Textures of Memory

"Like Anselm Kiefer, Parlá works with the "pathos of the authentic," also playing with its transparency of fiction to anchor history in the texture." Dieter Buchhart, Curator Signed Monograph - José Parlá: Textures of Memory, 2019 -  Hong Kong Contemporary Art (HOCA) Foundation Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong. Curated by Dieter BuchhartExhibition: 18 September - 12 October 2019 - www.hoca.org Textures of Memory is the most comprehensive exhibition of José Parlá’s in Hong Kong to date. Spanning across two venues and curated by Dieter Buchhart, the exhibition grasps the artist’s oeuvre's historical context with 12 representative paintings and sculptures from 2004 to 2018 and a new series of works from 2019. Parlá’s identity as the son of Cuban exiles and his deep involvement in hip-hop’s underground art culture starting at the young age of 10 can be traced throughout his artistic practice. After studying at the Savannah College of Art and Design and New World School of the Arts, Parlá beg