Walt Whitman's 'Calamus at 150', is a group exhibition inspired by and celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Calamus edition of Leaves of Grass. This exhibit opens tonight at the Hudson Guild Gallery on W. 26th street in Chelsea and runs thru June 1st. Organized and curated by Jim Pavlicovic and Jim Furlong, this exhibit is part of several events in conjunction with the Walt Whitman Project. From the Projects website:
The "Calamus" edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass caused a sensation when it appeared in 1860. This exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of this revolutionary work of art, whose impact is still felt today in many artistic media. Leaves of Grass was revolutionary in its bold use of free verse to declare openly and loudly the wonder and physical joy of the body and its sexuality. The "Calamus" poems celebrate homoerotic love, opening cracks in the stranglehold of Victorian mores on public expression of sensuality and acknowledging it as a basis of the happy and well lived life.
My submission is a watercolor/collage painting, 22x30, entitled "Portal". To create the painting I put down a very wet pigment on 300# watercolor paper, and then layed ginko leaves and twigs onto the pigment and then covered it and let it dry. I then removed the covering to reveal the leaf textures. The collage was then added.
Here is a detail of my painting "Portal":
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