POLLY SHINDLER

Contact pshindler@gmail.com
Brooklyn Artist, MFA Pratt Institute.
Paintings, drawings, sculpture drawn from primitive forms and themes.

Feathers,acrylic and charcoal on paper, 10” x 6.25”, 2012

Pearlz, graphite and charcoal on paper, 10” x 6.25”, 2012

Pede, acrylic and charcoal on paper, 41” x 36”, 2012

Black Bunny, acrylic and charcoal on paper, 2012

Weaver, pencil and graphite on paper, 10” x 6.25”, 2012

Breast, pencil and graphite on paper, 6.25” x 10”, 2012

Neck Knife, pencil and graphite on paper, 10” x 6.25”, 2012

You Work Too Hard,January 2012

Island of Mice, March 2012, acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”

Pound Mountain, February 2012, acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”

“Get in the Car. We’re camping on the beach.”  January 2012

Forced March, January 2012

Daily Meditation, January 2012

CII, November 2011

CII detail

Corral, November 2011

Corral detail

Listen Up, Ya Pinheads! October 2011, Courtesy of Patrick Kallay

Fun New Tribe, November 2011

Installation, November 2011

Flipp, November 2011

Flipp detail

Grabbird, October 2011

Golden Pluck, March 2011

Golden Pluck detail

Installation, November 2011

Installation, November 2011

Thesis Show Statement or A wandering list of items that inspire enthusiasm

POLLY SHINDLER: YEAH RITE

BUFFALO + TENTS + BOARS + THE WICKER MAN + MT. ST. HELENS + GRAHAM PARSONS + CAVES + THE HILLS HAVE EYES+ HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS + GLACIERS + ANTARCTICA + DEADWOOD + TRAINS + TENDER MERCIES + WOLVES + THE THING + OWLS + SILOS + SLEEPING BAGS + RAVINES + BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN + TWINE + LITTLE FOXES + BARNS + HEIGHTS + LAST SUMMER + FALCONS + PLATEAUS + CUNEIFORM + YUPIK MASKS + LADDERS + STRAWDOGS + TORNADOS + CLIFFS + THE EVERGLADES + WEST TEXAS RANCHES + MERGING LANE SIGNAGE + L.I.E. +  COYOTES + OIL DERRICKS + FLEETWOOD MAC + CAMPERS + GUNS N ROSES + LAUNDROMATS + THE SHINING + BIGFOOT + MANSON FAMILY + DEER + DARTS + ECONOLODGE + LOBSTER + DELIVERANCE + POWER LINES + THE SWEET HEREAFTER + KRZYSTOF KIESLOWSKI + MARFA + CORVETTES + L.A. + CORN DOGS + LEILA CROCKETT + COUNTY FAIRS + SLEEPING GIANT + LOUDIN WAINWRIGHT + DEMOLITION DERBY + MITCH HEDBERG + INUIT ART + ALCATRAZ + EQUUS + SLIDE GUITAR + AMERICAN FLAG + TOWNES VAN ZANDT + CRAZY GLUE + WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF + ORCHIDS + STEELY DAN + KEVIN BACON + THE TENANT + LIOH + FRANK FRAZETTA + DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT + RUMBLEFISH + HAY BALES + LITTLE CHILDREN + BULLS + SOPHIE’S CHOICE + CHEVRONS + JOHN PRINE + HARUKI MURAKAMI + THE CULT + 9 ½ WEEKS + WERE-PANTHERS + BOYS FROM BRAZIL + RUBY, DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN + SARDINIAN FERTILITY STONES + DOGTOWN + DEVIL’S TOWER + FORREST BEST + TITANIC + PEARL BLAUVELT + MICHAEL HURLEY + PARIS, TEXAS + STEPHEN SHORE’S PRESIDIO + STAPLE SINGERS + MATT DILLON + ANNE BOLEYN + MARC BOLAN + HELLO, METH LAB IN THE SUN + COURT MUSIC + GRIZZLY BEARS + PAUL GOLL + THE THUNDERBIRD + FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS + MIDDLESEX + MULHOLLAND DRIVE + JIMI HENDRIX + JEWS HARP + THE BAND + STELLAN SKAARSGAARD + FOOTLOOSE + FREAKONOMICS + AMSTERDAM + JIM JONES + GERMAN SHEPHERDS + TWIN PEAKS + PLAYING CARDS + A-FRAMES + PORCELAIN + BRIGITTE BARDOT+ LAW & ORDER SVU + PERSONA + WALKER EVANS + DOUG LOVES MOVIES + LOTERIA + THE EAGLES + PIZZA BEAR + SHARKS + GREEK MYTHOLOGY + STRANGER THAN PARADISE ­+ RONNIE SPECTOR + LAST WALTZ + HEAD-SMASHED-IN BUFFALO JUMP + FRONTERA + SOMERSET RD, ELLSWORTH, MAINE + TODD LUBIN + WATERBABIES + CAMP LAURELWOOD + BRICK WALLS + RUFUS WAINWRIGHT’S ONE MAN GUY 

 

It Can’t Wait, October 2011

Medical Building, October 2011

The Ring, October 2011

Don’t Talk About the Hut, October 2011

Fair’s In Town, October 2011

Get In the Field, October 2011

Goldteeth, 2011   Courtesy of Vanessa Rae

For a Leader, 2011

Honorary Endowment, 2011

Green Eye Mound, 2011

CD Mound 2011