Paul Shambroom

Artist Paul Shambroom’s work explores power in all its various forms. In Meetings, Shambroom attended hundreds of town council meetings all over America. Within each work, the power dynamics between the participants are played out as they are in a typical meeting in that town

2003, Lee, New Hampshire (population 4,242) Board of Selectmen, January 27, 2003. (L to R): Dwight E. Barney (Chairman), Joseph P. Ford, Richard H. Wellington, inkjet of canvas with varnish, 33 x 66”

1999, Dansel, MN (population 1,134) City Council, March 15, 1999, (L to R) Nancy Nichalson, Ava Flashmeyer (Mayor), Jan Casey, Sherlyn Bjork, (Deputy Clerk), inkjet on canvas with varnish, 33 x 66”

2001, Wadley, Georgia (population 2,468), City Council, August 13, 2001. (L to R): Izell Mack, Charles Lewis, Albert Samples (Mayor), Robert Reeves (City Attorney), (not shown: Sallie Adams (City Clerk), John May, Edith Punch), inkjet on canvas with varnish, 33 x 66”