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Kyoto art comes to Knoxville Pilots blamed for deadly plane crashes The Associated Press
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Hideki Kimura talks with Joanna Guo, senior in studio art, after his presentation at the opening of a new exhibition in the Ewing Gallery on Thursday, Jan. 19. Kimura is one of 13 artists featured in the “Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers” exhibition, which runs through March 1.
Japanese artist Kimura demonstrates different styles of printmaking Lauren Parker Staff Writer
In the hills of East Tennessee, art vastly different from the familiar was on display in the Ewing Gallery. Hideki Kimura, contemporary printmaker and professor of printmaking at Kyoto City University of the Arts, gave an insightful lecture into the world of Japanese printmaking. Kimura began his speech by giving some background on his past work. A fiercely proud native of Kyoto, Japan, he had his first exhibition in Tokyo at the age of 24. His artwork is most recognized for the use of duality, with an element serving two functions, the latter of which is not always immediately apparent. In 1988 he formed the group Maxi Graphica, along with six other artists, all of whom used postmodern techniques in their printmaking.
Kimura also explained the history behind the separate styles of printmaking. After World War II, the Japanese art world experienced a monumental shift of values. The rise of the Sosakaku Undo movement emerged from the midst of this cultural turmoil, with the traditional Ukiyo-e method standing in firm opposition to change. The controversy arose because of the invention and implementation of photographic technology, while the traditional printers felt the art should continue to be done by hand. During the Golden Period of Sosaku Undo, the strain between the rival art forms caused a schism in the movement, spawning the modern and postmodern printing schools. The postmodern printmaking movement celebrated the delicate interaction of techniques, photography, tradition and surface. “Even though the postmodern movement split from the Ukiyo-e printmaking, it still makes its home in art today,” Kimura said. The youngest artist on display, Shoji Miyamoto, 23, uses woodcut prints in his work, many of which feature the delicious Japanese snack, sushi. Obsessive repetition is a staple in the art of Kouseki Ono. What appears from a distance to be a geometrically designed rug, is actually thousands of protruding, multicolored cylinders. The vivid hues recall the pop art movement. See KIMURA on Page 3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal safety investigators on Friday faulted pilots who tried to outrun approaching storms in two fatal medical helicopter crashes in South Carolina and Tennessee. The National Transportation Safety Board issued very similar findings in both crashes, saying the pilots could have made safer decisions, but risked flying into bad weather in order to return home. Two pilots and four flight nurses were killed in the 2009 and 2010 crashes. The board studied an increase in crashes involving medical helicopters between 2002 and 2005 and said there were recurring safety issues, including a lack of flight risk evaluations and less stringent requirements for flights without patients on board. In the September 2009 crash in South Carolina, the NTSB said the Texas company that operated the medical helicopter, OmniFlight, contributed
to the crash because it did not have a formalized dispatch system that required its pilots to check in with dispatchers before taking off. OmniFlight did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Friday. The system could have helped the pilot realize there were storms between the Charleston hospital where he dropped off the patient and the helicopter’s home base in Conway, the safety board said in a report on the accident. Pilot Patrick Walters, 45, flight nurse Diana Conner, 42 and paramedic Randolph Claxton Dove, 39, died in the crash. Walters likely became confused by low clouds and stormy conditions and lost control of his helicopter, the NTSB said. “The pilot did not have to enter the weather and could have returned to Charleston Air Force Base/International Airport or landed at an alternate location. The pilot, however, chose to enter the area of weather, despite the availability of safer options,” the safety board said.
Knoxville health expo last weekend ‘biggest yet’ Caroline Snapp Staff Writer
The eighth annual Healthy Living Expo was held this past Friday and Saturday at the Knoxville Convention Center. According to the event’s website, “The expo is the area’s largest health, fitness, nutrition and green living event.” The website also stated that the event was focused on healthy living “with exhibitors representing products and services relating to healthcare, nutrition, fitness, natural health, family fitness and ‘green’ living, visitors to the Healthy Living Expo are sure to find something to enhance their lifestyles.” The event was sponsored by many local businesses and organizations, such as The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Food City, local Channel 8 and the radio station Star 102.1. The expo was the biggest yet with more than 250 vendors and over 8,000 visitors during the two-day period. Susan Benton, the Healthy Living Expo’s communication director, was pleased with this year’s turnout. “This was our eighth year and there was an unbelievable turnout,” Benton said. “We had over 250 booths this year, like UT Medical, Fort Sanders Fitness and we have Food
City samplings.” The expo, which was held part of the day Friday and all day Saturday, had a variety of booths to promote health and fitness, such as weight loss clinics, and booths with all organic products. There was also a stage where some fitness classes took place, along with another stage sponsored by Food City that gave demonstrations about healthy eating and cooking. Several events, such as events catered to senior health or kid’s fitness, were held throughout the expo. Benton also said there were many new exhibits at the expo this year. “This year there was a lot more vendors,” Benton said. “We also had a portable tennis court that could be indoor or outdoor. Also, Antone Davis and Joe Mitchell from ‘The Biggest Loser’ were here. So was Missy Kane.” The UT School of Nursing also had an exhibit where some nursing students were giving health tips and advice to visitors. This was the second time Emily Sullivan, a senior in nursing, had been to the Healthy Living Expo. “We’re in our community rotation right now,” Sullivan said. “We’re tryTara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon ing to reach the people of the community and trying to teach them how to Hideki Kimura talks with Joanna Guo, senior in studio art, after his presentation at eat healthy for high blood pressure, the opening of a new exhibition in the Ewing Gallery on Thursday, Jan. 19. Kimura is colon health and all kinds of stuff.” one of 13 artists featured in the “Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers” exhibition, which runs through March 1.