Polly Shindler
Windows
April 5 - May 11, 2024
Opening Reception: April 5th 6-8PM

Deanna Evans Projects is pleased to present Windows, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Hudson Valley-based artist, Polly Shindler. This is Shindler’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and will be on view from April 5 - May 11, 2024.

In this series, Shindler investigates the lives of others. Her work stems from a curiosity in relationships between people as well as lives not lived. The paintings aim to depict a vision of time. By representing both day and night, interior and exterior, summer and winter, sunshine and rain, Shindler’s work highlights the daily differences that define our life experience.

Majority of the works in the exhibition use windows to delineate between being in one place and observing another. Windows are built to create a relationship to the world, both as protection and perception. Through them we can view an unfamiliar world, with only our proximity in common. We bear witness to others’ lives through windows. We peek into neighbors’ homes and get a glimpse of their belongings and routines. We watch our neighbors, they watch us, and we all mark the passage of time.

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Polly Shindler received her M.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute and her B.A. in History from University of Massachusetts. She has shown throughout the U.S. as well as internationally at Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery in Madrid and Cristea Roberts Gallery in London. Her work has been exhibited at Deanna Evans Projects in New York, NY, Smoke the Moon in Santa Fe, NM, Hashimoto Gallery, New York, NY, Freight + Volume, New York, NY, Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York, NY and Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Shindler has attended residencies at Yaddo in 2024, Vermont Studio Center, 2013, the Wassaic Project, 2020 and 2022, and Provincetown for the DNA Residency in 2021.

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Installation View

Polly Shindler 'Baking Cookies, Full Sink' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in 61 x 50.8 cm

Polly Shindler 'Looking From One Terrace to Another' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 in 76.2 x 61 cm

Polly Shindler, 'Moon Garden with Silver Flowers' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 in 50.8 x 61 cm

Polly Shindler 'Apartment Building Windows' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in 50.8 x 40.6 cm

Polly Shindler 'Queen for a Day' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Polly Shindler 'Library Stacks' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12 in 22.9 x 30.5 cm

Polly Shindler 'Leaves Falling in Window' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Polly Shindler, 'Stargazing from the Balcony' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 in 76.2 x 61 cm

Polly Shindler 'Moon Garden 3' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in 61 x 50.8 cm

Polly Shindler 'Terrace Cats' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 9 in 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Polly Shindler 'Full Moon Apartments' 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in 50.8 x 40.6 cm

To inquire about the availability of any of these works please email info@deannaevansprojects.com.