Town Talk:
by Malcolm Perry

Full Throttlle... Gastown art is back with a bang. With cops and robbers, too, at least at the Monte Clark gallery Thursday. Clark had just unveiled Kitsilano hairdresser-Gideon Flitt's series of nudes in difficulties, when a thief ran in and made off with Sleeping With The Fox.

Sensibly, Clark rehung the show as coppers swept nearly barley bistros for a painting of redheaded Judy Cashmore, reclining on green silk with a papaya, a toaster and a fox with a rose in its mouth. The exhibition was an hour old, and sold out when-with its absconder in the cells-Flitt's paining returned to cheers from Carrall Street sidewalk strollers.