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Gun Control - Surrealist Yellow and Black Painting of a Duck, Dog, and Gun

Creator: Parris Jaru
Offered by: Arco Gallery

Description
Parris Jaru's Gun Control is a 9 x 12-inch surrealist oil painting representing a dog, a duck, and a gun. The primary colors are bright orange and black. A thick paint impasto covers the surface. Jaru creates colors from plant-based pigments that Jaru collects during his long exploratory trips through India. The animals are playful, drawn with the simplification of forms of some faux-naive art and some graffiti and street artworks. The outline of a gun in between them refers to the playful title "Gun Control."

NY-born Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background from both his parents. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced in his childhood years spent in the coastal town of St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. His exploratory journeys in India enriched his work with a sensibility to natural plant-based pigments that he grinds with oils for his paintings.
In his Brooklyn studio, Jaru brings all these cultural inspirations together. His entire body of work is informed by an intentional childlike, faux-naïve style, constantly shifting between figurative and abstraction. Even though at times, Jaru has been working on somber and entirely figure-free paintings, most of his work is defined by poignantly colored and playful surrealistic figures. Jaru often draws his figures with a continuous line emerging from a thick impasto of paint made with powders of Sea Algae, Hibiscus, Gymnema Sylvestre, and Turmeric.

Related keywords: Caribbean Artist, Brooklyn Artist, Native American, Figurative Painting, Surrealist Paintings, Yellow Color, Animals, Guns

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	New
Materials:	Canvas,Oil
Condition:	New.
Styles / Movements:	Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	751282

Dimensions

W.	12 in;	H.	9 in;	D.	0.125 in;
W.	30.48 cm;	H.	22.86 cm;	D.	0.32 cm;

Message from Seller:

Arco Gallery, founded in 2013 by Valentina Puccioni, offers a truly personalized art experience in the heart of SoHo, NYC. Located in a historic loft and open by appointment only, the gallery provides exclusive, intimate viewings, away from the mainstream gallery scene. P: 212.226.1207 E: valentina@arcogallery.com