nycartscene:
Opens Tues, May 7, 6-8p:
“The Wrinkles of the City, Havana Cuba”
JR & José Parlá
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, 505 W24th St., NYC
brycewolkowitz.tumblr.com
This exhibition will consist of twelve large portraits from the Havana iteration of The Wrinkles of the City project along with a site-specific installation. In 2012, JR and Parlá photographed and interviewed dozens of senior citizens who lived through the Cuban revolution, flyposting colossal black-and-white portraits of their subjects on the walls of city buildings. Parlá, who is of Cuban descent, interlaces the images with palimpsestic, calligraphic writings and color. In a city devoid of commercial imagery, JR and Parlá’s enormous yet intimate portraits offer a stunningly humane contrast to the endless repetition of political icons. - thru July 12
