MIKE PARSONS ARTIST PRESS ARTICLES, PHOTOS & REVIEWS

Mike Parsons, comic book blogs
Mike Parsons, outdoor artwork, Globe & Mail
Mike Parsons, Comic murals, Toronto Star
Mike Parsons, art Toronto
Mike Parsons, Strange Stories
Mike Parsons, sidewalk artist, Toronto Star
Mike Parsons, kids murals,Toronto Star, Metro
wall street art, Mike Parsons,blog Toronto
Mike Parsons, comic news
Mike Parsons, outdoor art, Spacing Magazine
Mike Parsons, weird pictures, the Varsity
Mike Parsons,  sidewalk painting, National Post, Toronto Star
Mike Parsons, Now Magazine Toronto

VIDEO INTERVIEWS

SPACE TV Mike Parsons on Innerspace Sci Fi program

NOW TORONTO story on Graffiti Street Art & the START program

Art TV Mike Parsons

ART TV HEY APATHY! feature interview on Liquid Lunch 

THE THINGS THAT PASS FOR NEWS THESE DAYS...

Mike Parsons Artist Press & Reviews: The “HEY APATHY!” comic book drawings have received a fair amount of attention from various newspapers, published magazines and online articles including stories in the Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, the National Post, Spacing, and Now Magazine Toronto. In addition to the printed press I have also been featured on SPACE television, Liquid Lunch webTV, CBC radio and as a guest host on CKLN radio discussing various issues such as public art, philosophy, commercial semiotics and city politics.

Globe & Mail Outdoor Artwork- Article regarding new citywide initiative to increase public artworks

Toronto Star Sidewalk Artist- feature article about the history and success of the HEY APATHY! artworks

Spacing Magazine Outdoor Art- Placemakers feature article about “HEY APATHY!” in Toronto public spaces

Toronto Star Comic Murals- Giant mural in political article about Toronto Mayor Candidates

Toronto Star/Metro Kids Murals- giant mural in political article about raising children in urban areas

The Varsity Weird Pictures- Sound of the city artwork and descriptive captions

Art Toronto- magazine interview about street art and the “HEY APATTHY!” project

Blog T.O./Grid Wall Street Art- Interviews and photos from blog TO and the Grid

Sidewalk Painting- various images and short articles from local dailies and magazines

Strange Stories- feature articles from grass roots culture magazines and blogs

Comics News- Various short reviews of Mike Parsons art & gallery exhibitions

Indy Art- interview about sound & vision in grassroots Detriot music magazine.

Blog Toronto- Studio Feed interview about the HEY APATHY! art & music

Now Magazine Toronto- feature article from the early days of the “HEY APATHY!" project

Blog TO Street Paintng- article & photos from Queen Street West circa 2006

What pleases me most about this publicity is the broad range of social political dialogues my work has been involved with. When I first started doing these drawings my intentions were (and still are) to develop a visual language in order to teach, inspire and perpetuate a sort of abstracted activism I had discovered in the works of artists such as Alan Moore, Alexandro Jodorowsky and Masamune Shirow. I had no interest in developing fanciful techniques, or prestige collectibles as that sort of work never appealed to me. Instead I was drawn towards unique ideas and stories that delved into more substantial territory attempting to aid the audience in the pursuit of intellectual or spiritual edification. Being fully aware of the hypnotic prowess of printed pictures and words finding a way to express my self through mainstream media is always appealing.

In this respect looking back at the articles I’ve been involved with over the years is actually quite rewarding. While the work remains almost invisible to art world reviews it has perpetually found its way into the newspapers in association with numerous other intriguing topics. For example my work has been featured in Spacing Magazine a publication dedicated to investigating urban development and public spaces. The work has also appeared in various Toronto newspapers articles associated with political issues and city initiatives. That being said I don’t always agree with everything the work is directly connected with (and little that is printed in the papers in general) but the presence of the drawings speaks for itself. In the worst case scenario I find the inclusion of the drawings subversively humorous and in all instances potentially powerful.

Mike Parsons, fashion drawing

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