Parra and the Case of Art v. Commerce New York Times
BERLIN | In today’s art bazaar, success often has more to do with clever branding than virtuosity. Parra, a Dutch street artist, illustrator and architect, has built an international following by developing his signature bawdy post-pop aesthetic and using it, not only in his artwork, but in numerous excessive-end retail collaborations with companies like Nike, Etnies, Zoo York, Heineken and Stones Over.
The artist’s Berlin debut — appropriately shared between a gallery and a store — confronts this blurring of art and traffic and puts it center stage. An exhibition of Parra’s graphic work, entitled “I Like the Tee Shirt but I Will Get the Painting,” is on demonstrate at the Pool Gallery (Tucholskystrasse 38; 49-30-243-424-62; www.pool-gallery.com ) in Mitte through Oct. 10, and a few streets away in Wood Wood (Rochstrasse 4; 49-30-280-478-77; www.woodwood.dk ), a new pop-up betray offers “I Like the Painting but I Will Get
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