Jim Campbell August 18 - September 26, 2008
The basic values and views of an individual usually spring
from their home and that home’s place. “Where You’re From” looks
at home place as a wellspring of principles and perspectives. The
south has a particular understanding of home place as essential to
values and view and thus identity. Southerners when introduced to
strangers will almost always ask “Where you from?” the contracted
question of polite conversation aimed at getting to know
someone. “Where you’re from.” is also a declaration that
acknowledges the influence and preeminence of home place. This
exhibition was curated to compliment the Summer Freshman Reading, One
Foot in Eden by Ron Rash.
The Donna Mintz installation, “reliquary”, paintings by William Mize,
Beverly Buchanan, Virginia Derryberry and Frances de La Rosa, sculpture
by NYC based Ilene Sunshine, mixed media work by Pennsylvania based
Mark Flowers, “Mill Village Dreams”, a series of prints and paintings
by Jim Campbell from Greenville will be on view in “Where You’re From.”
Gallery Talk
Where You're From artists Donna Mintz and Jim Campbell
Thursday, September 18, 2008
5 pm
Friends of the Center for Visual Arts pARTy
Following Gallery Talk
6 - 8 pm