Kingsley Parker
After Infancy, Kingsley Parker and Rand Russell worked together making prints at her studio Grin Graphics. Kingsley was then a member of Condeso Lawler Gallery which carried many prints.
Kingsley made many prints while working at Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, Manhattan Graphics, Peter Kruty Editions, and with Betty Winkler. He made works at VinalHaven Press, Sculoa Internatzionale di Grafica in Venezia, Italia, the Tipoteca Italiana Museo e del Carattere e del la Tipografica in Cornuda, Italia, and with Joel Carriero at The Dieu Donne Paper Mill.
Kingsley continues to make art work that visually responds to environmental issues in a variety of mediums: sculpture, works on paper, and paintings. For more information, visit https://kingsleyparker.com.
Infancy #2
1988
screen print
edition: 35
6 colors on gray Rives BFK
image: 15 1/2"h X 24"w
I was intrigued by the early maps of Maritime explorers who struggled as best they could to define the edges and dangers of rocky coasts. Their drawings seemed caroonish and naive next to the reality of what we know now.
And yet, as other map makers copied these first maps and helped define and hone-in on more detail, we watched in horror as the mystery, beauty, and vulnerability of these isolated "new worlds" became victims of uncontrolled resource grabs with great violence inflicted on native indigenous populations.
Kingsley Parker 2023
Kingsley Parker made two versions of Infancy. There are variations in the colors of the ink layers using the same aerial map drawing.
