Carlos Amoralesnarcissus' orgy, 2019

58 woven silk fabrics mounted on wooden frames

70.87 x 47.24 in each

About the artist

’s work focuses on language and the impossibility/possibility of communicating through means that are unrecognizable or not codified, including through sounds, gestures and symbols. Amorales experiments at the line between image and sign using an array of platforms such as animation, video, film, drawing, installation, performance and sound. His practice establishes different forms of translation—instruments become characters in his films, letters become shapes and narratives unfold as non-verbal actions. The foundation for many of Amorales’s explorations is the Liquid Archive , a project composed of shapes, lines and nodes instead of words, which was created by the artist in 1998 and built upon for over ten years. In addition to the Liquid Archive , Amorales continues to develop further alphabets and systems to translate texts ranging from museum labels to short stories. The work of Amorales inhabits a parallel world, one of his own making, that constantly evolves as new works are produced. Amorales studied in Amsterdam at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (1996–1997) and Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1992–1995). He was artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France (2012), Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), Vitry-sur-Seine, France (2011) and part of the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship program in Washington, D.C. (2010).

About the artist

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