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Post by pokymoll on Dec 17, 2012 9:30:13 GMT -8
Hi, did someone have a look at web artist Parker Ito (1986) at Untitled Fair in Miami?
He had a special project and a booth presentation with Steve Turner Contemporary and was very very interesting.
He's going to have some good shows (both europe and USA) and I like him.
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Post by pokymoll on Dec 19, 2012 6:22:23 GMT -8
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Post by pokymoll on Feb 7, 2013 13:44:07 GMT -8
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Post by pokymoll on Mar 15, 2013 4:06:17 GMT -8
Solo show at IMO, Copenaghen!
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Post by artladval on May 17, 2013 18:22:01 GMT -8
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Post by pokymoll on May 25, 2013 0:57:28 GMT -8
It seems Parker left Steve Turner Contemporary gallery. Something is going to happen?!?!?!?!? More to follow...  |
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Post by drevil on May 25, 2013 6:23:12 GMT -8
Anecdotally I have observed that if an artist is switching to a better gallery that that news comes first and the mess with the older gallery is cleaned up later. In general, people do not want to lead the news cycle with negative news first. We will see but I would guess this artist will be unrepresented for awhile or longer.
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Post by pokymoll on Jun 7, 2013 23:42:16 GMT -8
Well I think that Parker could be already working with new Galerie Paris/NY (rumors I heard).
He will also have a group show in London with Rod barton.
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Post by pokymoll on Jul 19, 2013 5:33:41 GMT -8
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Post by WillNyc on Aug 22, 2013 6:14:26 GMT -8
Can't wait to see the show.
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Post by dotdot on Aug 22, 2013 6:42:59 GMT -8
thought you were talking about paulo ito there for a minute.
..and yeah he's cool.. and not here or anywhere..
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Post by pokymoll on Nov 2, 2013 7:26:56 GMT -8
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Post by hellosir on Mar 3, 2014 17:54:29 GMT -8
I have just been looking at his work and website for over an hour now and am super interested, intrigued, impressed.
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Post by Jean-Pascal on Apr 11, 2014 9:33:14 GMT -8
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Post by queequeg on Apr 11, 2014 18:18:47 GMT -8
Funny that in order to pitch this print they mention Ito is a supposed "art market star." Although his piece at Phillips did good but reall only ok compared to the other multitudes of phenoms out there, whatever that means. I think his work is ok, need to see more, but this print is hideous. I mean I'm not necessarily against the whole, lets just throw a bunch of sh#t on paper and scan and collage it kind of thing. But it needs to have at least some kind of redeeming visual quality to it. |
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Post by mose on Apr 12, 2014 6:51:20 GMT -8
I look at the print, and the first thing I thought was, "1980's Frank Stella is finally an influence". If you look at things like Stella's Waves series, even some of the Moby Dick, and certain aspects of Circuits, well, here it is.
I check out of Stella around 1972, for the most part, and don't really re-connect until the mid-1990's. But, the 80's work I've long hated on appears to be making a real comeback in the aesthetics of many young artists.
I always wanted to understand this era of Stella, but could never get beyond how visually repugnant I found it to be. I could never penetrate it. Perhaps others have broken through, and with his new gallery representation Stella will be thrust back into the conversation about greatest living artists.
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Post by hellosir on Apr 12, 2014 8:03:39 GMT -8
I look at the print, and the first thing I thought was, "1980's Frank Stella is finally an influence". If you look at things like Stella's Waves series, even some of the Moby Dick, and certain aspects of Circuits, well, here it is. I would totally agree, I love this period of work. I do believe this is a larger opportunity for him to explore and will be interested to see in which he moves. It seems to be a departure from some of his most recent work. Check out his website and you get an insight into the mood he creates parkerito.com. |
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Post by queequeg on Apr 12, 2014 8:34:55 GMT -8
Comparing this to Stella's work from the 80s is being generous. I see different processes, concerns and decisions here. This follows the recent faux edgy trend of putting random crap out there and forcing people to accept it as art. It's contrived in it's lazy, thoughtless aesthetic. It's found objects, randomly collaged, although with evidence of it being scanned to make it 'now' and feel like it's 'new media' to appeal to contemporary collectors. But it's really just more of this duchampian concept which is getting long in the tooth again. While this isn't as straightforward a take on that as say proclaiming found trash as art, or a shot up gas tank as art or a door with magnets on it as art, it's rooted in the same idea. So many artists are doing this now and it's getting very dull. There are other artists who do the ugly aesthetic better than this if that's what you want. Some of Ito's work is intriguing, but this isn't.
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Post by wimbledongreen on Apr 12, 2014 8:57:13 GMT -8
There are other artists who do the ugly aesthetic better than this if that's what you want. What other artists are you thinking of as part of the "ugly aesthetic"? |
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Post by queequeg on Apr 12, 2014 9:44:38 GMT -8
Off the top of my head, ugly art, there's of course Jonathan Meese but I'd say this print reminds me more of a bad take on something like an Albert Oehlen abstract. Further out there's Mark Floods collage works some of which are repugnant yet I want to keep looking.
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Post by mose on Apr 13, 2014 16:53:39 GMT -8
Frank Stella = don't call it a comeback, he been here for years....
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Post by fried on Apr 15, 2014 6:14:13 GMT -8
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Post by rednal55 on Apr 15, 2014 9:31:30 GMT -8
errrrr I missed it
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Post by hellosir on Apr 25, 2014 12:29:44 GMT -8
Parker has updated his website with his coffee house project and to me did even better than I expected. I love the aspect of the experience narrative that makes the gallery as much as part of the exhibition as the pieces. I am not sure if the pieces are still up at Kaldi or not but to me the post on his website really expands the concept beyond what I was expecting when I first heard he was looking for a cafe to have a show. |
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Post by queequeg on Apr 26, 2014 6:40:32 GMT -8
Parker has updated his website with his coffee house project and to me did even better than I expected. I love the aspect of the experience narrative that makes the gallery as much as part of the exhibition as the pieces. I am not sure if the pieces are still up at Kaldi or not but to me the post on his website really expands the concept beyond what I was expecting when I first heard he was looking for a cafe to have a show. I love that this guy, so in demand, put on a show in a little coffee shop normally reserved for struggling, and student artists. I wonder if he sold them to the locals at coffee shop art prices? Either way, nice move Parker. |
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