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ART CONNECT-PROJECT 2011

ART CONNECT

Cleaning up communities and inspiring young minds. Through this dynamic urban art project the young people of Success Laventille Secondary School, together with international artist Wendell Mc Shine embark on a series of highly creative community murals in an on going visual dialogue on the walls of the countries most crime infested areas Laventille Trinidad, donated by Coconut Growers Association (CGA). Mc Shine engages the young people and community through a series of creative indoor and outdoor workshops in an attemp to foster togetherness and self-empowerment. As we anxiously await the video documentary made in collaboration with Spanish filmmaker Miquel Galofré these photos holds testimony of Wendell´s passion for public works.









PRESS - ART CONNECT

4th DIMENSION-MURAL INSTALLATION

Shine´s work has a quality of crudeness, mysticism and transcendence that is linked to his Caribbean roots. He currently lives in México City where one can see in his iconography and color palate a mix between his traditions and the richness of his life in México. His art is expressed through various forms such as drawing, paintings, animation, installations and multimedia.
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Wendell McShine

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Wendell McShine en entrevista para noiselab.tv

ANNO DOMINI PRESENTS-THE OFFERING

THE OFFERING from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

GALLERY ANNO DOMINI
PRESENTS- WENDELL MC SHINE SOLO SHOW
THE OFFERING

A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF CANVASES, SMALL INSTALLATIONS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND ANIMATIONS.

OPENS NOVEMBER 05. 2010
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VIDEO PRODUCED BY
YADIRA ALBARRAN

STUDIO TALK from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

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OPENING NIGHT - BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR

FIFTY24MX - BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

Video Producer: Yadira Albarran Kamin
The exhibit revolves around ‘The Blue Men’ and their Chapter2 from ¨La Puerta Abierta¨ series.

‘The Blue Men’ and their relationships within nature and man. These characters can be classified as the shamans of the eternal spirit walk; messengers and keepers of alchemic formulas. This is the second chapter of Mc Shine’s “La Puerta Abierta” series. The show looks amazing.

Gallery FIFTY24MX Upper Playground
México City
Amatlán 105 Condesa
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THE OPENING NIGHT PHOTOS:
OF BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR
ARTIST WENDELL MC SHINE

UK PRESS

Spotlight on artist Wendell Mc Shine

by Reshma Madhi

Mc Shine’s forthcoming exhibition
‘Behind the Blue Door’ opens in April in Mexico City.

EXHIBIT- BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR

Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine
Video Preview of Behind The Blue Door
Artist Wendell Mc Shine

Trinidadian artist Wendell Mc Shine in a beautiful preview of his show BHIND THE BLUE DOOR. Watch chapter 2 from the La Puerta Abierta series and prepared to be fully inspired.

BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR

BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

Chapter 2 from ¨La Puerta Abierta¨ series.
Saturday 17, April at 5 PM Gallery FIFTY24MX UPPER PLAYGROUND México City, Amatlán 105 Condesa, fifty24mx.com

These characters (The Blue Men) can be classified as the shamans of the eternal spirit walk. Messengers and keepers of alchemic formulas.

¨ We can indulge in the magic of what´s inside the doorways of there super selves ¨.

Seen in their bare essentials (sometimes with pants sometimes with flip flops), all metaphors of disguise, they move between worlds via the French Caribbean houses and only the those that raise there vibrational force can communicate with them.

They mix the potions of above so below never showing there human faces and silently stalking the landscape aware of the unseen beauty and potential of human beings.

ARTS PROJECT

ARTS PROJECT- documentary from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

ARTS PROJECT was created by Mexican based artist Wendell Mc Shine and introduced into his home country of Trinidad and Tobago.
It promotes self awareness in young people through a series of creative urban art workshops.
"The mission is to plant seeds of consciousness in our youth´s through art so that they can live their full potential and bring up their communities.
These avenues didn´t exist when I was growing up in the islands, it´s my personal vision to give back to my people."

The Project created a tapestry in which the concept of Self Awareness was interwoven through the many creative workshops: film production, designs, music therapy, animation and urban techniques of mural making.

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.

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.

ARTS PROJECT- Trinidad

This mural was produced along with the animation ¨Prosper¨

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

Gallery Anno Domini

3rd world- in studio with artist: Wendell Mc shine from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

Artist-Wendell Mc Shine at Real Art Ways

Draconion Switch-November issue 09


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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,

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

ARTS PROJECT- Trinidad

Clip from the DvD documentary of Arts Project

Real Art Ways

MUST SEE
Rockstone and Bootheel link

PROSPER

Prosper from wendell mc shine on Vimeo.

Animation Art- Music Video

ANIMATION CONCEPT: CREATOR/ PRODUCER - ARTIST WENDELL MC SHINE

International artist Wendell Mc Shine is from the island of “the Carnival” Trinidad and Tobago. Currently based and producing work in Mexico City there’s a lucid cross pollination expressed through stunning iconography. When one moves full heartedly into the doorway of Wendell’s, A.K.A. Shine’s work, a multi level narrative, which constructs upon itself is discovered.

A natural synchronicity exists in Mexico referred to as “Mayan Timing” that connects my 2008 body of work, “La Puerta Abierta” (The Open Door) and the commissioned animation “Prosper”. 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 post colonial nationalism.

The video is captivating and emotionally charged. I was creating in my studio in Mexico City and the only thing that was connecting me to my roots was an unsettling feeling to regain the kindness that we have been loosing towards each other; then came an urge to do something about it.

The animation prosper as i see it aids in the healing process of a people scared by the horrors of slavery.
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 color correction 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 essence of the island.

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).

¨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.

Art Sale: Mezcal, Crows & Bandidos

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FAHRENHEIT CONTEMPOARY ART MAGAZINE

PRESS INTERVIEW
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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.

Solo Show: Mezcal, Crows and Bandidos

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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.