Joss Parker on ArtNet...

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We're very pleased to announce that two artworks from the parker pop shop are  currently up for bid at auction with artnet... First: Breaking Kool-Aid (large) 34"x34" spray paint on canvas... http://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/joss-parker

Exemplifying his characteristic use of appropriated Pop imagery, this painting by artist Joss Parker titled 'Breaking Kool-Aid' depicts the iconic Kool-Aid Man in a re-imagined light. Instead of breaking through a wall with his "Oh Yeah!" catchphrase, here the Kool-Aid Man is in fact the one being shattered apart, with bright red juice shown dripping from the cracks. This work was executed using hand-cut stencils and aerosol spray paint on canvas...

Second: One of our favorites, Al-Qaeda Camo (Purple Hues) 38x26 in. spray paint on canvas...http://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/joss-parker/al-qaeda

Executed using hand-cut stencils and spray paint on canvas, this 2012 work from Joss Parker titled 'Al-Qaeda' combines his street art perspective with contemporary Pop imagery. Contrasting the serious against the playful, Parker transposes a graphic image of a masked Al-Qaeda man brandishing an assault rifle, against a bright array of pink and purple camouflage....

 

The auction runs thru the New Year.

 

A Thank You to Jud & Michael Blaine, Gracie Mansion, every one in the URBAN art department at ARTNET &  my fans.

 

Thank You...

 

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.....

Life at 400 West Rich

Parker POP Shop moved to new digs in 400 West Rich Street mid November & it's now time for a quick rundown vis-a-vis links as well as pics...

The Mosaic H.S stopping in to the studio at 400 for a Q&A session...

The studio space before construction

Kool-Aid assembly line January in the studio http://parkerpopshop.com

A Friday night in February workin' on vinyl records...

March brought us paint splattered chucks & it started to feel like a shoe store...

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/

Exhibit Review | Clayspace/Gallery 831: Works riff on images taken from pop culture

Exhibit Review | Clayspace/Gallery 831: Works riff on images taken from pop culture

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....