Christian Robinson’s exhibit “What Might You Do?” opens at the Delaware Art Museum.
The touring exhibit of award-winning picture-book artist Christian Robinson includes original artworks from 17 children’s books. It emphasizes Robinson’s positive energy and modernist approach to drawing.
Delaware Art Museum Curator of American Art Heather Campbell Coyle says that the artist’s upbringing in Los Angeles informs his work.
“His family upbringing does inform what he did - he grew up in a largely Latino neighborhood. He grew up in a house crowded - in his grandmother’s house - crowded with aunts and uncles, and cousins and he actually took up drawing to kind of create his own space in the world and to create the world he wanted to live in,” said Campbell Coyle.
Campbell Coyle adds “What Might You Do?” uses Robinson’s study drawings, finished works, and books to detail Robinson’s early influences.
“His artistic style is decidedly modern - and inspired by illustrations of the 1960s and 70s, uh, you have big blocks of color,” she said.
The exhibit runs at the Delaware Art Museum through September 10th.
