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v v i st the tribune thursday june 5 1997 p 15 the tribune entertainment artists work to be shown in ireland kate gilderdale correspondent this summer a selection of works from sheila maloneys recent high ly acclaimed exhibition at the latcham gallery will cross the atlantic to ireland an irishcanadian familys story commemorates jhe great famine of 184748 which caused mass starvation and a huge wave of emigration much of it to the united states and canada i have painted as narrative and event paintings the towns villages landscapes and farms of the people in their family moments and indi viduals in their joys griefs and trav els observed the artist the paintings are of the emigra tion of my irish forefamilies from both northern ireland and ireland their leaving from cork and the sailing ships to canada and then to their homesteads and the life they encountered from that time to the present seventeen of the 60 works from her latcham gallery show will be shipped to ireland the exhibition is going to a place called the famine museum at strokestown park in county roscommon said maloney it will be on display at the muse um during july and august and an irishcanadian day will be held there on july 2 at the time of the famine this was an estate which was illegally held by the english she explained during his attempts to remove 8000 tenants from the estate and put them on desperately overcrowd ed and unsanitary ships bound for canada the brutal landlord denis mahon was assassinated i had heard of the town through a retired professor of celtic studies who suggested i write to them about my paintings i got a letter inviting me to show them and im in the process of mak ing arrangements to ship them around the middle of june she added meanwhile maloney is working on a number of new paintings which will be shown at nancy pooles studio on hazelton avenue in toronto this october art across the water sheila maloneys exhibition will be shown at the famine museum in ireland photo by steve somerville new comedy good for some cheap laughs courtroom chaos is nothing new for either michael richards or jonathan lynn the star and director respec tively of the new comedy trial and error have both been there before richards in his role as jittering mani ac cosmo kramer on the seinfeld tv series and lynn as director of the joe pescimarissa tomei farce my cousin vinny but neither of those instances yielded the kind of frantic disorder in the court witnessed in trial and error in the film richards stars as strug gling actor richard rietti who fills in for lawyer friend charles tuttle jeff daniels after the counselor gets into a barroom brawl during his bachelor party rietti posing as tuttle is simply supposed to have the trial delayed to screen scene stuart green give the lawyer more time to prepare but the judge austin pendleton in a terrific supporting role orders the trial of a notorious swindler rip torn to proceed things quickly degenerate when the pair attempt to continue the charade through jury selection cross examina tion and closing arguments although trial and error features much of the kind of slapstick nonsense weve come to expect from richards he refines the act enough that he rarely wades into the familiar waters of his tv persona hes often hysterical as the bumbling rietti usually when hes performing verbal and physical acrobatics a la kramer similarly daniels who can play the buffoon as he did in dumb and dumb er is effective as the buttondown straight man who ends up in a precari ous position the films weakest moments come when as too many films are wont to do it introduces romantic elements in the form of a waitress charlize theron and prosecutor jessica steen and while the romance is distracting and superficial it never undermines the comedy that drives the film trial and error rarely breaks new ground but its always good for a few cheap laughs around tcwti images of clay people have been making pot tery since the first human real ized that common wet field clay shaped and subjected to a fires heat could be used to create ves sels for transport or storage fifteen members of auroras pine tree potters guild will be exhibiting in images of clay at the latcham gallery from june 1 1 through july 6 the members are part of a long line of men and women who have succumbed to the delights of pottery making many of the participants not only make pottery but are respected teachers and workshop leaders several have more than 20 years experience working in clay some such as scottishborn sheena griffith and george brown college graduate mary jane ormand especially enjoy creating functional pieces des tined for daily use while others brett jones and shirley hartmen among them look to the sensual and decorative effects of lustres and glazes to enhance their work ann kelly is especially inter ested in the expressive possibili ties of texture and pattern achieved her sgraffuo technique the more than 25 works in the exhibition range from simple stoneware to porcelain and raku and have been chosen for the exhibition by wellknown potter and instructor brenda tucker from a host of works submitted for the jurying on june 3 this is the first year that the latcham gallery has exhibited work by the guild images in clay opens on june 11 and there will be a reception with the artists on sunday june 15 from 2 to 330 pm on sun day june 22 potters cathy har ris and louise mcfarlane will give a gallery talk on the exhibi tion between 2 and 3 pm