This abstract artwork features a striking semicircular arrangement of intricate grid-like patterns. The dominant colors are various shades of gray, creating a moiré-like effect that draws the viewer's attention. The rhythmic, overlapping lines and geometric shapes suggest a sense of movement and optical illusion. The artist seems to be exploring themes of order, repetition, and the interplay of positive and negative space. Without any obvious representational elements, the piece invites the viewer to focus on the formal qualities and underlying conceptual ideas. This minimalist, visually captivating work likely reflects the artist's interest in the intersection of mathematics, technology, and contemporary art. ...
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.
