2013
Haunch of Venison, London
Hardcover
86 pages, 1 fold-out
235 × 195 mm
José Parlá creates paintings and multidisciplinary works based on his interest in hybrid forms of abstraction. He draws inspiration from various mediums including music, calligraphy, dance, and the decay of urban architecture and advertisements. His works poetically challenge ideas about language, politics, identity, and how we define places and spaces. Parlá's relationship with mark-making is physical and textural, incorporating the body's gestures into a painterly stream of consciousness composed of areas of addition, erasure, and layering that challenges the status quo of visual culture.
[Ben Brown Fine Arts]
Published to accompany the exhibition Broken Language at Haunch of Venison, London. Includes an essay by Sharon Dolin and interview with Anna Mustonen.
