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ITALY///JOSE PARLA’S MEMORY DOCUMENTS AT PALAZZO DUCALE…

April 3rd, 2008

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José Parla reads the writing on the wall…

Supertouch buddy & painter JOSÉ PARLA’s been hiding out in Genova, Italy for the past several weeks where “Memory Documents” his new show of new paintings & painted Italian ceramics opened last Saturday at GALLERIA IL TRIFOGLIO NERO. Featuring a stunning array of new large-scale paintings featuring his signature calligraphic style— many featuring built-up layers of peeling paint and wheatpasted ephemera to mimic decaying city walls—the show was a tour de force showcase of the burgeoning young artist’s formidable skills and emerging place in the highbrow art world after a long and steady rise from his days as a graffiti artist in the streets of Miami. HAVE A LOOK:

OPENING NITE:
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Galeria Il Trifoglio Nero by dusk…

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Just in case you forgot…

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Parla at work on his line of Italian ceramics for the show…

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Dinner for one…

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Real art buyers…

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Lee Q hangin with Paul Jones, Dalia and Jaime…

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Gallery crew Chiara & Nicola…

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Watching the watchers…

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Rey Parla at peace in the chaos…

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Standing guard…

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Parla with the Gallery Il Trifoglio Nero impresarios…

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The gallery’s real talent…

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Parla chills with a member of the Senegalese drum troupe on site for the afterparty jam…

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Stephane Ashpool raps with OG legend Lee Quinones…

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THE AFTERPARTY:
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The brothers Parla: José & Rey…

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Party people…

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Bobbito killin em on the wheels of steel…

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White men can dance…

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New Zealand in the house…

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Girls, girls, girls…

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Bobbito & Lee Q miss the old New York…

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Stephane Ashpool Ashpool & Parla buggin out..

THE DANCING:

It wouldn’t be a José Parla joint without the former B-Boy getting down at this own gig…

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