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Latin America

Carlos Amorales
Personaje 21

Carlos Amorales’s Personaje 21 blends abstraction with figurative elements, creating a visually compelling and thought-provoking piece. This work features a graphic black red collage of figures with bird heads. The title hints at a character or persona, inviting viewers to interpret the abstract shapes as a representation of an individual identity. Amorales employs his signature technique of using cut-out silhouettes and layered compositions, which add depth and complexity to the piece. The ambiguous forms challenge the viewer to engage in a deeper exploration of the artwork’s meaning, prompting questions about identity, transformation, and the nature of existence. Through this work, Amorales explores the intersection of personal and collective experiences, capturing the fluid and often fragmented nature of human identity. The piece stands as a testament to Amorales’ ability to convey powerful narratives through abstraction and minimalist forms.

Carlos Amorales works in various mediums, including video, drawing, painting, photography, installation, animation, and performance. Central to his practice is the construction and alteration of what he calls his Liquid Archive, a collection of images, narratives, drawings, shapes, and ideas that he uses to construct his unique visual language—a critical and stimulating space for fantasy, reality, and the blurring of the two. Amorales creates tensions between revealing and hiding the personal and the universal in his often-ambiguous and fluid constructions. He transforms this iconographic store into his signature graphic style which then transfers into his practice which involves paintings, drawings and installations, video animations and performances. He works with motion graphic designers, media researchers, and musicians to explore collective unconsciousness based on media-driven codes of perception and spectacle.