Joseph Parra usually complicates
his subjects face in a way that changes these human figures into abstracted
forms surrounded by unrelenting clean white spaces. He doesn’t stick to one
medium, he bounces off digital printing, printmaking, drawing, charcoal and painting.
While looking at his digital art, his editing process is extreme. He double
prints on archival paper and a piece of the photo are cut, bent and folded into
three dimension forms while the surround areas are left unmarked and are unapologetically
exposed. He is challenging usual portraiture, he expels the physical features
of a person and reveals layers to reflect varied constructs of what it is to be
human. This technique pulls the viewer in yet the abstraction and concealment
of the faces create space between the subject and the viewer.
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