JOSÉ PARLÁ AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM
On the ART FOR CHANGE artists' recent museum installation
José Parlá is a critically acclaimed artist who first started painting walls within Miami's underground art scene during the 1980s. A fusion of influences that include calligraphy, memory recall, psycho-geography, and Abstract Expressionism, his multimedia practice reflects the complexity of the cityscapes in which he finds himself. Included in Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls, Parla’s Ciclos; Blooms of Mold is one of four works created by four artists with strong connections to Brooklyn. The pieces not only transform the space with wide-ranging materials and intriguing surfaces, but also engage with the space in innovative ways.
In his hand-embellished, limited edition print with ART FOR CHANGE, La Habana Sunset, Parlá explores similar themes of youth and survival.
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JOSÉ PARLÁ
La Habana Sunset, 2023
22.75 x 40 inches
Limited edition of 25 with 6 AP + 1PP
Hand-embellished, signed and numbered by the artist
La Habana Sunset features a landscape wherein a textured, gestural sky is interwoven with a unique code of writing that reveals a new horizon line. Created as part of a new series of large-scale paintings titled Ciclos: Blooms of Mold, the work visually recalls underground mycelium formations. These complex and mysterious fungi communication networks interconnect everything on Earth through a web of life. As symbolic as it is abstract, the composition is inspired equally by Parlá's youth as a Cuban American in Miami during the 1980s, his world travels, his almost fatal battle with COVID-19 in 2021—during which he entered a three-month-long coma, and experienced dreams that were later translated into vivid depictions that evoke natural landscapes—and his survival.
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José Parlá hand-embellishing his print, La Habana Sunset.
This installation of works by Maya Hayuk, José Parlá, Kennedy Yanko, and the late Leon Polk Smith—four artists with strong connections to Brooklyn—creates a dynamic environment through four distinct, visually immersive experiences. Animating the monumental architecture of the Museum’s Beaux-Arts Court, each artist transforms the iconic space with brilliant and subtle colors, intriguing surfaces, and wide-ranging materials.
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José Parlá hand-embellishing his work, La Habana Sunset.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
José Parlá is a critically acclaimed, multidisciplinary artist working in painting, large-scale murals, photography, video and sculpture. He started painting walls in Miami’s underground art scene of the early 1980s and went on to study at Miami Dade Community College, New World School of the Arts and Savannah College of Art & Design.
Parlá’s work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, The Bronx Museum, High Museum of Art, Atlanta; SCAD Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, National YoungArts Foundation, Gordon Parks Foundation, Goss Michael Foundation, Istanbul’74 Arts & Culture Festival, and the Havana Biennial, Cuba, among others.
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José Parlá is a critically acclaimed artist who first started painting walls within Miami's underground art scene during the 1980s. A fusion of influences that include calligraphy, memory recall, psycho-geography, and Abstract Expressionism, his multimedia practice reflects the complexity of the cityscapes in which he finds himself. Included in Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls, Parla’s Ciclos; Blooms of Mold is one of four works created by four artists with strong connections to Brooklyn. The pieces not only transform the space with wide-ranging materials and intriguing surfaces, but also engage with the space in innovative ways.
In his hand-embellished, limited edition print with ART FOR CHANGE, La Habana Sunset, Parlá explores similar themes of youth and survival.
SHOP THE PRINT
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JOSÉ PARLÁ
La Habana Sunset, 2023
22.75 x 40 inches
Limited edition of 25 with 6 AP + 1PP
Hand-embellished, signed and numbered by the artist
La Habana Sunset features a landscape wherein a textured, gestural sky is interwoven with a unique code of writing that reveals a new horizon line. Created as part of a new series of large-scale paintings titled Ciclos: Blooms of Mold, the work visually recalls underground mycelium formations. These complex and mysterious fungi communication networks interconnect everything on Earth through a web of life. As symbolic as it is abstract, the composition is inspired equally by Parlá's youth as a Cuban American in Miami during the 1980s, his world travels, his almost fatal battle with COVID-19 in 2021—during which he entered a three-month-long coma, and experienced dreams that were later translated into vivid depictions that evoke natural landscapes—and his survival.
CLICK TO SHOP
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This installation of works by Maya Hayuk, José Parlá, Kennedy Yanko, and the late Leon Polk Smith—four artists with strong connections to Brooklyn—creates a dynamic environment through four distinct, visually immersive experiences. Animating the monumental architecture of the Museum’s Beaux-Arts Court, each artist transforms the iconic space with brilliant and subtle colors, intriguing surfaces, and wide-ranging materials.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Parlá’s work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, The Bronx Museum, High Museum of Art, Atlanta; SCAD Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, National YoungArts Foundation, Gordon Parks Foundation, Goss Michael Foundation, Istanbul’74 Arts & Culture Festival, and the Havana Biennial, Cuba, among others.
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