This exhibit is FREE to the public and will be on display during library hours Monday--Friday 9 am-6 pm, starting Friday, July 19, 2024, through Friday, August 09, 2024.
Michael Shaeffer's "Getaway Car"
The day my mother brought home her brand new 1985 RED Nissan Sentra, my childhood changed. Three weekends out of every month, from the time I was 6 to 13 years old, were spent in that car. Traveling up the coast to Massachusetts, across to Pennsylvania, or the many long trips to Sunny Florida – this vehicle my mother purchased was far more than just a way to get around Long Island. This Nissan represented freedom, a freedom I don't think she felt as often as she dreamed of.
After my mother's passing earlier this year, these trips began to float through my mind more often than not. I wanted to memorialize, to make something – something alive with these feelings. Getaway Car is a way of revisiting these wild moments and the places we shared.
Artist Bio
Originally from Long Island, New York, Michael Shaeffer relocated to Arkansas in the mid-90s. After finishing High School, Shaeffer found himself back home in New York where he attended the School Of Visual Arts in Manhattan and focused on illustration. This is where the current style of his work began to form. Stylized portraits confront the idea of personal identity and social status within American culture. Shaeffer currently resides in Little Rock Arkansas.
Shaeffer’s work has been featured in a great deal of group and solo exhibitions in Arkansas as well as New York and Kansas City over the past few years. His work on paper and canvas as well as his apparel line and accessory line (House of Shaeffer) can be found in a great number of private collections. He has been represented by M2 Gallery since 2018.
This is the secondary branch of the William F. Laman Public Library located in the heart of the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock.
