This contemporary artwork features a triptych of abstract compositions created with text and symbols. The left panel presents a web-like structure of intertwined words in red, conveying a sense of interconnectedness and complexity. The central panel displays a vertical arrangement of blue and gray text, resembling a data visualization or network diagram. The right panel showcases clusters of red shapes, reminiscent of molecular structures or biological patterns. The artwork explores the intersection of language, technology, and the natural world, challenging the viewer to consider the relationships between these elements. ...
Amalia Pica’s practice, which includes sculpture, performance, installation, drawing and video, explores human communication, its failures and intimacy. Human modes of interaction, such as the desire to be understood and accepted, are central to her work. Pica uses found objects, like hair brushes, wine bottles and confetti, verbal and non-verbal linguistic tools, like texts and venn diagrams, out-dated means of communication, like shutter telegraphs and slide projectors. Her live performances are audience-driven, creating situations of encounters, awkward and real. Having been born during the 'Dirty War' in Argentina, Pica’s works further consider the issue of state control, history, representation and systems of bureaucracy. In her performances, she explores the ways civic participation can become a mode of resistance to political oppression across time and cultures. ...
Proyectos Ultravioleta was founded in Guatemala City in 2009 as an independent artist-run space, and has since established itself as a leading voice in contemporary art in Latin America and beyond.
