Luminous Bodies Circles of Celebration
The Melinda Camber Porter Archive of Creative Works V2N2
by Melinda Camber Porter
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Pub Date 15 Oct 2016 | Archive Date 14 May 2017
Description
Luminous Bodies is a work of celebration and mourning in two volumes of 45 watercolors in each volume. These images explore the spiritual and cultural forces that continuously vie to originate and then heal the rift between the body and the soul.
The first volume is Luminous Bodies: Circles of Celebration. The second volume is Luminous Bodies: Circles of Mourning.
A Note From the Publisher
Peter Trippi is Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur.
The Art Exhibition of all 90 Luminous Bodies Water Colors of Melinda Camber Porter, will be the first time all 90 watercolors will be exhibited at one time. This is in the expansive Exhibition Hall at the University of South Dakota September 19 to October 14, 2016.
Advance Praise
“In order to produce art like Melinda Camber Porter’s Luminous Bodies you have to be like William Blake. You have to be like Melinda Camber Porter. You have to be absolutely fearless.” Robin Hamlyn (Senior Curator, Tate Britain Collections, 1780-1860 and world renowned William Blake expert).
“In an art market crowded with hollow protestations of “self-identity, Melinda Camber Porter’s works offer us a new cosmology and an authentic vision of our age.” Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur
Marketing Plan
John A Day Gallery and Exhibition Hall
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069
Contact: Michelle St. Vrain, 605-677-3177
USD Melinda Camber Porter Exhibition
of Art, Books and Films
September 19 – October 14, 2016
Special Events:
October 1, 2016, Saturday, 1pm – 5pm
Gallery for all groups and guests.
Bolers, Fliceks and O’Gorman
October 7, 2016, Friday, 3pm – 5pm
Gallery open with refreshments
On Homecoming D-Days for all, Alumni, Betas and guests.
October 8, 2016, Saturday, 9am – 2pm
Gallery open Homecoming D-Day for all, Alumni, Betas and guests.
Melinda Camber Porter passed away of ovarian cancer in 2008 and left a significant body of work in art, film, and literature. With her London-Oxford-Paris-New York background as a journalist for The Times (London), she explored the creative process used by many widely acclaimed cultural figures. She visited South Dakota frequently and wrote her widely praised novel, Badlands, set on Pine Ridge Reservation. Her acclaimed creative works as an artist, journalist and writer, express a world view for all of humanity to enjoy. www.MelindaCamberPorter.com
This USD Exhibition is the first time, that all 90 Luminous Bodies watercolors and 27 Triptych oil paintings art series are presented in one venue, along with her books and films. This is made possible by the University of South Dakota community and their expansive John A Day Gallery and Exhibition Hall.
USD Melinda Camber Porter Exhibition
of Art, Books and Films
September 19 – October 14, 2016
Luminous Bodies series are works of celebration and mourning with 90 watercolors.
These images explore the spiritual and cultural forces that continuously vie to originate and then heal the rift between the body and the soul. “In order to produce art like Luminous Bodies you have to be like William Blake, absolutely fearless.” Robin Hamlyn (Senior Curator, Tate Britain).
The Triptych series are 27 large oils on canvas exploring the triptych form as both altarpiece and sculptural shape. Peter Trippi, editor of Fine Art Connoisseur states,
“In an art market crowded with hollow protestations of “self-identity,” Melinda Camber Porter’s works offer us a new cosmology and an authentic vision of our age.”
