Upcoming Exhibit: Paul Shellmont: Bird Watching
Paul Shellmont's first exhibit in the United States, showcases some of the finest paintings and drawings from his delicate and whimsical body of work. Shellmont's work as an illustrator has been featured in magazines such as New Yorker and The Atlantic and he is well known for his fanciful hand-drawn animations, including the Oscar-winning short, A Balloon for Marcel.
This exhibit presents the changing nature of his art in the last ten years, especially his growing pre-occupation with the environmental effects of globalization and industrialization in the third world. Shellmont says, " Bird Watching, for me, represents the kind of cycle of mute observance that we're stuck in today. Even if we pay strict attention to the natural world, glimpses are fleeting. And fading." Bird Watching combines Shellmont's distinctive child-like comic style with a more somber, intentionally provoking palette, which Art 9-5-0 called his "strongest statement to date.
