Continuing its initiative to propose dynamic pairings of artists, Parker's Box is delighted to bring together two artists whose work has a freshness and youthful spontaneity that completely belies their combined ages of well over a century and a quarter. John Byam is a self-taught artist who worked for decades in isolation near Oneonta, NY, making a prolific production of wood sculpture, painted signage and drawings often inspired by his own experience and the world as seen in TV Guide among other publications. Matt Blackwell is a well-known Brooklyn artist whose knowledge, intuition and keen eye have pushed him unavoidably towards certain similar preoccupations in gritty and uncompromising drawings, paintings and sculptures.
John Byam’s work appears courtesy of the Neil Rochmis Collection, generously facilitated by Denny Tomkins. Matt Blackwell’s work appears courtesy of Edward Thorp Gallery.
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