Klompching Gallery is hosting an opening party to celebrate the publication of Paula McCartney’s Birdwatching on Wednesday, March 3, from 6-8PM, as well as an exhibition of the same name, her first solo show at the Brooklyn gallery. Klompching describes McCartney’s enigmatic photographs of stuffed birds perched in natural settings this way: “Paula McCartney’s Bird Watching series are exemplary, flawlessly composed photographs of a wide variety of perching birds. The diverse species are perfectly posed in a range of picturesque habitats across the United States, in settings that are pure wilderness. However, a closer inspection reveals stiff wire protrusions, over-dyed faux feathers and splashes of paint for eyes and beaks. In her amalgamation of natural settings with craft store songbirds, she has created a carefully enhanced landscape—a bird watcher’s dream.”
Andrea Cochran signing tonight, Peter Miller Books in Seattle I'll take the steak (to save money)