Melinda in Converation with Michelangelo Antoniono

Michelangelo Antoniono (1912 - 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer.

Melinda spoke with Michelangelo Antoniono in Rome in June 1977.

“Too many untold stories are weighing me down. The images of films I have not made continue to accumulate and obsess me.”

“I always create a catalogue of objects around a character. I do not see him or her as the center of my film. There is no hierarchy in my mind between a character’s context, clothes, objects, and his personality or emotions. People think you have to tell a story about someone rather than something. But the two are invisible for people and so enmeshed in their surroundings.”

See the full interview here

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What is a Triptych?

A triptych (TRIP-tik; from the Greek adjective τρίπτυχον "triptukhon" ["three-fold"]) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels hinged together that can be folded shut or displayed open.

Melinda's 27 Triptych oil paintings will be on display September 19 - October 16, 2016 at the John A Daly Exhibition Hall at the University of South Dakota.







Art dealer and gallery owner Walter Wikiser on Melinda's Triptych Series:

I first became aware of Melinda’s work in 2003 when I saw The Triptych Series at the Asia Society and Museum. I was amazed by her imagery and skill as a painter. I had never seen anything like her work in all my years as an art dealer. Her use of line and form is completely original, and although her work is figurative, it is also groundbreaking in its exploration of abstraction. Her work could be defined as “figurative abstraction,” because she pioneers new territory in both the abstract and figurative domains...The paintings I saw there stayed within me and seemed to find a permanent home in my memory. I realized that I couldn’t forget her paintings and I couldn’t define them. But I did realize these were completely new images representing a new dimension in painting.

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Luminous Bodies

 

The 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.

 

 

For the first time all 90 Luminous Bodies watercolors will be presented in one venue: John A Day Gallery and Exhibition Hall at University of South Dakota from September 19 until October 14, 2016






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New Exhibit Coming in September

The Melinda Camber Porter Archive is proud to announce the University of South Dakota's Melinda Camber Porter Exhibition of Art, Books and Film, September 19 until October 14, 2016.

This USD Exhibition marks the first time all 90 Luminous Bodies watercolors and 27 Triptych oil paintings are presented in one venue.

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.

The Triptych Series are 27 large oils on canvas exploring the triptych form as both altarpiece and sculptural shape.

The Luminous Bodies Series

The Triptych Series

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

Born today: Monique Wittig

In 1976 Melinda Camber Porter sat with the French author and feminist theorist Monique Wittig to discuss her novel Le Corps Lesbien.

Monique Wittig, the small, dark-eyed Joan of Arc of the lesbian community, perched on her chair, and in a voice which gradually lost its defensive tone, said, “I could not bear to write anything obscene about a woman's body. Until now men have held the monopoly in describing a woman's body. But their vocabulary is tainted by their attitudes. I felt it was time for women to start writing about their own bodies. In Le Corps Lesbien I tried to use a fresh and untainted vocabulary.”

Read the full article "The Lesbian Body Re-Examined," Excerpted from The Paris Post here

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“Shiva and Parvati in the Forest,” from Melinda's Journey to Benares Series

This painting, “Shiva and Parvati in the Forest,” from Melinda's Journey to Benares Series, shows one of the stages of the Tantric Ritual where the gods Shiva and Parvati merge into one being. The rock opera culminates in this amazing Tantric Ritual, which is spiritual, and erotic. 

For more information on the Journey to Benares Series click here 

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