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A Link To the World - Expressionist Figurative Painting of Nude Female Figure

Creator: Parris Jaru
Offered by: Arco Gallery

Description
Parris Jaru's A Link To the World is a 36 x 24-inch expressionist oil paint representing a nude female figure. The primary colors are bright yellow, blue, and brown. The canvas has a thick impasto of paint made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects during his long exploratory trips through India. The figure is intentionally drawn with a simplification of traits like the faux-naif art, permeating the image of emotional immediacy and a totemic presence.
Parris Jaru writes, "A Link to the World is an ode to the mother. Wether being the one who created the earth or the one who maintains life and creation within the fragments of time."

NY-born Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background from both his parents. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced in his childhood years spent in the coastal town of St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. His exploratory journeys in India enriched his work with a sensibility to natural plant-based pigments that he grinds with oils for his paintings.
In his Brooklyn studio, Jaru brings all these cultural inspirations together. His entire body of work is informed by an intentional childlike, faux-naïve style, constantly shifting between figurative and abstraction. Even though at times, Jaru has been working on somber and entirely figure-free paintings, most of his work is defined by poignantly colored and playful surrealistic figures. Jaru often draws his figures with a continuous line emerging from a thick impasto of paint made with powders of Sea Algae, Hibiscus, Gymnema Sylvestre, and Turmeric.

Related keywords: Caribbean Artist, Brooklyn Artist, Native American, Figurative Painting, Female Figures

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	New
Materials:	Canvas,Pigment,Oil,Mixed Media
Condition:	New.
Styles / Movements:	Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	751277

Dimensions

W.	24 in;	H.	36 in;	D.	1.5 in;
W.	60.96 cm;	H.	91.44 cm;	D.	3.81 cm;

Message from Seller:

Arco Gallery, founded in 2013 by Valentina Puccioni, offers a truly personalized art experience in the heart of SoHo, NYC. Located in a historic loft and open by appointment only, the gallery provides exclusive, intimate viewings, away from the mainstream gallery scene. P: 212.226.1207 E: valentina@arcogallery.com