Zinema 2's Explorer's Club series continues with the story of Wayne White, a cartoonist in New York City who finds success as one of the creators of the TV show Pee-wee’s Playhouse, which lead to more work designing some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture.
Most recently, his word paintings, which feature pithy and often sarcastic text statements crafted onto vintage landscape paintings, have made him a darling of the fine art world.
Beauty is Embarrassing chronicles the vaulted highs and the crushing lows of a commercial artist struggling to find peace and balance between his work and his art. The pieces are drawn from performances at venues in Tennessee, New York and Los Angeles including the famous Roseland Ballroom and the Largo Theater.
