This abstract artwork features a visually striking heart-shaped composition created through the repetition of red circular shapes against a white background. The artist has employed a minimalist approach, focusing on the interplay of geometric forms to construct a bold, symmetrical design. The circular motifs, arranged in a dense, overlapping pattern, create a sense of rhythmic movement and visual tension within the overall heart-like structure. The simplicity of the materials and the emphasis on the formal elements suggest a conceptual exploration of the themes of love, emotion, and the human experience. The artist's distinctive style and technique reflect a contemporary, reductive aesthetic that invites the viewer to engage with the work on a deeper, introspective level. ...
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.
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