#james hampton

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Just joking of course. This was a two part TV movie first shown in the US on 31 January 1982.

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‘‘The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly’’

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No, you know what? While I'm all fired up about modern art and outsider art, let me introduce you to the works of James Hampton.

Pictured above is his monumental Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly.

With scant education and no formal art education, James Hampton made these pieces out of his intense religious fervor and his own desire to create:

In 1950, Hampton rented a garage on 7th street in northwest Washington [DC]. Over the next 14 years, Hampton built a complex work of religious art inside the garage with various scavenged materials such as aluminum and gold foil, old furniture, pieces of cardboard, light bulbs, jelly jars, shards of mirror and desk blotters held together with tacks, glue, pins and tape. The complete work consists of 180 objects, many of them inscribed with quotes from the Book of Revelation. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a throne, seven feet tall, built on the foundation of an old maroon-cushioned armchair with the words "Fear Not" at its crest. The throne is flanked by dozens of altars, crowns, lecterns, tablets and winged pulpits. Wall plaques on the left bear the name of apostles and those on the right list various biblical patriarchs and prophets such as Abraham and Ezekiel. The text The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly was written on the objects in Hampton's handwriting.

He constructed all his pieces from materials he found or scavenged himself, "such as aluminum and gold foil, old furniture, pieces of cardboard, light bulbs, jelly jars, shards of mirror and desk blotters held together with tacks, glue, pins and tape."

It's not clear if Hampton himself regarded himself as an artist, a visionary, a prophet, or none of the above. His work, however, is regarded as art in the same way that Michelangelo's Pieta is regarded as art: art of a religious subject or concept.

He also "kept a 108-page loose-leaf notebook titled St James: The Book of the 7 Dispensation. Most of the text was written in an unknown script that remains undeciphered. ... Some of the text was accompanied by notes in English in Hampton's handwriting. In the notebook, Hampton referred to himself as St. James with the title 'Director, Special Projects for the State of Eternity' and ended each page with the word 'Revelation'."

The art was not discovered until after Hampton's death in 1964, when the owner of the garage, Meyer Wertlieb, came to find out why the rent had not been paid. He knew that Hampton had been building something in the garage. When he opened the door, he found a room filled with the artwork. Hampton had kept his project secret from most of his friends and family. His relatives first heard about it when his sister came to claim his body. When Hampton's sister refused to take the artwork, the landlord placed an advertisement in local newspapers. Ed Kelly, a sculptor, answered the advertisement and was so astounded by the exhibit, he contacted art collector Alice Denney. Denney brought art dealers Leo Castelli and Ivan Karp, and artist Robert Rauschenberg, to see the exhibit in the garage. Harry Lowe, the assistant director of the Smithsonian Art Museum, told the Washington Post that walking into the garage "was like opening Tut's tomb."

His work is now on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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James Hampton (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021)

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Back to the 80s this evening with this movie.

A bit dated... but it's still a good watch.

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James Hampton, The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly, ca. 1950-1964

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I wrote a poem about this a few years ago! His story was so beautiful and baffling, I could not resist.

The Janitor Prophet (by Donna Darling)

The gods appeared to him and suddenly he could see eternity in a coke bottle, the fabric of time and space in a cereal box. The Holy Spirit overshadowed him and he spun gold from drinking straws. The angels watched over him, guided his hands as he shaped crowns no head would ever wear, wrote words no one would ever read. Decades poured into unseen beauty, his invisible Patron providing the sacred materiel: Band aids and foil and reckless devotion, a cathedral in a rented garage.

Was it love or madness? Is there a difference? There was God in the garbage, Mary in the smog filled skies, he saw them with his own eyes. And so he continued his lonely vigil, alone yet not alone.

“Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly”

Built by janitor James Hampton over a period of 14 years.

It is constructed out of “various old materials like aluminum and gold foil, old furniture, various pieces of cardboard, old light bulbs, shards of mirror and old desk blotters. He had pinned it together with tacks, glue, pins and tape.”

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Introductions/First Artworks Discussion

1. A fact about me is that I hold a master's degree in architecture and that I am an immigrant from the country of South Africa.

Upon my initial encounter with the piece, I found its composition reminiscent of a trophy display, a perception largely influenced by the pixelation of the image. In my interpretation, the trophies appeared meticulously arranged to convey a sense of dominance, suggesting that the exhibitor seeks to assert their competitiveness and establish a position of power.

2.

I was able to find out that there is some mystery surrounding the creator of the piece, James Hampton was actually a janitor by profession and worked on his masterpiece over 14 years in secrecy, stowed away in his garage.

Despite the sheer magnitude and striking nature of his artistic arrangement, as I had mentioned in above, Hampton never gave an explanation of the piece, leaving it open for interpretation.

The sculpture is made from incredibly humble materials, materials that one would not necessarily associate with fine art. Materials such as gold and silver aluminum foil, colored Kraft paper, plastic sheets, paperboard, and glass was utilized in its creation.

The piece is infused with deep religious symbolism, due to Hampton being deeply religious.

After Hamptons death, his magnificent work of art was discovered by his landlord. The piece was initially slated to be demolished but was saved and then later acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

3. My perception of the piece remains steadfast; I continue to regard the emotions I initially felt as valid responses to this artwork, even after conducting research on both the piece and the artist. I perceive Hampton's humble societal role, intertwined with his profound religious convictions, as the driving force behind this unapologetic and magnificent display of religious symbolism. However, rather than merely showcasing trophies, I now view it as an expression of Hampton's profound devotion to God, brought to life through his exceptional talent for sculpting.

My sources:

Finding God in garbage: The visionary religious art of James Hampton | America MagazineLinks to an external site.

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)Links to an external site.