José Parla

American · b. 1973

José Parlá is a Cuban-American contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Parlá creates paintings and multidisciplinary works inspired by his interest in memory,… (Wikipedia)

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  1. José Parla, Writers' Bench: Grand Concourse & 149th Street, The Bronx, 2020, acrylic, ink, collage, enamel, and oil paint on canvasWriters' Bench: Grand Concourse & 149th Street, The BronxPhillips · HK$1,764,000≈ $224,716≈ £183,442≈ €213,588Sign up to see
  2. José Parla, Friends Around Town, 2019, acrylic, oil, collage and plaster on canvasFriends Around TownPhillips · HK$525,000≈ $67,074≈ £52,104≈ €60,932Sign up to see
  3. José Parla, Will The Future Continue To Speed Up?, 2021, collage, acrylic, enamel, ink and plaster on canvasWill The Future Continue To Speed Up?Phillips · HK$508,000≈ $64,861≈ £53,122≈ €61,404Sign up to see

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José Parlá is a Cuban-American contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Parlá creates paintings and multidisciplinary works inspired by his interest in memory, identity, migration, and the passage of time through the visual language of accumulated urban surfaces. Critics have interpreted these techniques as engaging with questions of language, politics and the meaning of place and public space.

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Born 1973Wikidata Q6293666 ↗

Also known as José Parlá

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