Representative work by Carlos Amorales
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Artist

Carlos Amorales

b. 1970, Mexico City, Mexico · Mexican · Based in Mexico City, Mexico

  • Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (1997)
  • Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1995)
  • Installation
  • Drawing
  • Animation
  • Typography

Carlos Amorales works across animation, drawing, typography and installation, often using a digital image archive he calls Liquid Archive. