Parla brings beauty to ruggedness and decay, and a language of his very own to what he sees and feels around him. A limited edition book will accompany the brothers colette show. He shows us his latest book, broken language, where the artist, who is more well known for his calligraphymeetsstreetstyle mural paintings. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Jose parlas broken language the cubanamerican artist takes us out of the gallery and on to londons concrete streets. For most of my life i have experienced being in transition and migration.
As a child, jose parla, a son of cuban immigrants, was a street artist in his hometown of miami. In 2012 he exhibited at the 11th havana biennial, cuba. Great example of an artists statement, line, language and. Its one of those typically cold new york spring days as we chat about his cuban parents, childhood growing up in florida, and his talent and passion for art which took him to scad before he. When i was painting this picture i was hoping i dont. Cubanamerican history surfaces in jose parlas paintings vice. In the art of jose parla, layers of splashed meaning and collaged. Signed jose parla broken language street artist paintings. Union of the senses in the lobby of one world trade center.
Parl segmented realities by michael rooks 20150929 on. View over 51 jose parla artworks sold at auction to research and compare. Jose parlas studio is currently under renovation, so we instead opt to. The following year, smoothe da hustler teamed up with producer dr period to release broken language independently in his hometown of brownsville, brooklyn, ny. Jose parla broken language haunch of venison, london 8 february 28 march 20 by parla, jose with interview by anna mustonen.
Parla transcribing words from his sketch book into raw clay before firing. Provided to youtube by believe sas broken language winduptoys intone voice abstractions. Jose parla broken language london published in exhibits tags. Union of the senses 2014, a 15 x 90foot mural commissioned by one world trade center in new york city. Jose parla is an artist who lives and works in brooklyn, ny. Jose parla, is a brooklynbased contemporary artist whose work has been described as lying between the boundary of abstraction and calligraphy. Broken language at haunch of venison on february 7, 20 in london, england. Grounded in parlas personal firstgeneration cuban american immigrant family story and an everevolving practice inspired by elsewhere communities and their.
Paginton, fred, jose parlas broken language, whitewall, 20 february 20. Fru tholstrup is a londonbased art advisor and curator with deep knowledge of the contemporary global fine art market, advising collectors and international businesses on. Amazon web services scalable cloud computing services. Parla had copies of broken language and prose on hand, and mcginness was presenting his new book sketchbook selections 20002012, a handpicked collection of some of the artists favorite. The piece titled, diary of brooklyn is inspired by the book brooklyn is by james agee and is visible from the street, creating an interaction with. Broken language, contemporary cuban art, cuban american art, cuban american artist, cuban avante garde, haunch of venison, jose parla. Mourad mazouz and george lamb attend a private view of jose parla. Jose parla broken language london cany blogcany blog.
Parla jose with interview by anna mustonen abebooks. Jose parlas broken language the cubanamerican artist takes us out of the gallery and on to londons concrete streets concrete sculptures and largeformat expressionistic paintings that combine collected ephemera with layered oils and graffitistyle brushstrokes bring the streets into the gallery for jose parla s exhibition broken language, opening today at haunch of venison in london. Since jrs art is often wheatpasted, and therefore ephemeral, what is displayed here is. Its one of those typically cold new york spring days as we chat about his cuban parents, childhood growing up in florida, and his talent and passion for art which took him to scad before he even graduated high school. Parla is publicly known for his permanent installations of largescale paintings. He signed his graffiti works with the nickname ease. White cloth backed color printed boards, silver lettering to spine.
His visual language is crisp, unambiguous, hard to misinterpret, if it requires interpretation at all. He shows us his latest book, broken language, where the artist, who is. In 20 he painted the mural nature of language at the james b. Jose parla has exhibited internationally, including major shows in london, new york, paris and havana. Photographed by the artist in 2011, broken language haunch of venison catalog. Library at north carolina state university, the mural diary of brooklyn at the barclays center, and a 90foot mural one. Parla was inspired by gustavo perez firmats book, life on the hyphen. Jose parla broken language haunch of venison, london 8 february 28 march 20 by parla, jose with interview by anna mustonen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Nature of language is a written painting for and about the nature of language, an abstract landscape of words, phrases, names, and poetic thoughts inspired drifting through raleigh while on walks. The track was a hip hop quotable in the november 1995 issue of the source 1 and led to a record deal with profile records.
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