The coming. In a world where change is upon us,
the only truth is the holograms of the imagination.
My brothers in Haiti hold on, magic is your strength.
Friday, January 29, 2010
3rd world continued
The coming. In a world where change is upon us,
the only truth is the holograms of the imagination.
My brothers in Haiti hold on, magic is your strength.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
IN STUDIO 2010
THE OPEN DOORS A SNEAK PEEK
Hola y mucha prosperidad en este año nuevo.
Estyo en estudio trbajando con mis serie sellama
¨La puerta Abierta¨. Es una coleccion de orbars que incluyen
Animacion, Pinturas, Dibujo y proyectos interesantes (Project Black Book).
Aqui esta una pequño muestra.
Hola y mucha prosperidad en este año nuevo.
Estyo en estudio trbajando con mis serie sellama
¨La puerta Abierta¨. Es una coleccion de orbars que incluyen
Animacion, Pinturas, Dibujo y proyectos interesantes (Project Black Book).
Aqui esta una pequño muestra.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Mexican Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist Wendell Mc Shine
At Mexican Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
opening on December 5th.
Estado de Mexico
At Mexican Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
opening on December 5th.
Estado de Mexico
Monday, November 23, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Artist-Wendell Mc Shine at Real Art Ways
Draconion Switch-November issue 09
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Rockstone and Bootheel:
56 Arbor Street Hartford, CT USA
Rockstone and Bootheel highlights work that lies at the intersection of popular and urban culture. The work explores themes ranging from post-colonial identity and politics, to gender and sexuality (including issues of homophobia), to the rampant crime and violence that plague many of the islands' inner cities.
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Rockstone and Bootheel:
Contemporary West Indian Art
Curated by Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backer
Opening reception: Saturday, November 14, 3-6 PM; Member reception from 1:30 - 3 PM
56 Arbor Street Hartford, CT USA
Rockstone and Bootheel highlights work that lies at the intersection of popular and urban culture. The work explores themes ranging from post-colonial identity and politics, to gender and sexuality (including issues of homophobia), to the rampant crime and violence that plague many of the islands' inner cities.
Animae Caribe Festival Awards Winner
Best Use of Animation in a Music Video:
PROSPER (12 the Band), Wendell McShine, 
Friday, October 9, 2009
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK
EL PEQUEÑO LIBRO NEGRO from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.
New clips from the art project ¨La Puerta Abierta¨
These are some of the little black book sketches for the up coming HD animation movie by artist Wendell Mc Shine
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Prosper from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.
12TheBand: ¨Prosper ¨
Animation Art Music Video
There is a natural synchronicity, in Mexico referred to as “Mayan Timing”, that connects my latest body of work, “La Puerta Abierta” (The Open Door) and Sheldon's song “Prosper”. The coming together of our work in this special animated music video can be seen as an emotional out pouring of healing words and visuals stitching together the delicate fabric of the human condition and Trinidadian nationalism.
I'm an artist on the international art scene working on projects ranging from gallery shows, commercial campaigns and independent film productions; but when the opportunity arose to do a collaborative project with The Band 12, from my home country, I immediately jumped on board. Their songs are captivating, emotionally charged and they portray in words exactly what my work is about. It was as if I'm painting in my studio in Mexico City, Sheldon is writing lyrics in Trinidad and the only thing that is connecting us is the concept of healing our mother land. This symbiotic union is evident in the video. The words match the visuals and the visuals match the words.
I chose stop motion animation as a medium because of it's organic nature. This allowed me to explore textures and emotions. It was a physical process in which I had to put myself into the characters in order to inject their movements with their individual multidimensional spirit.
The post production of the video was purposely manipulated to give a sense of Trinidadian nostalgic warmth in a super-realistic way. Packed with a lot of color and textures the overall tone has a soft ambiance that it is compatible with the tone of Sheldon's voice and music.
Shortly after the opening sequence there's a scene of a character reading from a red copybook who I call “The Bookman” and represents Sheldon as a story teller. He's set in an eclectic environment wearing turquoise rubber slippers that represent “the soul and color of the Caribbean”.
Sheldon's lyrics, “In sickness and in health,”juxtapose a visual of a medicine man walking with a petrol lamp guiding the way amidst the backdrop of the northern range. This scene is colored using a muted purple blue haze suggesting twilight, the leaving behind of negative ways.
