José Parlá: Walls, Diaries, and Paintings - Hardcover

Betancourt, Michael; Brielmaier, Isolde; Tate, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775729771 ISBN 13: 9783775729772

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, 2011

Synopsis

José Parlá (born 1973) derives his art from the accretions and damage of city walls, and the record they supply of neighborhood character and local history. To these collectively authored public surfaces, Parlá brings a consciousness of art history, and the transformations of graffiti traditions dating back to ancient Rome by painters such as Twombly, Basquiat and Kiefer. His mixed media works sometimes employ fresco techniques and include acrylic, oil paints, plaster, posters used as collage, homemade inks and enamel spray paint. Parlá's archeological works celebrate the chronicles of the urban fabric as a diary: he writes, "as my works evolved, be it paintings, signatures, or even the documentation of these early ephemeral artworks throughout city walls, the works took on the nature of personal journals based on empirical experiences." This volume surveys his two-decade oeuvre.

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About the Author

Michael Betancourt is a theorist, historian, and artist concerned with digital technology and capitalist ideology. He is the author of The ____________ Manifesto, The History of Motion Graphics, Beyond Spatial Montage: Windowing, or, the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space, and The Critique of Digital Capitalism. He has exhibited internationally, and his work has been translated into Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish,andpublished in journals such as CTheory, Semiotica, and Leonardo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 3775729771
• ISBN 13: 9783775729772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 188