Carlos Amorales | |
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 Carlos Amorales 2011 in his studio in Mexico City | |
| Born | 1970[1] Mexico City[1] |
| Known for | Performance art,Animation,Painting,Drawing,Sculpture[1] |
Carlos Amorales (Mexico City, 1970) is a multidisciplinary artist who studied at theGerrit Rietveld Academy and theRijksakademie inAmsterdam. The most extensive researches in his work encompassLos Amorales (1996-2001),Liquid Archive (1999–2010),Nuevos Ricos (2004–2009), and a typographic exploration in junction with cinema (2013–present).
Carlos Amorales (Mexico City, 1970) lives and works in Mexico.He is a multidisciplinary artist who studied at theGerrit Rietveld Academy and theRijksakademie inAmsterdam. He has participated in residencies with Atelier Calder, Saché, France (2012); Mac/Val, Val-de-Marne, France (2011); and the Smithsonian Artists Research Fellowship, Washington, D.C. (2010).
Amorales works in a variety of media, including video, animation, painting, drawing, sculpture, and performance. Much of his work explores the limits of language and translation systems to venture into the field of cultural experimentation. He uses graphic production as a tool to develop linguistic structures and alternative working models that allow new forms of interpretation and foster collectivity. In hisprojects, Amorales examines identity-construction processes, proposes a constant re-signification of forms present in his work, and provokes a clash between art andpop culture.
Since 1998 Amorales has been building his "Liquid Archive", a digital database of his drawings in the form of vector graphics which he uses to produce visual compositions in various media.[2][3] The graphics, birds, spiders, trees, and kneeling figures in blacks, reds, and grays reappear throughout his work and provide his signature style.[2][3] In 2007, Amorales lent his "Liquid Archive" to the Dutch graphic-design duo Mevis & Van Deursen (Armand Mevis and Linda van Deursen) who collaborated with Amorales to produce the book "Carlos Amorales: Liquid Archive, Why Fear The Future".[4]
His early works also featured masked Mexican wrestlers inspired by theLucha libre fighters performing inwrestling rings throughout the world. In 2003, the wrestling performanceAmorales v. Amorales was staged at theTate Modern in London, thePompidou Center in Paris and theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[5] His animation piece,Useless Wonder (2006) was shown at theMiami Basel art fair. Amorales has had solo exhibitions at theMALBA inBuenos Aires, at the Milton Keynes Gallery inMilton Keynes, UK, at theYvon Lambert Gallery in Paris, at theMUAC in Mexico City, and at thePhiladelphia Museum of Art.[1]
In 2008 his exhibitionDiscarded Spider toured at theContemporary Arts Center,Cincinnati.[6] For this show, Amorales also staged a performance with theCincinnati Ballet.[7]
In 2015 his work "Triangle Constellation" was installed in the Calderwood courtyard of the Harvard University Art Museums.[8]
His sculpture "Dark Mirror" is included in the collections ofPérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.[9]
He has had numerous solo exhibitions: "Black Cloud", (The Power Plant, Toronto, 2015); "El Esplendor Geométrico" [The Geometric Splendor], (Kurimanzutto, México, 2015); "Germinal" (Museo Tamayo, México, 2013); "Nuevos Ricos" (Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, 2010); "Four Animations, Five Drawings and a Plague" ( Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2008); and "Discarded Spider" (Cincinnati Art Center, 2008), to mention a few.
Amorales has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, including:
The artist's work is featured in many public collections, including:
Amorales is represented by kurimanzutto in Mexico City.[22]
