This minimalist artwork features a simple composition comprising various visual elements. The central focus is a series of overlapping rectangular shapes, rendered in a subdued palette of grays and blues, which appear to resemble pay stubs or financial documents. Scattered throughout the composition are several small 'x' symbols and circular forms, suggesting a sense of numerical data or accounting. The overall impression is one of order and precision, evoking themes of financial systems and bureaucratic processes. While the specific meaning or intention behind the piece is not explicitly stated, the simple yet evocative imagery invites the viewer to contemplate the relationship between individual and institutional structures. ...
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.
