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JOSÉ PARLÁ

CUBAN-AMERICAN, BORN 1973

José Parlá is a Brooklyn-based contemporary artist whose work has been described as "lying between the boundary of abstraction and calligraphy." Parlá is publicly known for his permanent installations of large-scale paintings.

Parlá constructs his paintings improvisationally by layering materials, saying "I’m really interested in the way our lives are built up out of memory and history, and how we reflect that in our surroundings." He also has exhibited worldwide and collaborated with artists from various countries.