Today Converse announces the limited-edition José Parlá for Converse (PRODUCT)RED Chuck Taylor All Star shoe launching on World AIDS Day – December 1, 2011. A painter, widely acclaimed in the art world, Parlá’s collaboration with Converse (PRODUCT)RED is designed to help provide awareness for the fight against AIDS in Africa and encourage consumers to become agents of change, turning art into power. A percentage of the net wholesale price of the shoe will go to The Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.

Using the Chuck Taylor All Star shoe as a canvas, Parlá chose his painting “Ephemeral Pitches, and Notes, Rhythm and Phonetics” to grace the shoe’s upper. A striking work, the painting explores constant changes to urban lifestyle and was inspired by abstract noises, music, rhythms, languages and sounds of cities. Selected by Parlá in recognition of the change that is part of the mission of (RED), the painting’s themes also represent a nod to Parlá’s days of youth wearing Chuck Taylor All Star shoes to play basketball, dance and have fun.

Only 500 of the José Parlá for Converse (PRODUCT)RED Chuck Taylor All Star shoes will be available, beginning on World AIDS Day – December 1, 2011 at Converse First String retailers globally.

From Curated – “OHWOW Los Angeles will present new works by Brooklyn-based painter Jose Parla from September 9 to October 27, 2011. Comprised of paintings, mono-transfers and installations, Character Gestures builds on the artist’s earlier work that dealt with the concept of psychogeography. Parla remains interested in engagement with the built environment, mixing media and abstract painting as a way of commenting on markers within urban space.”

See more images here.

Jeff Staple presents the latest installment of his 1-2-1 with jeffstaple video series. This time artist Jose Parla is being featured. They talk about his childhood, his school life and of course about his recent work. The episode was produced in conjunction with letsredu.com. Check it out!

After a preview a while back we can now give a recap of the latest solo exhibition by artist Jose Parla. Entitled “Walls, Diaries and Paintings”, the exhibition opened its doors yesterday at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York and will run through until April 16th.

Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
505 West 24th Street
New York, New York

A full recap of the exhibition follows here.

We get a first look at the upcoming exhibition by Jose Parla at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery. “Walls, Diaries, and Paintings” consists of overall  15 paintings that reflect Parla’s recent travels – through Istanbul, Havana, Tokyo, and more – his mix of abstract expressionism and symbolism capturing the pace of these urban environments.

More information on the exhibition and first preview of the paintings follow here.

Artist José Parlá is about to release a new book, entitled “Walls, Diaries, and Paintings”. The hard cover book, published by Hatje Cantz, is due to be released February 2011, along with the artist’s next exhibition at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York City.

The full cover follows after the jump.

OHWOW once again managed to bring together a strong line-up of artists for their 2010 It Ain’t Fair Exhibition during Art Basel Miami. Next to Jose Parla, art by Kaws, Barry McGree, Aurel Schmidt and other artists was on display. Dante Ross was there to document the exhibition for you, along with images from the Retna exhibition at Silver Lining and Rainbow City by Friends With You.

Check it all out here.

Today the much anticipated collaboration between Incase and Jose Parla, part of the Curated by Arkitip series, has been released.

“For the eighth installment of Curated by Arkitip, artist José Parlá documents his experiences in calligraphic and palimpsestic code using Incase’s signature protective cases. Available today, the José Parlá capsule collection for Curated by Arkitip features original Parlá artwork applied to the 15” MacBook Pro Sleeve and Convertible Book Jacket for iPad, both of which are constructed of premium pebbled leather, as well as the Slider Case for iPhone 4.”

The entire series is now available for purchase here.

Detailed images of the three products follow after the jump.

For the 3rd time OHWOW presents the It Ain’t Fair exhibition during Art Basel Miami. Once again the line-up of participating artists is very strong and certainly something to look forward to.

“t Ain’t Fair is the third edition of OHWOW’s annual group exhibition, presented to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach. Offering an alternative to the overwhelming mazes of art fair booths, It Ain’t Fair will highlight a cogent selection of leading-edge art. From painting to performance, sculpture to sound, the exhibition will occupy over 6,000 square feet of gallery space in a comprehensive survey of emerging and established artists’ most recent work. In addition, the exhibition will present special projects and programming, such as site-specific installations and video screenings. It Ain’t Fair is exactly that – not a fair, but a multimedia production, providing a critical scope of contemporary art innovation.

A selection of participating artists include Daniel Arsham, Scott Campbell, Julia Chiang, Dan Colen, André Ethier, Phil Frost, Michael Genovese, Luis Gispert, Tomoo Gokita, Diana Al-Hadid, Trenton Doyle-Hancock, Julia Ziegler-Haynes, Michael St. John, KAWS, Robert Lazzarini, Nate Lowman, Brendan Lynch, Ari Marcopoulos, Barry McGee, Neck Face, José Parlá, Rey Parlá, Kembra Pfahler, Aurel Schmidt, David Benjamin Sherry, Lucien Marc Smith, Agathe Snow and Nick Van Woert.”

IT AIN’T FAIR 2010
Art Basel Miami Beach 2010
December 2, 2010 – January 8, 2011
Exhibition design by Rafael de Cárdenas
3100 NW 7 Avenue / Miami / Florida / 33127

The opening reception is Thursday, December 2, 2010 8pm.

For those of you who weren’t able to attend the REDU event at The Reed Space earlier this week (or just really want a take home piece), you now have a chance to grab some memorabilia from the exhibiting artists. Luis Gispert, Neckface, Scott Campbell, Lucien Marc-Smith and Jose Parla each have one piece of work immortalized in poster, t-shirt and tote bag form. In stock now here.

See the full selection after the click.