Our current show is of the latest work of Brian White. For those of you who don't know Brian's work, he is a local artist who burst upon the scene 4 years ago with a show that featured full scale women's dresses made out of sea shells. That show, his first ever, resulted in two museums getting his work, something almost unheard of in the art world.
The show that is now going on has a marvelously diverse collection of things in it. Among the items on exhibit is a full scale wedding ensemble of dress, veil and shoes all out of shells. This piece is scheduled to be on display at the Peabody-Essex Museum in 2008. There are two lobster men's shell shirts, an American flag out of antique mirror glass, a wedding dress in a big blue Tiffany box and a suite of English pear sculptures the artist took from a old book of botanical prints.
It is hard to adequately describe the scope and diversity of such a show, suffice it to say that those who see it will go away knowing why Brian White is such a popular attraction in these parts.
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