Artist José Parlá painted a 70-foot mural at the entrance of Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn that was revealed last night. The mural is titled Diary of Brooklyn and Jose has a pretty cool meaning behind it. Continue reading for more!
“The painting, Diary of Brooklyn, is a personal document of my experiences living in Brooklyn for almost 20 years…The writing of the diary, however, is written expressionistically illegible in hopes that the painting itself is transformed and received as the personal diary of individual viewers from Brooklyn, or visiting and experiencing the city…The painting is also in homage to the borough’s history and includes quotes from the book, Brooklyn Is: Southeast of the Island by classic American writer James Agee.”
Head over to BK to see it for yourself!
