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Ciclos: Blooms of Mold

José Parlà
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Ciclos: Blooms of Mold presents José Parlá's powerful series of monumental paintings created following his recovery from a life-threatening encounter with Covid. Installed in the Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum in 2022, these immersive works meditate on themes of life and death through Parlá's painterly lens.
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Parla's painterly meditation on life and death in the wake of his perilous Covid encounter.

The immersive, monumental paintings documented here were the first works that José Parlà created after his recovery from a life-threatening battle against Covid. The series was installed in the iconic Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum in 2022.

Ciclos: Blooms of Mold offers a profound exploration of existence, capturing the artist's journey through illness and healing. José Parlà's works in this collection resonate with themes of renewal and transformation, reflecting a significant moment in his life and artistic career.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9788862088008

Publisher: Damiani

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 September 2023

Country: Italy

Imprint: Damiani

Illustration: 67 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 298.0mm

Weight: 1060g

Pages: 112

About the Author

José Parlá's (born in Miami, 1973) work has been exhibited at the Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York; National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, Florida; The SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah Georgia; and The Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba and is in several public collections including The British Museum,London, United Kingdom; The Buffalo AKG Museum, Buffalo, New York; POLA Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan; and The National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. Permanent public art projects include commissions by ONE World Trade Center, the University of Texas at Austin, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Fisher, North Carolina State University's Hunt Library by Snøhetta; and at Concord City Place, Toronto, Canada.

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