Emphasizing building and community is a sequence of a man repairing a rooftop, another painting a house, and a lager than life character (El Santo/The Saint) places a house onto a prospering landscape. In his chest there is a doorway (love zone) a space within our own hearts.
In choosing to give answers and not just stating problems, I created a sequence where there's a character, representing the layman, dispondent in an impoverished pineapple field. In resolving itself
a hand places the jewel star (symbol of courage) into his chest “The Love Zone” activating positive consciousness motivating the character to contribute to his community by generating fruits (Pineapples, symbol of prosperity).
The trumpet man walks across a living room painted and decorated with iconic colors and furnishings of Trinidad. The checkered vinyl floor, petrol lamp on the wall, the Cabernet that holds mami's Sunday wears, etc. elements we need to see and reflect upon to remember ourselves.
“...crash our skeletons in our closets...” is depicted by a character taking off his devil mask and turning himself into a positive member of society, the cleaning out of his closet representing transformation and prosperity.
In closing, there is an image of a granny (the “best village” icon) handing out 'heart jars' representing the higher aspects of our community. The villagers receiving these jars use them to transform negative ways by releasing healing waters into the rivers of collective consciousness.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
¨La Puerta Abierta¨-Flight of the wise one.
Urban Arts Project Mexico D.F.
The making of in store installation ¨La Puerta Abierta¨-Flight of the wise one.
The making of in store installation ¨La Puerta Abierta¨-Flight of the wise one.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
2009 "La Pueta Arbieta" ( The open door )
The Concept Behind
The prospects of coming back to Trinidad inspired chapter two, "La Puerta Abierta", which kicks off this 2009 body of work from my concept, "Into the Blue Desert" (a continuos exploration of the human condition). I traveled with some empty and half laid out canvases anxiously anticipating the return to my native land. As I touched my home ground I set up my studio against the door of my childhood bedroom, a home that witnessed a struggle to develop my work against all odds. In this, La Horquetta housing project, aka "The Whole", the value of self worth is placed on gold chains, cell phones, cable-tv and cars. The hustle for paper (money) intoxicates with drugs the hearts, minds and bodies of lost souls striving for the next fix at whatever cost.
This series of works reflect this battle, not just to stay alive and walk as a ghost or a bandit, but to create and formulate my own congruent reality where naked feet never touch the streets but hover over them, where elongated mouths express their truths rather than hiding them with shame, where liquor bottles become souvenirs of tainted memories, where skulls of fallen men and hibiscus flowers preside on headpieces as offerings at the doorstep of death and paying homage to the essence of life.
These characters (Los Santos), in their bare essentials (sometimes with pants sometimes with jokey shorts), never show their face and silently stalk the landscape aware of the unseen beauty and potential of the ghetto: the young girl studying to complete her academic path, the strong father keeping his family together, the palm trees standing proud, the birds whistling unspoken secrets. The color palette is intense, influenced by the bright and dramatic colors of my surroundings and carnival. Los Santos are posed purposely as to invoke ideas of spirituality and self awareness.
The prospects of coming back to Trinidad inspired chapter two, "La Puerta Abierta", which kicks off this 2009 body of work from my concept, "Into the Blue Desert" (a continuos exploration of the human condition). I traveled with some empty and half laid out canvases anxiously anticipating the return to my native land. As I touched my home ground I set up my studio against the door of my childhood bedroom, a home that witnessed a struggle to develop my work against all odds. In this, La Horquetta housing project, aka "The Whole", the value of self worth is placed on gold chains, cell phones, cable-tv and cars. The hustle for paper (money) intoxicates with drugs the hearts, minds and bodies of lost souls striving for the next fix at whatever cost.
This series of works reflect this battle, not just to stay alive and walk as a ghost or a bandit, but to create and formulate my own congruent reality where naked feet never touch the streets but hover over them, where elongated mouths express their truths rather than hiding them with shame, where liquor bottles become souvenirs of tainted memories, where skulls of fallen men and hibiscus flowers preside on headpieces as offerings at the doorstep of death and paying homage to the essence of life.
