WESTERN EXHIBITIONS: Stan Shellabarger

STAN SHELLABARGER | Performances

Untitled Performance (Vernal Equinox 2010) Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL	Untitled Performance (Summer Solstice 2008) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL	Untitled Performance (Chalk Walk 2007) Portland, Oregon	Untitled Performance (Balloons and Breath 2007) Department Store window, Chicago, IL
Untitled Performance (Forest Walk 2007) Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, WI	Untitled Performance (Winter Solstice 2006) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL	Untitled Performance (Water Walk 2006) Millenium Park in Chicago	Untitled Performance (Autumnal Equinox 2006) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL
Untitled Performance (Summer Solstice 2006) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL	Untitled Performance (Vernal Equinox 2006) Illinois State University, Normal, IL	Untitled Performance (Summer Solstice 2005) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL	Untitled Performance (Bridge 2005) Chicago
Untitled Performance (Winter Solstice 2005) Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago	Untitled Performance (Pink Sanding 2005) Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago	Untitled Performance (Dragging 2004) Western Exhibitions, Chicago	Untitled Performance (Autumnal Equinox 2003) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL
Untitled Performance (Vernal Equinox 2003) Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL	Untitled Performance (Breathing 2003) Suitable, Chicago	Untitled Performance (Sanding 2002) Chicago Cultural Center	Untitled Performance (Breath & Balloons 1998) Cleveland Performance Festival
Untitled Performance (Rainbow Clogs 1997) Indianapolis Performance Festival	Untitled Performance (Yellow Sanding 1996) Madison Museum of Contemporary Art	Untitled Performance (Breath In A Box 1995) University of Wisconsin, Madison	Untitled Performance (Autumnal Equinox 1994) Madison, WI
Untitled Performance (One Year Walk 1993) Easton, Maine	Paraphrased from the writer Cassie Riger’s essay “Stan Shellabarger: The ∞ Cycle of Life”: In the Solstice and Equinox Walking Performances, Shellabarger uses the tread of his boots to draw directly on the landscape, literalizing the figure-ground relationship. This act and sensibility could be attributed to something akin to “Primordial Farmer Pagans, noting the events of the solar calendar and mapping strange meanings onto the stars. In this vein, the Solstice and Equinox Walking Performances conduct Primordial Farmer Pagan activities, steps taken to commemorate astrological events, the shifting notations of the seasons, and seasonal relationships to that larger fecundity of the planet earth.

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