Wilmington Delaware: Delaware Art Museum, part 5

Gallery 10 on the ground floor is a space used to house temporary exhibitions. It is also the last gallery that I visited on this trip.  It was getting late, and my back was starting to bother me.  What I encountered in Gallery 10 was sublime and reinvigorating.  The space is dedicated to a retrospective of the works of Christian Robinson an African American Children's book illustrator.  

Over a dozen of his works were featured with a sample of the original artwork in each.  There was also a video on a loop of the artists leading an art lesson from a series of online zoom sessions he hosted during the pandemic.  I walked away have discovered a new artist who's ethos and aesthetic felt like a new chamber in my heart.  Without further ado, some images from the exhibition: "What Might You Do?  Christian Robinson"

Christian Robinson teaching an art lesson on video

Gaston and Antoinette are a pair of books that trace the adventures of a French Bulldog and a French Poodle.  They are companion books.

"The Dead Bird" is a classic of children's literature by Margaret Wise Brown.  This is a re-interpretation of the original.  It was one of the undisputed classic masterworks of primary children's literature.  The tale of a group of friends who discover a dead bird in the park and how they respond.

We end by giving the artist the final word.