These characters (Los Santos), in their bare essentials (sometimes with pants sometimes with jokey shorts), never show their face and silently stalk the landscape aware of the unseen beauty and potential of the ghetto: the young girl studying to complete her academic path, the strong father keeping his family together, the palm trees standing proud, the birds whistling unspoken secrets. The color palette is intense, influenced by the bright and dramatic colors of my surroundings and carnival. Los Santos are posed purposely as to invoke ideas of spirituality and self awareness.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Solo Show: Mezcal, Crows and Bandidos
VIEW GALLERY
PRESS INTERVIEW: CANVAS MAGAZINE
Solo Show: Mezcal, Crows and Bandidos
An Intoxcicateting Jurney into a defying soul
This is one chapter of my stroy titled "Passages from the book of ickarus"
Ickarus is falling through different dimensions, he is in constant transition but yet in the moment and in this chapter he´s caught up in the perception of what is the underworld. In ¨Mezcal Crows and Bandidos¨ we get a chance to meet all of the characters that surround him in this world.
I like mixing metaphors, so in my world what appears to be bad is really good and vise versa. The Bandidos look tuff and disobedient but they are really protectors of truth ( symbolized by the flower that comes out of their noses). They protect the heart of the fallen Ickarus and are commanded by the wolfs Wilber and Santos who are the overseers of the moment. They see the world in black and white.
Hand pulled limited edition T-Shirts
When the Bandidos drink the Mezcal they gain the power to transmutate into the Crows who can then see into the outer world (earth) and keep the balance by keeping the Humming Birds in check since they use their beauty to confuse and encourage Ickarus off his path.
La Sabia found her way into my work and it feels like she is who contains everything, she is the knower of all and represents pure intuition. She uses the magic of the hibiscus flower to feed the Humming Birds as she knows that the world is not black and white. The gem stars that travel with her will lead this story into the next chapter, "La Puerta Arbierta".
ABSOLUT URBAN ARTS PROJECT
The Absolut Creative District was an Absolut World contained within Mexico City. This world was created to incorporated the processes of several artistic disciplines; fashion, cinema and
visual arts.
PRESS INTERVIEW: IND ROCKS MAGAZINE
However, the process started weeks before, showcasing international artists in an urban setting where everyday people could interact with them and see first hand what it takes to create their art.
Crystal Boxes in parks and shopping centers were used as the artists’ studios in which direct contact with people provoked an interaction between the public and the artists, the artist and his work.
4 antique Japanese Trolley busses were intervened and used as canvases.
The work produced in the crystal boxes was re-located into the Creative District at the culmination of this campaign, invitees had the opportunity to interact with the artist still in their process. Artist Wendell Mc Shine used black chalk board paint as his surface for developing animations made directly onto the base using chalk. Each day for a 5 day period one minute of animation will be shot frame by frame adding up to a 5 minute short that was projected in the final event.
Out Door Studios
The Absolut Creative District
Mexico City Adidas Originals:
Urban artist Wendell Mc Shine developed a series of motion graphic animations that turned the entire store front into a world of mythical organic cretuters, tropical dragons, exotic plants and humming birds that came together to represented the launch kick off party, "Adidas Grun" .
These projected animations in themselves are a testimony to the creative rebelliousness of self expression that the artist brings to the world of urban arts.
PRESS INTERVIEW: CANVAS MAGAZINE
Solo Show: Mezcal, Crows and Bandidos
An Intoxcicateting Jurney into a defying soul
This is one chapter of my stroy titled "Passages from the book of ickarus"
Ickarus is falling through different dimensions, he is in constant transition but yet in the moment and in this chapter he´s caught up in the perception of what is the underworld. In ¨Mezcal Crows and Bandidos¨ we get a chance to meet all of the characters that surround him in this world.
I like mixing metaphors, so in my world what appears to be bad is really good and vise versa. The Bandidos look tuff and disobedient but they are really protectors of truth ( symbolized by the flower that comes out of their noses). They protect the heart of the fallen Ickarus and are commanded by the wolfs Wilber and Santos who are the overseers of the moment. They see the world in black and white.
Hand pulled limited edition T-Shirts
When the Bandidos drink the Mezcal they gain the power to transmutate into the Crows who can then see into the outer world (earth) and keep the balance by keeping the Humming Birds in check since they use their beauty to confuse and encourage Ickarus off his path.
La Sabia found her way into my work and it feels like she is who contains everything, she is the knower of all and represents pure intuition. She uses the magic of the hibiscus flower to feed the Humming Birds as she knows that the world is not black and white. The gem stars that travel with her will lead this story into the next chapter, "La Puerta Arbierta".
