This abstract artwork features a swirling pattern of red and gray circular shapes against a white background. The composition creates a sense of movement and rhythm, with the overlapping circles suggesting a spiral or vortex-like structure. The artist has employed a distinctive technique, using what appears to be a stamp or stamp-like tool to repeatedly imprint the circular shapes in an almost hypnotic arrangement. The work evokes a feeling of energy and dynamism, perhaps reflecting the artist's intention to capture a sense of the cyclical or repetitive nature of time and perception. ...
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.
