EXPERIENCE SHELBY JAY HARRIS ARTIST
Years have passed and I find that now is the best time of my life for creating art.
The painting is compilation of art historical images composed to reveal my experiences in Los Angeles. It is 7'x8' and the medium is oil on canvas.
ELECTRONIC PRIMITIVES
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TECHNOLOGY AND ART
January 2018
Technology is an absolute part of an artist's life.
THE BLEND OF ELECTRONICS AND ART MAKING.
January 2018.
The work combines video and traditional mixed media.
MY STORY
My kitschy contemporary workds are an exciting bridge between old and new, subconsciously educating the masses with my off-the-cuff references to art history in modern context. My ghetto fabulous, proto-Renaissance-ian Madonnas reflect back on their ancient world as they whisper critical, disapproving words to an uber-slick Steve Jobs. Adam and Eve stand in antiquated contrapposto, with the first man wearing nothing more than a banana hammock and bow tie, while naughty Eve offers him a cocktail glass--no doubt an appletini. Venus of Urbino finally got out of her castle, and fired the maid...with all that money saved she now lounges beachside with a wine bottle and a book in Harris' small painting. My work has been compared to the likes of Robert Arneson, Roy de Forest, William Wiley, Wallace Berman, George Hermes as well as other artists of the Beat Generation. Like them, my eclectic paintings are filled with biting humor and an intriguing vitality that offers more to the viewer than meets the eye.
