POLLY SHINDLER

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

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