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Went to the opening of the Wrinkles of the City Havana exhibition at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in Chelsea last night. The collaboration between French street artists JR (author of the Inside Out TED-winning project) and José Parlá features black-and-white portraits of senior Cuban citizens on the walls of city buildings. Parlá, who is of Cuban descent, interlaces the images with abstract calligraphic writings and color. The result is an impressive contrast to the political propaganda on the streets of Havana.
To me the opening was exiting not just in terms of seeing the amazing prints but also because of meeting the artists for the first time. As some of you know, I have been working on a documentary project called EXIT DESTINATION: CUBA which will feature Cuban street art. We agreed to talk about it more so fingers crossed!
Apart from the 12 portraits, you can see a site-specipic canvas (check out my Instagram widget below) and a short documentary film about the making of the Wrinkles project. The exhibition is on until 12 July so don’t miss it!
