For Immediate Release
Press Release
The Performance of Dance and Nature
Digital Photograph
24”x30”
Meliah Bell
Natural Revelation
Natural Revelation
April 16-May 4, 2017
Reception: Thursday, April 20th from 5:00 – 7:00pm
Natural Revelation is a senior capstone exhibition creatively
produced by MSUB art student, Meliah Bell. Through a compilation of photography
and painting, Bell portrays a mixed media approach to being a part of the world
we were created in, rather than being a part of the world we created.
Through photography and painting, Bell brings into
discussion the human emotional connection to nature. The human connection to
nature translates to a Germanic word; Waldensamkeit: the feeling of solitude,
being alone in the woods, and connectedness to nature.
The mixed media installation of Natural Revelation will be
located in the Student Gallery of Northcutt Steele Gallery this spring. Meliah
Bell will be graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MSU Billings this
coming May 2017. Bell hopes to pursue a career of directing and owning her own
art gallery, as well as becoming a thriving artist.
This exhibition and reception are free and open to the
public. The Northcutt Steele Gallery is open Monday through Friday 8:00-4:00pm.
Northcutt Steele Gallery
Liberal Arts Building, 1st Floor
1500 University Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Dr. Leanne Gilbertson, Gallery Director
406-657-2903
Leanne.Gilbertson@msubillings.edu
Chapter 4 Questions
1. Provenance points to the originality of an art work. It confirms that the piece is the original, and is not a forgery, and helps to establish ownership. The techniques and processes of Leonardo's are a signature to his work. It is important to know the provenance of an artwork in case the artwork has a higher value and needs to be put in a place of safety.
2. If I were on the committee who got to decide if Marcel Duchamp's Urinal got to be considered "art", I don't think I would agree to that. A urinal is a porcelain pot that humans urinate in. Personally, I don't think signing his name onto it makes it art. It would simply cause it to increase in value because he is an artist. If that were to happen in today's age, it would be sold at an extremely high value and possibly be sold to a rich man or woman who only bought it so they could say they owned something by Duchamp.
Liberal Arts Building, 1st Floor
1500 University Drive
Billings, MT 59101
Dr. Leanne Gilbertson, Gallery Director
406-657-2903
Leanne.Gilbertson@msubillings.edu
Chapter 4 Questions
1. Provenance points to the originality of an art work. It confirms that the piece is the original, and is not a forgery, and helps to establish ownership. The techniques and processes of Leonardo's are a signature to his work. It is important to know the provenance of an artwork in case the artwork has a higher value and needs to be put in a place of safety.
2. If I were on the committee who got to decide if Marcel Duchamp's Urinal got to be considered "art", I don't think I would agree to that. A urinal is a porcelain pot that humans urinate in. Personally, I don't think signing his name onto it makes it art. It would simply cause it to increase in value because he is an artist. If that were to happen in today's age, it would be sold at an extremely high value and possibly be sold to a rich man or woman who only bought it so they could say they owned something by Duchamp.
A few thoughts about your press release, Meliah. I wonder about "creatively produced"? Created is fine in this case, I think. In the first paragraph, your introductory sentences should should describe the works in a bit more detail--medium, scale, content. I would also encourage you to clarify this idea of being a part of the world in which we were created, rather than which we created. Does this suggest a challenge (or reminder) to the viewer to reconsider his or her relationship to the natural world? How does the way in which you visualize this natural world challenge the ways that we typically relate to the natural world, etc.? I would begin with a little more descriptive information about the work itself, what do the photographs and paintings look like before moving on to discuss the concept.
ReplyDeleteAnd when introducing the term "waldensamkeit," I would suggest giving the direct translation in English and then explaining why the term is ideal for thinking about your own project. To throw in a Germanic term without contextualizing this choice is disorienting for the reader.
Lastly the term, mixed-media installation, suggests the transformation of the gallery space with a mixed-media work rather than the combination of displays of photography and painting in traditional forms. It seems the latter is actually what you will be installing, but if not you need a little more to give the reader a better sense of what will be at the gallery.