The Triptych Series

Oil Paintings by Melinda Camber Porter

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Pub Date 25 Sep 2016 | Archive Date 03 Sep 2017

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Melinda Camber Porter explains, “The Triptych Series is twenty-seven large oils on canvas exploring the triptych form as both altarpiece and sculptural shape.”            

Walter Wickiser, gallery owner states, “As an artist, Melinda Camber Porter’s use of line and form is completely original as ‘figurative abstraction’ and her extraordinary use of color, she pursued her own ‘cosmology.’

Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, “compares Melinda Camber Porter’s own ‘cosmology’ to that of Michelangelo, whose conflation of the spiritual and the material, the chaste and the sensual, horrified and aroused his contemporaries even as it communicated his highly personal understanding of God, man and their interrelationship.”

Melinda Camber Porter’s Triptych Series will on exhibition at the John A. Day Gallery at the University of South Dakota from September 19 to October 14, 2016.

The Melinda Camber Porter Archive of Creative Works comprises two series of books. Volume 1 is a collection of journalism books. Volume 2 is a collection of art and literature books.

Melinda Camber Porter passed away of ovarian cancer in 2008 and left a significant body of work in art, media, and literature.

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“Compares Melinda Camber Porter’s own ‘cosmology’ to that of Michelangelo, whose conflation of the spiritual and the material, the chaste and the sensual, horrified and aroused his contemporaries even as it communicated his highly personal understanding of God, man and their interrelationship.” Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur

 

“Melinda Camber Porter is a watercolorist [in addition to oils], and that is a very difficult medium to handle. With oil it’s easy to correct things or just go over it, but with watercolor, once you have done it, you have done it.” Robin Hamlyn, Senior Curator of William Blake at Tate Britain

 

“As an artist, Melinda Camber Porter’s use of line and form is completely original. Her artwork could be defined as ‘figurative abstraction’, because she pioneers new territory in both the abstract and figurative domains. Her extraordinary use of color would inspire a composer. Melinda Camber Porter faithfully pursued her own ‘cosmology,’ which was constantly evolving, evolving, evolving.” Walter Wickiser, New York Gallery Owner

Melinda Camber Porter explains, “The Triptych Series is twenty-seven large oils on canvas exploring the triptych form as both altarpiece and sculptural shape.”            

Walter Wickiser...


A Note From the Publisher

Table of Contents
Index of Paintings
Foreword by Walter Wickiser
Introduction by Melinda Camber Porter
Excerpted samples of text found on Triptych Series No. 4
27 Plates with details
The Melinda Camber Porter Archive
About
Art
Literature
Film
Journalism
Praise
Index
Published Works of
The Melinda Camber Porter Archive
Index triptychs mcp final 2016 8 22
abstract art, vi, xii, xxvi
abstraction, xii
Art of Love (Camber Porter), xii
Asia Society and Museum, xii, xv
Asian and Western traditions, xii
backdrops, xv–xvi
Badlands (Camber Porter), xxvii
Barcelona Point Series, xii, xiv–xv, see also painting technique
as metaphor for material and spiritual reality, xix
comparison to Luminous Bodies Series, xxvii
exploration of primitive and rational, xxvi
watercolour and oil, xxvi
Baudelaire, xxii
Camber Porter, Melinda
bio of, 57–58
cosmology of, xiii
list of creative works, 59–67
autobiographical content in work, xiv, xxiii
affinity with nature, xx–xxviii
choreography, xv, xx, 58
composers, xii
Correspondances (Baudelaire), xxii
Cotter, Holland, vii
Curves of Infinity’s Flesh (Camber Porter), vii, xxiv
Doeda, Masumi, xii
emotions, exploration of, xxi, xxiv
Fertility (Camber Porter), xii
figurative abstraction, xii
figurative art, vi, xii
Gauguin, xiii
Hamlin, Robyn, vii
Hepworth, Barbara, xxii–xxiii
Hindu gods and goddesses, xviii, xx
Journey to Benares (Camber Porter), xvi–xix
Ganga, xviii, xx
India, as setting for, xvii, xviii
Lavinia, xviii, xix
as narrative that unifies different media, xv
Parvati, xviii, xx
set design, xii
Shiva, xviii, xx
Skanda, xviii, xx
Lebron, James, vi, xxxii
libretto, xv, xii
Lorenzetti, Pietro (Frontispiece), iv
Luminous Bodies Series, xxii
lyrics, xv, 56
Mandala For My Father, xxiv, xxvii
Matisse, xxvii
MoMA, vi
Monet, xiii
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena, (Frontispiece), iv
My Breath, The Blissful Wind; My Heart, Opening Nature,
(Camber Porter), xxviii
Myself Inscribed in Nature (Camber Porter), xxiv, xxvii
Nativity of the Virgin (Pietro Lorenzetti), Frontispiece, iv
New York Times, vii
Night Angel (Camber Porter), xii

