I never want to abandon my roots. I want to give my past and the history of painting the importance it deserves, including the masters like Rembrandt, who built up the surface of the canvas with transparent layers.
As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks like fighting. It comes fro… - Jose Parla
As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks like fighting. It comes fro…
- Jose Parla
My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the painting. - Jose Parla
My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the painting.
Sometimes I'm inspired by a certain part of my life - I'm thinking about a place and I'll mix the colors from memory. - Jose Parla
Sometimes I'm inspired by a certain part of my life - I'm thinking about a place and I'll mix the colors from memory.
One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a… - Jose Parla
One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a…
If I'm going through something, I paint through it. It's very physical. I'm writing, I'm thinking, I'm meditating, I'm moving, I'm jumping off ladder… - Jose Parla
If I'm going through something, I paint through it. It's very physical. I'm writing, I'm thinking, I'm meditating, I'm moving, I'm jumping off ladder…
I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world. - Jose Parla
I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world.
People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way that's part gestural dance performance, and it… - Jose Parla
People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way that's part gestural dance performance, and it…
When I was young I was constantly reading walls; I took in everything written on walls, from love messages to political messages. It was my hobby and… - Jose Parla
When I was young I was constantly reading walls; I took in everything written on walls, from love messages to political messages. It was my hobby and…
For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to the passage of time and to … - Jose Parla
For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to the passage of time and to …
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