Parker Dulany is a musician and painter from New York City. He is the lead singer and founder of

Certain General Certain General is an American post-punk band formed in 1980 by Parker Dulany, Phil Gammage, Marcy Saddy, and Russell Berke. BOMP! Records has called them "NYC's 80's cult favorite". In the liner notes for ''Introduction to War'' (2001), their f ...

and has had his work featured in various exhibits, including that of the

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. Dulany was born in 1958 in Georgia and grew up in

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and

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. He later attended

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in Winter Park, Orlando where he received a BFA in Fine Art. He then moved to New York City and formed Certain General. After his career in the music industry, he became an art and English teacher in Brooklyn, New York.

Certain General

Certain General is an American post-punk band formed in the 1980s. The band was featured at the former East Village music club

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. Parker Dulany, the bands previous leader, called it the "Invisible New York" or the "Invisible band". The band's gained notice in

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where they were signed to the French label Le Invitation Au Suicide'','' who released their album ''Novembers Heat''. The album was named "Best Album of the Year" by several French magazines.

Featured work

When Parker Dulany first arrived to New York in 1979, a piece of his artwork was placed in Club 57, a prominent club which featured the works of notable artists like

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and

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. Dulany's work was included in a

exhibit on the East Village music club

featured numerous works of his art, which resulted in his inclusion in the Club 57 MOMA exhibit. The Club 57 exhibit, held October 31, 2017 – April 8, 2018, featured film, performance, and art from the East Village in 1978–1983. The exhibition held a variety of artistic pieces which may or may not have been seen through the public eye since the 1980s, including that of Parker Dulany's works of art. The showing held two of his works - a large canvas painting and a print.

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# https://www.parkerdulany.com #https://open.spotify.com/artist/1IBXSufG2Xlqo0E2kekkvY?si=cOu3Fq9bQUuGe7G92LNCgQ # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTKBVIRHTHU # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFlpIl8vj-g # https://certaingeneralnyc.bandcamp.com/releases {{DEFAULTSORT:Dulany, Parker 1957 births Living people Musicians from New York City Painters from New York City Post-punk musicians Rollins College alumni 20th-century American painters Musicians from St. Louis Artists from St. Louis American art educators