Erik Parker

New York City

Erik Parker’s new series of unique prints are currently on view in his solo exhibition Upswing Dub Project. His new monoprints are florid and densely packed with hand colored deviants; collaged rarities and other miscreations of Parker’s own invention. Spurring from the format of Egyptian friezes, the visual anarchy of these prints lives harmoniously within a highly organized architectural structure. Further within these works, Parker seems to riff on the traditional compositional style of portraiture and landscape paintings. Alongside his singularly unique gonzo iconography, Parker resurrects the flat trajectory of traditional still lives through his lens of black light posters in combination with his visually extremist treatment.

Traditionally known for his paintings, Parker has applied his signature painting style and neon palate to his printmaking technique. He has created unique works using a wide range of printmaking techniques combinatively; such as screen printing, relief printing, and intaglio with additional hand coloring and collaged elements. He uses his unique architecture of information and color palate, pushing each piece to its optical extreme.

Erik Parker’s oeuvre feeds on the fringes of incendiary subculture and disregarded history to create a uniquely zealous body of work. His references span from the deep and dark corners of the carefully mannered art world to the more esoteric branches of culture such as inglorious comic books, unsung hip hop heroes, and freakish, hallucinatory imagery from the drug-fueled political past. Parker’s amalgamation of all these elements creates something visually guerillistic; an optical colloquialism through his use of vibrant color and seemingly endless dimension-bending shapes.

Pace Prints

March 8 – April 13, 2013
521 West 26th Street, 3rd & 4th Floors
New York, NY 10001
USA

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