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Book Design: José Parlá, It’s Yours.
The first solo museum exhibition of the internationally renowned artist in New York City. The new paintings evoke the artist’s personal connection to the Bronx, as well as the borough’s influence, which have helped to shape how Parlá views painting history and cities around the world.
The first solo museum exhibition of the internationally renowned artist in New York City. The new paintings evoke the artist’s personal connection to the Bronx, as well as the borough’s influence, which have helped to shape how Parlá views painting history and cities around the world.
Specs: (120 pages, 9⅓ × 10⅔")
Cloth bound with embossed relief print to echo the multilayered textures that run throughout JP’s paintings both in the studio and on the walls. Typeface: Favorit (Dinamo). Paper: Patinata Symbol
Matt Plus 170gm. Pub date: 2020.
Cloth bound with embossed relief print to echo the multilayered textures that run throughout JP’s paintings both in the studio and on the walls. Typeface: Favorit (Dinamo). Paper: Patinata Symbol
Matt Plus 170gm. Pub date: 2020.
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Credits: (Art Direction) Javas Lehn Studio; (Design/Typography) Scott Massey; (Editor) Rey Parlá; (Photographers) Rey Parlá, Farzad Owrang, Henry Chalfant, Argenis Apolinario, Diego 127;(Writers) Henry Chalfant, Naomy M. Guerrero, Joseph Mizzi, José Parlá, Manon Slome; (Publisher) Damiani; (Co-Publisher) The Bronx Museum of the Arts; (Printer) Faenza Group.
Captions: (1) Silkscreen cover with fold-down post
er dust jacket; (2) It’s Yours: Essays. The first solo museum exhibition of the internationally renowned artist in New York City. The new paintings evoke the artist’s personal connection to the Bronx, as well as the borough’s influence, which have helped to shape how Parlá views painting history and cities around the world; (3) Installation View. Celebrating JP’s roots in the hip-hop energy of the Bronx, this series of paintings address the suffering caused by redlining policies, the waves of displacement imposed by gentrification, and structural racism.
er dust jacket; (2) It’s Yours: Essays. The first solo museum exhibition of the internationally renowned artist in New York City. The new paintings evoke the artist’s personal connection to the Bronx, as well as the borough’s influence, which have helped to shape how Parlá views painting history and cities around the world; (3) Installation View. Celebrating JP’s roots in the hip-hop energy of the Bronx, this series of paintings address the suffering caused by redlining policies, the waves of displacement imposed by gentrification, and structural racism.
(4) Gallery. Parlá’s work is deeply connected to experimentation and innovation to conjure complex memory abstractions as he challenges traditional painting methods. The rich building up of surface and Parlá’s signature gestural line resemble the layers of city walls, reflecting the movement and textures of neighborhoods; (5) Lyric Spread. The title of the exhibition, It’s Yours, is borrowed from a song by the influential Bronx rapper T La Rock, who assured his fans that his work would continue to be about and for them no matter what.
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