{"product_id":"volcano-eyes-kate-parnell","title":"Volcano Eyes  | Kate Parnell","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e8x10 with thin black frame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eacrylic paint on watercolor paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist Kate Parnell began her project Garfield From Memory on 2\/24\/19. It started originally as a daily drawing of Garfield (from memory), a self-imposed yearlong assignment which helped her to move through an artistic drought. She originally found Garfield to be a freeing choice, because she had little personal attachment to the widely popular character, and the “from memory” aspect of the assignment meant there was technically no way to make a wrong move. As she began posting the drawings on her instagram account, the surprising response allowed her to devote herself full-time to her art, and transformed a project that had been a utilitarian personal undertaking into something larger, dealing with the deep relationships that her viewers had formed with this cartoon character. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeven years on, Garfield From Memory has become not just a mode of artistic production but also an experiment in artistic process. Is it possible to make a body of meaningful work around an arbitrary subject? Can one lay claim to a copywritten character? Parnell began using vintage art and thrift store decor in her paintings, the layers of cultural references stacking into lasagna-like final works that investigate not only Garfield, but pop culture, art history and our contemporary political landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galactic Panther Art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43099389198402,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9141\/7410\/files\/VolcanoEyes.jpg?v=1773946850","url":"https:\/\/shop.galacticpanther.com\/products\/volcano-eyes-kate-parnell","provider":"Galactic Panther Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}