This artwork features a striking visual composition dominated by bold, overlapping text in black and red. The repeating patterns of letters and symbols create a sense of fragmentation and disarray, suggesting a message or document that has been intentionally obscured or redacted. The overall style evokes the aesthetics of classified documents or sensitive information, with the prominent "Private & Confidential" label reinforcing this theme. While the specific subject matter is unclear, the artwork seems to explore themes of secrecy, restricted access, and the control of information. Through its distinctive visual language and conceptual approach, this piece invites the viewer to consider the power dynamics and implications surrounding confidentiality and transparency. ...
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.
