Mythic Art in Campbell

The Minds Eye Gallery in Downtown Campbell brought myth back to Campbell.

When you mention mythology, people immediately think of Campbell … Joseph Campbell, whose The Power of Myth PBS series with Bill Moyers made Campbell’s wit and wisdom as a storyteller and scholar of mythology a household name. On the show, Campbell stated, “The function of the artist is the mythologization of the environment and the world … The artist is the one who communicates myth for today.”

The Minds Eye Gallery, participating in the Boogie On The Bayou, the weekend of May 20th, brought myth back to Campbell. Featuring art through The Minds Eye Gallery, Dave Alber showed art lovers his fine art prints and new book, Myth & Medium. Joseph Campbell’s biographer Phil Cousineau says of the book, “Dave Alber's book Myth & Medium is a courageous work that combines prose poetry and painting, two of the timeless forms that tap the numinous roots of art. I hope his work inspires artists everywhere to stretch their own mythic imagination.”

Myth & Medium: The Art of Dave Alber is a lavishly illustrated art book focusing on mythological themes. The 72-page, 8 1/2 x 11 book displays over fifty pieces of art in a variety of medium. Myth & Medium also contains information about the art and artist, plus three related essays: The Myth of Prometheus; Frame, Crucible, Cosmos: Seeing Through the Boundaries of Epic; and The Discriminating Yoga of the Tiger’s Psyche: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton’s Tantric Adventure. Myth & Medium is available for purchase at Amazon.

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“As people dropped by the booth, enjoying their beer, corn on the cob, and crawfish, it was great to share mythological art that celebrates the unity within diversity of this beautiful city in the midst of a technological adventure,” Dave Alber said. “There is more to Campbell than meets the eye.”

Please contact The Minds Eye Gallery for more information: 395 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008. Ph: 408-370-7682. Email: themindseyegallery@sbcglobal.net.

ABOUT AUTHOR
Dave Alber, M.A. has exhibited his art in Naples (Italy), Georgia, and California. He studied under the children’s book Illustrator Debrah Santini. He has a B.A. in Fine Art concentrating in Printmaking and an M.A. in Mythological Studies. The founder of Mythic Eye Press, he recently finished two novels, and the poetry book To the Dawn.