“One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a black and white photography exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg's photographs of the streets of New York. The subject of his photos were exactly what I was painting about.” BlackWhiteTeacherHappenedStreetsSubjectsNew YorkPaintingPhotographyLibraryPhotographRanClassroomBlack And WhiteTrashExhibitionsBlack And White Photography Author:Jose Parla
“As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks like fighting. It comes from the gangs in New York in the 1960s and '70s. It's beautiful, almost like a martial art, and it can be funny, too, because you make fun of each other.” LooksArtKidsBeautifulYoungFightingFunStyleNew YorkBattleMartial ArtsGang1960sBreakdancing Author:Jose Parla