Mike Parr
Dark Cave
20th November – 19th December 2015
Anna Schwartz Gallery
The ideas in a work of art are its raw materials and not its meaning.
Theodor Adorno
It’s poetry’s job not to oppose evil but to imagine it.
Robert Duncan
Images
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_Mug-shots.jpg)
Mike Parr
Mug shots (when I perceived the delights of Paradise), 2015
Acrylic on canvas
214 x 297 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_Encephalic-Head.jpg)
Mike Parr
Encephalic Head (from the series ‘Finding a Hole in Nature’), 2015
Acrylic and red oxide on canvas
214 x 298 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_The-robot-paints.jpg)
Mike Parr
The robot paints (from the series ‘Finding a Hole in Nature’), 2015
Acrylic, red oxide and charcoal on canvas
214 x 287 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_I-am-nervous.jpg)
Mike Parr
I am nervous (dead matter from the interior of wounds) (from the series ‘Finding a Hole in Nature’), 2015
Acrylic and pumice on canvas
214 x 280 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_About-the-sycophants.jpg)
Mike Parr
About the sycophants (from the series ‘Finding a Hole in Nature’), 2015
Acrylic, red oxide and charcoal on canvas
214 x 299 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_The-washing-of-feet.jpg)
Mike Parr
The washing of feet (from the series ‘Finding a Hole in Nature’), 2015
Acrylic, charcoal and pumice on canvas
214 x 288 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_Methodonized.jpg)
Mike Parr
Methodonized, 2015
Acrylic, enamel and charcoal on canvas
214 x 299 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_Divided-by-strychnine.jpg)
Mike Parr
Divided by strychnine, 2015
Acrylic, pastel powder, red oxide and charcoal on canvas
214 x 295 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_Butcher-in-German.jpg)
Mike Parr
Butcher in German, 2015
Acrylic, ink and red oxide on canvas
214 x 298 cm
![](https://annaschwartzgallery.com/asset/library/_medium/PARR_2015_A-room-equipped.jpg)
Mike Parr
A room equipped to exclude actinic rays, 2015
Acrylic, red oxide and charcoal on canvas
202 x 285 cm