PoP Goes The Darkroom Collaborative Exhibition...

The PoP Goes The Darkroom Collaborative Exhibition will be hosted by Clayspace/831 Gallery on 831 South Front Street Columbus, Ohio. Opening reception is January 4th 6-9 P.M with music from Greg Hale...

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.....From the darkroom to the spotlight, the improbable collaborative artwork of W.E. Arnold and Joss Parker is a paradoxical love affair between two entirely different worlds, and the viewer is privileged to balance on the thread between them. W.E. Arnold brings to the table the anti-tourist realism of abstract street art—from the streets of Columbus, Ohio to Shanghai, China. Arnold aggressively hunts for the authentic reality of his environment instea

d of trying to construct it, and brings us his photographic evidence of what he unearths. His commitment to the aesthetics of traditional film and darkroom purity gives us a rich tapestry of gritty back alleys, luminous skylines, and urban realism.

Joss Parker is, in many ways, a patchwork of many different places and times, much like Pop art itself. Joss explores some of the world's iconic images with a glibness only found in Pop, and when utilizing the photography of W.E. Arnold to frame his paintings, the contrast only heightens the artistic effect of each. This exhibition is the next stage in the evolution of these dynamic artists. This union of a multiplicity of seemingly contradictory worlds that inhabit the same space touches something uniquely contemporary, which is perhaps why it works so damn well.

400 West Rich's Winter Farmers Market part II....

Currently blogging while vending at the 400 West Rich Winter Farmers Market. This is the first one (technically the one on the 24th of October was a soft run)... The parkerpopshop.com Studio was honored to participate in the "soft run" & is very much looking forward to this second installment at 400 West Rich...

Set up started at 10 A.M... This after pulling an all nighter working on co-labs with photographer & good friend W.E. Arnold for the January 2 man co-lab show at Clayspace/831 gallery, so needless to say exhaustion is kicking in...But this is sucha great event it's worth the sleep deprivation. 25 vendors are participating in todays event as well as Aerial dancing from Mickey Thomas & Dinin' Hall is open providing the very best in local food trucks, we also have Scott Yonker screen printing tee's...

One of the main reasons we do what we do at Parker POP Shop is to reach a younger audience and that includes children. A mother and her two daughters just purchased 2 Andy Bananas as their first paintings. If I had to guess I'd say they were 6 & 5 years old or so. The youngest held it close like it was a stuffed animal or something, so again it was a special moment & why we have various price points as well as bright POP'n colors...

 

               Fellow 400 artist Jane Landwehr with her new buy 1 get 1 free bananas.
                                           
This runs until 2 P.M& so far it's been a great crowd, the market is also running in conjunction with the Cheesy Trucks Columbus best grilled cheese contest. That event is running in the Gallery at 400 West Rich, while the market goes down in the big bay area.So with a half hour to go we're signing off from the 400 West Rich Farmers Market, till next time kids.....