Event

I Am Not Myself (On Film)

No Festival Required and R. Pela Contemporary Art Presents "I Am Not Myself(On Film), a tour de force screening of old and new videos by art Paul Wilson.

Join us for a one-night-only screening of some of Arizona artist and filmmaker Paul Wilson's best videos, with a discussion by Paul about how and why he makes his well-loved movies. Popcorn and water provided!

PLEASE NOTE! THIS EVENT WILL HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS AND ADVANCE TICKETED SEATS WILL HAVE FIRST PRIORITY, BUT WE WILL RELEASE THESE SEATS FOR GENERAL SALE 15 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME WITH NO REFUND! PLEASE ARRIVE BEFORE 7:45 PM TO ASSURE YOUR SEATING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

Doors open 1/2 hour before showtime.

The event will be held at R. Pela Contemporary Art, where you can also view Paul Wilson's multi-media exhibit, "I Am Not Myself".

Wilson's humor-based art celebrates the mundane (as with his series of paintings and drawings of vintage toasters) and the bizarre (like his collection of imaginary out-of-this-world dollar-store toys). Fans of his early, Hollywood-movie-inspired work will be pleased to see long-lost homages to The Stepford Wives and Now, Voyager; those who recall Wilson's "Fifties Family" series of montages will be delighted with a recently uncovered series depicting Wilson's romantic "affair" with a line drawingRoger Radcliffe, the hero of Disney's 101 Dalmations.

As with Wilson's 2013 show at the Phoenix Art Museum, I Am Not Myself will feature all-new artwork depicting the artist's fascination with alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. This time out, Wilson's prosaic, black-and-white photographs depict Oswald's imaginary, toaster-obsessed childhood and teenaged years. In another new series, Wilson suggests that Oswald may have been present at various national disasters (like the sinking of the Titanic and the crash of the Hindenberg).