Nature of Language by José Parlá

ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
"Nature of Language is a written painting for and about the nature of language, an abstract landscape of words, phrases, names, and poetic thoughts inspired drifting through Raleigh while on walks and visiting unexpected places through a playful survey that eyed various historical resources on a psycho-geographical exploration of the city on two occasions. The painting is a reflection of my awareness while visiting; a diary, and of these experiential observations that form the syntax of its visual vocabulary.
"Although illegible at first sight, the juxtaposed characters, gestures, hieroglyphs, and words become readable through feeling, as it is my hope that the work evokes the language of your own inner voice - of your own history. In an era where technology is taking over as the driving force of communication, art reminds us of our roots and our need for face-to-face communication. This Nature is our mirror, as art allows this bridge to be possible through the language of calligraphy, I pay homage to this Nature; to our selves, and the history of languages, which are the mirrors of our present condition.
"I found inspiration in the essence of words and their combined power however abstract within a landscape of gestural forms and characters that serve as carriers of meaning. Within this meta-landscape a viewer is welcomed to read into or feel the Nature of this universal language putting grammatical forms on hold."
Title: Nature of Language
Year: © 2013
Medium: Gesso, Acrylic, Ink, and Gamvar on wood.
Size: 12 x 12 ft.
Member: Artist's Rights Society, New York

[@2bsirius]

An art instillation for the Library of Babel...Great idea!

[@donnamccauley515]

Wonderful work and great talk about it! Thank you!

[@Beyondzz]

I find this amazing, this painting! It's so attention-grabbing, and unique. Normally, I don't like calligraphy painting, but this one is a beautiful piece!

[@kaidenwalter170]

instablaster.

[@JudySchear]

Fantastic, beautiful, would love to see.

[@manur.b.3141]

José, a real pleasure!

[@nekoish2996]

even though it looks like a scribble from afar it looks quite beautiful up close especially the varying of brush stroke.

[@user-kg2uv2ql9t]

I love you Jose Parla.

[@bryanh194]

I wish there was some way to mute the background music.

[@VelvetGal5]

Wow, I love this artwork. I love how this particular artwork incorporates words, language, communication, & how all of that connects many people in this world. I like the fluidity, expansiveness, & growth of this artwork. Thanks for sharing. I've never visited Raleigh, North Carolina. "Nature of Language" is a nice written painting.

[@carebonez]

That is very beautiful. I want one in my room lol.

[@alishbaalishba5237]

Very beautiful and interesting painting so nice of you

[@DanRegna1]

what a well spoken man, great work!

[@Larootan]

Well I'm driving to NC next week. I will have to check that out for myself

[@marylbullock]

Direct product of the human hand amid all the manufactured elements in the space, curves vs. right angles.

[@anamariamalta7580]

♡ Belíssimo ♡

[@Beijde]

Gorgeous! THINKR, could you list the title of the soundtrack music that's playing, as part of the credits? Thank you.

[@louiseevans5752]

Beautiful ...:-)

[@SoniaLyn]

Amazing !

[@javierdiaz9497]

Gorgeous.

[@MikeOfKorea]

Very cool. Thanks for the video.

[@MikeOfKorea]

It's a Korean character!

[@TheHector142]

I have been to this library!!!!

[@danav1383]

That's amazing

[@keirevanpaul6619]

Exceptional!

[@ihath]

This is brilliant

[@WDuaneCox67]

Remarkable!

[@MaxBent]

anyone know what the music was underneath?

[@LavittoriadiLuka]

Can anyone tell me what the music is at the start and in the background for the rest?? :) This is beautiful! :)

[@leonex606]

i loved it so much

[@FunFantasticFacts]

Wow, Awesome

[@mannion7646]

What a talented and smart guy

[@MajorJayy]

is it possible to get this as a full hd wallpaper? the dimensions wont fit a 16:9 screen cause the painting is almost square but anyway. id actually love this as a poster too ive been searching everywhere. he doesnt have a professional photography of the painting on his homepage or instagram. ive found several other paintings in digital form though. i dig this stuff lol. hes a great artist and i like the concept behind this painting right here especially. love these calligraphy paintings

[@edglassmyer]

Beautiful

[@JamiClayman]

Nice work

[@renatodepaula4594]

Anyone know the name of the song, beautiful

[@yihuna1]

The back ground music kills me! Please give me a link to hear the full song. Please.

[@noirblanque5324]

Amazing!! I see the letters, the words, the thoughts and feelings, but I can’t read them!

[@carnut015]

Very interesting.

[@scottthompson6504]

I used to do some thing similar to this back in high school- just scribble what ever that comes to mind into the paper and somehow people like them. I understand how people like seeing beautiful patterns etc. When I asked how I came up with it I said 'I just squibble random stuff down' I could had made some shit up like this guy to make the art seems more meaningful, but the fact was I just squibble shit down randomly.

