Jos Parl: Roots (Hardcover)

Jose Parla

ISBN 10: 886208563X / ISBN 13: 9788862085632

Published by Damiani, Bologna, 2017

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Hardcover. Based on an exhibition at SCAD Museum of Art presents the artist's relationships to the rich contexts of cities he's visited and the experiences that shaped his practice. Grounded in Parla's personal first generation Cuban American immigrant family story and an ever-evolving practice that concerns elsewhere communities and their contribution to America, Roots offers a new visual relationship with its pictorially contemplative environment to consider connections between local history, one's past, present, and the future; to imagine or ever create one's own universal truth and personal harmony now more than ever. Parla produces a gestural landscape with juxtaposed characters, hieroglyphs and words within both paintings and sculptures that are deliberately created to serve as a carrier of meaning. The titles of his works often create playful connotations as signifiers to specific places or times, thus becoming a key element to decode the work. Parla's grandfather was an aviation pioneer who flew between Key West and Mariel, Cuba on a bi-plane made of sugarcane and bamboo, which he named Cana Brava . The Cuban aviator's legacy continues to serve as an inspiration to the artist and his family. Parla spent his formative years immersed in the thriving underground art scenes of Miami, while traveling often to other cities like: Beijing, Havana, Istanbul, New York, Paris, Sydney, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, London, and San Juan, amongst many other countries where the multicultural environment and social processes deeply impacted his perception of urban space. In his practice, like his grandfather's flight between the U.S and Cuba in 1912, Jose Parla highlights the cultural bonds between communities and the expression thereof. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jos Parl: Roots (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Damiani, Bologna
• Publication Date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 886208563X
• ISBN 13: 9788862085632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Roots, José Parlá (born 1973) explores the place of his experiences and travels in the development of his work.

Published with Bryce Wolkowitz.

Grounded in Parlá’s personal first-generation Cuban American immigrant family story and an ever-evolving practice inspired by “elsewhere communities” and their contributions to America, Roots considers the relationship between local and family history and one’s past, present and future. A photograph of Parlá’s grandfather Agustin Parlá, one of Cuba’s first aviators, is the point of departure for the work―the aviator is an important source of inspiration for the artist as he undertakes his own border crossings, exploring how multicultural environments impact his perceptions of urban space. Published to accompany exhibitions at the National Young Arts Foundation and SCAD Museum of Art, both being something of a homecoming for the Brooklyn-based artist―a SCAD painting alumnus―Roots surveys a recent body of Parlá’s painting and sculpture.