ABSOLUT URBAN ARTS PROJECT
The Absolut Creative District was an Absolut World contained within Mexico City. This world was created to incorporated the processes of several artistic disciplines; fashion, cinema and
visual arts.
PRESS INTERVIEW: IND ROCKS MAGAZINE
However, the process started weeks before, showcasing international artists in an urban setting where everyday people could interact with them and see first hand what it takes to create their art.
Crystal Boxes in parks and shopping centers were used as the artists’ studios in which direct contact with people provoked an interaction between the public and the artists, the artist and his work.
4 antique Japanese Trolley busses were intervened and used as canvases.
The work produced in the crystal boxes was re-located into the Creative District at the culmination of this campaign, invitees had the opportunity to interact with the artist still in their process. Artist Wendell Mc Shine used black chalk board paint as his surface for developing animations made directly onto the base using chalk. Each day for a 5 day period one minute of animation will be shot frame by frame adding up to a 5 minute short that was projected in the final event.
Out Door Studios
The Absolut Creative District
Mexico City Adidas Originals:
Urban artist Wendell Mc Shine developed a series of motion graphic animations that turned the entire store front into a world of mythical organic cretuters, tropical dragons, exotic plants and humming birds that came together to represented the launch kick off party, "Adidas Grun" .
These projected animations in themselves are a testimony to the creative rebelliousness of self expression that the artist brings to the world of urban arts.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Live Painting Show
The City Loves You caguht up with
Trinidadian Urban Artist: Wendell Mc Shine at the
Arte Vivo 2008 Mexico City, where he displays his
talent in a Live Painting performance
Titled: Dance of the Crow
Wendell and fellow Urban Artist Dear, (to the left).
Final toches.
Artist Kicking it with Japanese Artist, Kenta Tori
Press: Harper's Bazzar magazine, Mexico
Press: Sol De Mexico
Trinidadian Urban Artist: Wendell Mc Shine at the
Arte Vivo 2008 Mexico City, where he displays his
talent in a Live Painting performance
Titled: Dance of the Crow
Wendell and fellow Urban Artist Dear, (to the left).
Final toches.
Artist Kicking it with Japanese Artist, Kenta Tori
Press: Harper's Bazzar magazine, Mexico
Press: Sol De Mexico
Monday, May 12, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Group Show:
OTRO LADO The Other Side
ART SHOW:
ATRIO ESPACIO-CULTIRAL MEXICO CITY D.F
Features Artists Wendell Mc Shine and Joshua Mays
Paintings / Animations for projections by Wendell
Paintings / Installation by Joshua
Otro Lado
"Passages from the book of ickarus"
I relate closely to the main character Ickarus, who defies his father and peruses his own destiny. The symbol of the sun represents my island and the ocean in which he´s falling into is the journey that I took to follow my art.
ickaurs is in flight. And he is caught up
in the beauty and wonders of disobedience.
Forced only to indulge.
My Project: "ICKARUS A.D"
Day before the opening.
Adding some final details
Putting up the work
ART SHOW:
ATRIO ESPACIO-CULTIRAL MEXICO CITY D.F
Features Artists Wendell Mc Shine and Joshua Mays
Paintings / Animations for projections by Wendell
Paintings / Installation by Joshua
Otro Lado
"Passages from the book of ickarus"
I relate closely to the main character Ickarus, who defies his father and peruses his own destiny. The symbol of the sun represents my island and the ocean in which he´s falling into is the journey that I took to follow my art.
ickaurs is in flight. And he is caught up
in the beauty and wonders of disobedience.
Forced only to indulge.
My Project: "ICKARUS A.D"
Day before the opening.
Adding some final details
Putting up the work
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Juxtapz : readers art
Juxtapz arts & culture magazine
Wendell McShine has a couple brief motion graphics featured on IDN's website in their "15" competition.... More Wendell on his blog, 72ironmen.blogspot.com
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Featured: IDN international design network
Here are two motion graphics curently featured on IDN international design network. Titled: 15
Names are in alphabetical order, so you will find me in (W) for wendell mcshine.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
MADE FOR WALKING
well why not dodoole on your kicks,
i find inspiration in everything.
A dodoole a day keeps me healthy.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
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