The Triptych Series (27 Oil Paintings)


Text and 27 oil paintings by Melinda Camber Porter
Foreword by Walter Wickiser, New York Gallery

Volume 2, Number 6 (Blake Press)
Hardcover: (ISBN: 978-1-942231-50-9), 8½x11, $49.99 (2016).
(105 pages, 60 color illustrations, index, and bibliography)
Ebook: (ISBN: 978-1-942231-14-1) $3.99 (2016).



Melinda Camber Porter explains, “The Triptych Series is twenty-seven large oils on canvas exploring the triptych form as both altarpiece and sculptural shape.”
“I compare Melinda Camber Porter’s own ‘cosmology’ to that of Michelangelo, whose conflation of the spiritual and the material, the chaste and the sensual, horrified and aroused his contemporaries even as it communicated his highly personal understanding of God, man and their interrelationship.” -- Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur

“Melinda Camber Porter is a watercolorist [in addition to oils], and that is a very difficult medium to handle. With oil it’s easy to correct things or just go over it, but with watercolor, once you have done it, you have done it.” -- Robin Hamlyn, Senior Curator of William Blake at Tate Britain

“As an artist, Melinda Camber Porter’s use of line and form is completely original. Her artwork could be defined as ‘figurative abstraction’, because she pioneers new territory in both the abstract and figurative domains. Her extraordinary use of color would inspire a composer. Melinda Camber Porter faithfully pursued her own ‘cosmology,’ which was constantly evolving, evolving, evolving.” -- Walter Wickiser, New York Gallery Owner

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.

Table of Contents
Index of Paintings
Foreword by Walter Wickiser
Introduction by Melinda Camber Porter
Excerpted samples of text found on Triptych Series No. 4
27 Plates with details
The...


Advance Praise

 “Compares Melinda Camber Porter’s own ‘cosmology’ to that of Michelangelo, whose conflation of the spiritual and the material, the chaste and the sensual, horrified and aroused his contemporaries even as it communicated his highly personal understanding of God, man and their interrelationship.” Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, New York, NY

 

“Melinda Camber Porter is a watercolorist [in addition to oils], and that is a very difficult medium to handle. With oil it’s easy to correct things or just go over it, but with watercolor, once you have done it, you have done it.” Robin Hamlyn, Senior Curator of William Blake at Tate Britain

 

“As an artist, Melinda Camber Porter’s use of line and form is completely original. Her artwork could be defined as ‘figurative abstraction’, because she pioneers new territory in both the abstract and figurative domains. Her extraordinary use of color would inspire a composer. Melinda Camber Porter faithfully pursued her own ‘cosmology,’ which was constantly evolving, evolving, evolving.” Walter Wickiser, New York, NY Gallery Owner

“Compares Melinda Camber Porter’s own ‘cosmology’ to that of Michelangelo, whose conflation of the spiritual and the material, the chaste and the sensual, horrified and aroused his contemporaries...


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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

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

...


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