Americana Joss Parker Opening at Gallery 831

Joss Parker Solo exhibition closing Friday July 29th 6-9 @ Gallery 831 Article from Melissa Starker of the Columbus Dispatch for the exhibition http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2011/07/24/works-riff-on-images-taken-from-pop-culture.html Preview from Heather Gross Of the Columbus Alive (Below) http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2011//14/exhibit-red-white-and-pop-americana.html

Karate Chop Arlo Moon made a stop in gallery 831 along with fellow artist Pam Ashton & husband Mike

Private Collector Ray T. Vinyls gettin' his Joss Parker collection on

A whole mess of portraits (mostly Marilyns) & a happy balloon

Neon Marilyn Triptcyh, Sylvester Suicide, Steve McQueen,Bogey & Casper

Kool-Aid's, Garbage Pail Kids, Records Bulls eye Homer & Satan Reagans...

man on the moon series along with co-labs with photographer W.E.Arnold.

visit @ http://www.wearnoldphotography.com/ for more of Arnold's work.

A thank you to everyone who came out to the opening, to curator Juan Carrera & owner Tami Knight, my collaborator W.E. Arnold, Melissa Starker of the Columbus Dispatch & Heather Gross of the Columbus Alive as well as Private Collector Raymond T Vinyls for the acquisitions & the Video which you can see here >>>>
@ http://youtu.be/y34ItkMWo2Y & of course my wife for the catering.

Hope to see you at the closing...

visit Clayspace/gallery 831 @http://www.clayspace831.com/

First solo gallery show at 831 gallery

Joss Parker

Red, White & POP! Americana solo exhibition at Gallery 831...

Opening reception Saturday July 16th
Closing reception Friday July 29th

Link to a video by a private collector
http://youtu.be/y34ItkMWo2Y

Thanx to Heather Gross for the show preview in the Columbus Alive
http://www.columbusalive.com/live/content/features/stories/2011/07/14/exhibit-red-white-and-pop-americana.html?sid=108





So, July finds me having my first solo "gallery" exhibition at Clay space / 831 gallery in the brewery district of Columbus & I gotta start off by thanking Artist/Curator Juan Carrera as well as Owner/Artist Tami Knight for the opportunity to have my first real solo show at such a handsome space. Also, for all the Social networking & press work....
I have or had (before sales) 98 art pieces last count at this show, everything from my pop art & photo pop paintings of my own, to co-labs with local photographer & friend W.E. Arnold, a few of my Hawaiian oil landscapes & some prints of my black & white photography from New York, Charleston & the before mentioned Hawaii. I even painted pop portraits on 4 records & brought my "Desire" city scape collage! Pieces from 2009 (beginning), 2010 (arrival) & most of it from 2011. Painted surfaces such as canvas, stretched vinyl, commercial signs & photo prints...






I busted my ass on this show & I'd do it again anytime & anywhere. The last few weeks leading up to the show were rough as I was sick with a fever for 4 days & the rest of the sickness lingered for 3 more days, so there you go... The hanging of the show was pushed back from the 12th to 15th & I had 4 separate music acts back out, two in the last days before the damn thing....

I was fortunate enough though to be interviewed by the Columbus Dispatch's Melissa Starker & gave her a preview of the show, that article will be in the Sunday July 24th edition & it feels like I'm getting better at this interviewing thing, that being the 4rth I've had in the last 14 months or so....
After brushing all the good, the bad & the ugly outta the way, the show was finally hung & ready aside from 4 pieces I had to finish the day of show... My lovely & beautiful wife did all the catering & running around so I could stay on work & not waste energy on something else. She totally rocked the food & was such a huge help for me with this event.

So, I thank everyone for their support & help with so much. Kinda like it takes a village to make an art show kinda thing....