This artwork features a series of geometric red shapes arranged in a dynamic, asymmetrical composition. The shapes appear to be stamps or seals, with faintly visible text and numbers scattered across the canvas. The overall visual effect is one of repetition and movement, creating a sense of energy and rhythm. The artist seems to be exploring themes of bureaucracy, administration, and the impersonal nature of official documentation. Through the use of these ubiquitous symbols, the work comments on the systems and structures that govern our daily lives, inviting the viewer to consider their impact and significance. ...
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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