The John A. Day Gallery, at the University of South Dakota Fine Arts Building, is an expansive modern exhibition facility with ceilings of 20 feet and 184 feet of linear wall space. The John A. Day Gallery features over 15 multi-facet exhibitions each year. The John A. Day Gallery is open to the public and free of charge with hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. http://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/art
http://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/uag/john-a-day-gallery
Melinda Camber Porter Archive of Creative Works
Blake Press Publications 2016
Volume II: Art and Literature Series Books
International Standard Serial Numbers:
ISSN: 2379-2450 (Print), ISSN: 2379-3198 (Ebook), ISSN: 2379-321X (Audio)
Luminous Bodies: Circles of Celebration
Volume 2, Number 2:
Foreward: Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur
Introduction: Melinda Camber Porter
Watercolors (Forty-five): Melinda Camber Porter
Ebook: (ISBN: 978-1-942231-12-7) $9.99, 140p, 50 illus., index, 2016.
Hardcover: (ISBN: 978-1-942231-49-3), $59.99, 8½x11, 140p, 50 illus., index, 2016.
Luminous Bodies is a work of celebration and mourning in two volumes of 45 watercolors in each volume. These images explore the spiritual and cultural forces that continuously vie to originate and then heal the rift between the body and the soul. Peter Trippi, editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine states, “In an art market crowded with hollow protestations of “self-identity,” Melinda Camber Porter’s works offer us a new cosmology and an authentic vision of our age.”
Inspired by many religious traditions of celebrations and mourning, from The Tibetan Book of the Dead to Native American mourning rituals, the series of drawings is, in actuality, a spiritual journey begun by Melinda Camber Porter a few days after the death of a loved one. The journey is narrated in drawings and in epigrammatic prose poetry inscribed within each watercolor. There is a strong "documentary" aspect to the work, which attempts to record faithfully the actual process of loss and resurrection of the lover in celebration and mourning.
Melinda Camber Porter passed away of ovarian cancer in 2008 and left a significant body of work in art, journalism, and literature. With her background as a journalist for the Times of London, her questions explored the creative process used by many widely acclaimed cultural figures, filmmakers, and writers. The Melinda Camber Porter Archive wishes to share these conversations with the public to ensure the continuation and expansion of the ideas expressed in her creative works.
Melinda Camber Porter Archive of Creative Works
Blake Press Publications 2016
Volume II: Art and Literature Series Books
International Standard Serial Numbers:
ISSN: 2379-2450 (Print), ISSN: 2379-3198 (Ebook), ISSN: 2379-321X (Audio)
Luminous Bodies: Circles of Mourning
Volume 2, Number 3:
Foreward: Robin Hamlyn, Senior Curator Blake, London Tate Museum
Introduction: Text and Forty-five watercolors by Melinda Camber Porter
Ebook: (ISBN: 978-1-942231-14.1) $9.99, 140p, illus., index, Nov 2015.
Hardcover: (ISBN: 978-1-942231-50-9) $59.99, 8½x11, 140p, illus., index, Sep 2016.
Luminous Bodies is a work of celebration and mourning in two volumes of 45 watercolors in each volume. These images explore the spiritual and cultural forces that continuously vie to originate and then heal the rift between the body and the soul.
In this volume, the Foreward, Robin Hamlyn states, “In order to produce art like Melinda Camber Porter’s Luminous Bodies you have to be like William Blake. You have to be like Melinda Camber Porter. You have to be absolutely fearless.” Robin Hamlyn (Senior Curator, Tate Britain Collections, 1780-1860 and world renowned William Blake expert). Inspired by many religious traditions of celebrations and mourning, from The Tibetan Book of the Dead to Native American mourning rituals, the series of drawings is, in actuality, a spiritual journey begun by Melinda Camber Porter a few days after the death of a loved one.
Melinda Camber Porter passed away of ovarian cancer in 2008 and left a significant body of work in art, journalism, and literature. With her background as a journalist for the Times of London, her questions explored the creative process used by many widely acclaimed cultural figures, filmmakers, and writers. The Melinda Camber Porter Archive wishes to share these conversations with the public to ensure the continuation and expansion of the ideas expressed in her creative works.
The first volume is Luminous Bodies: Circles of Celebration. The second volume is Luminous Bodies: Circles of Mourning.
www.MelindaCamberPorter.com
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781942231127 |
PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |