Description
Parla's painterly meditation on life and death in the wake of his perilous Covid encounter.
The immersive, monumental paintings documented here were the first works that Jose Parla created after his recovery from a life-threatening battle against Covid. The series was installed in the iconic Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum in 2022.
About the Author
Jose Parla's (born in Miami, 1973) work has been exhibited at the Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York; National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, Florida; The SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah Georgia; and The Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba and is in several public collections including The British Museum,London, United Kingdom; The Buffalo AKG Museum, Buffalo, New York; POLA Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan; and The National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. Permanent public art projects include commissions by ONE World Trade Center, the University of Texas at Austin, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Fisher, North Carolina State University's Hunt Library by Snohetta; and at Concord City Place, Toronto, Canada.
Book Information
ISBN 9788862088008
Author Jose Parla
Format Hardback
Page Count 112
Imprint Damiani
Publisher Damiani
Weight(grams) 1060g
The immersive, monumental paintings documented here were the first works that Jose Parla created after his recovery from a life-threatening battle against Covid. The series was installed in the iconic Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum in 2022.
About the Author
Jose Parla's (born in Miami, 1973) work has been exhibited at the Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York; National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, Florida; The SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah Georgia; and The Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba and is in several public collections including The British Museum,London, United Kingdom; The Buffalo AKG Museum, Buffalo, New York; POLA Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan; and The National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. Permanent public art projects include commissions by ONE World Trade Center, the University of Texas at Austin, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Fisher, North Carolina State University's Hunt Library by Snohetta; and at Concord City Place, Toronto, Canada.
Book Information
ISBN 9788862088008
Author Jose Parla
Format Hardback
Page Count 112
Imprint Damiani
Publisher Damiani
Weight(grams) 1060g
