JOSÉ PARLÁ – ECHO OF IMPRESSIONS
2018-10-29Echo of Impressions features a series of new large abstract paintings and sculptural pieces drawing on key and recurring themes in Parla’s practice including the urban space, human markings, and calligraphy. The title refers to both the physical impressions left around the city by time and passers-by and the inspirations and experiences, which imprint on our psyche. The mood associated with particular locations and scenes is reflected in Parla’s choice of paints, private observations are conveyed in bold brushstrokes, while personal narratives are transcribed in gestural calligraphies. Each layer represents a memory now preserved, each line and shape charting an event of note.
Parla’s lifelong dialogue with the urban subconscious, the tempo and flow of the streets, and musical and literary inspirations all come together in a celebration of color and form in Echo of Impressions. His artworks evoke stories of immigrant roots, city wanderings and human encounters, which reference personal histories while also leaving room for his viewers to find their own stories.
Opposite – Time Engraved in Names, 2018
Exhibition runs through to November 9th, 2018
Ben Brown Fine Arts
12 Brook’s Mews
London
W1K 4DG
