who is terrorized along with her family by an sex convict played by de Niro. Lewis has had roles in the to series i married Dora and the wonder an inspiration Home front actress Tammy Lauren says she got her makeup inspiration from the films of Lon Chaney. A after i was out of work for about six months i studied Lon Chaney movies. He a my idol. I went out and got a makeup kit and Learned How to change my look a said Lauren 23. She credited the new looks with helping her land the part of the feisty Ginger in the Abc television series about he immediately after world War ii. It is one of the actress first adult roles in a 16-year cutting Corners today its easy and its convenient if you live in government housing Well deliver your copy of the stars and stripes right to your Mailbox a it wont Cost you a Penny More than the Bookstore Price and you pay your Carrier just once a month. 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