[@dustinvanhoose6186]

Scott Thompson what is "squibble"? You mean scribble?

[@rajanithapa8961]

Amazing

[@KCMDWannabe]

Much inspire

[@D1G1TALSYNAPS3]

Wow

[@TheRumdogg]

what is the song in the background?

[@RalphTheodory]

This is Art.

[@youngblood946]

Only Artist understand this...i do cause am one of them..

[@juliolui7517]

want this on my wall

[@gallerynow]

It's great to see my technique "Lines of Language" advanced by artist Parla. See Stephen Kline - Wikipedia. "Art drawn from words Two years after relocating to Ellenton, FL in 1991, Kline painted his first Lines of Language painting, signing his name over and over. Titled 3795 Signatures, the abstract was chosen for the 1994 Florida National,[ Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida."

[@mikemacaulay84]

I wish I could do that. Oh wait; why can't I?

[@Larootan]

That's pretty sweet dude

[@savvasithaka]

these videos were cool. why did they stop making them?

[@UncleWally3]

I will visit.

[@daneflare]

very painting

[@masbien]

I found a couple images in high res in google, I just wrote: Nature of Language by José Parlá

[@angelowthomas]

nice

[@achen94]

1rd!!

[@BlindLed]

Ge 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Ge 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

[@GrimSoul66]

I liked it work in some of the other photos, as they were more legible and colorful. This one was so busy (scribbles), and plain (red white). I hope this painting wasn't just a sales pitch to make some fast cash, because I would want my money back..

[@maxtri7452]

[Insert Clever Comeback]

[@MajorJayy]

well yeah, i did that too and found some pics, but the resolution is still too low. but thanks anyway

[@terencespross]

It is a wall covered in scribbles.

[@ragegraa]

4:12-4:15 looks like the lines are shaking

[@dianelouisehendrix]

why not trash the Vacheresseb remark? what does it serve?

[@VertiiTheGreat]

There's hope for me as an artist if this is considered art.

[@RehAdventures]

This is like Islamic art meets graffiti.

[@joeyjojojunior1794]

I second that. Abstract art tries to reach a mass audience but maybe only the schizophrenic interpret it successfully.

[@molly9929]

Schizophrenics are mainly not inteligent. So your argument is invalid.

[@purecat4169]

i know those scribbley stuff was english ( i think) but i couldnt read it at all

[@jenni_chen]

More young prodigies

[@cliffdariff74]

What's with the music? Trying to watch the video not listen to distractions.

[@stevenedward9872]

Jackson Pollock anyone?

[@67000bull]

i wonder if he wrote anything in Arabic ?

[@blackflamess]

Bill nye? Where is he!

[@Toofy6765]

3rd

[@thorarmy4126]

4th

[@GrIM99913]

Fird?

[@TheMunucat]

Music ruined it

[@F_L_U_X]

I wish I could get paid for scribbling and speaking so vaguely that no one understands what I'm talking about and hippies throw money at me. People, computer programming is art, music is art, not this scribbling on the wall hipster hippie shit.

[@andyh4347]

Might have been a great video, just couldn't watch it because of the chanting noise going on. I really don't know why people add music to videos that do not need music of other peripheral noise.

[@scottthompson6504]

Good art, I agree with that- but I am struggling to see how he claims the squiggles are different languages? they are just squiggles, there is no connection to the languages what so ever. Unless 'the art' is 'the language'.

[@RudeDudeVooDoo]

You missed out.

[@Vacheresseb]

get mad son

[@JonahGhost]

wtf i could have done this... its just scribbling on a red wall lmao

[@underpowerjet]

looks like gibberish...

[@senoro7474]

love your art, but when you said "not a quiet type of library" I almost puked. There is nothing in my life that stimulates more creativity and depth of thought than silence. The idea of a library not being silent is like the idea of a forest having no plants.

[@RMaxKeeling]

nice scribbles 4-year old #pretentious

[@gavinyates9189]

Nature of scribble Scrabble like a little kid along with paint smear. Keep up the average work.

[@nedimkufi]

What kind of shit?

[@AK243RDC]

I always say that modern art is idiotic, but for this piece I think I'll just Shut up!

[@kevin1049]

I get sell my 4 year old cousins drawing for more money than that piece of shit would ever go for.

[@youngblood946]

you stupid guy, you don't even know the value of an artwork..... you the piece of shit here man..grow up...

[@molly9929]

This artwork was not made to be hard to do. He literally said that in the video. I think you're just an low IQ persona.

[@nedimkufi]

This is fake.

[@oliver13deft]

horrible and corny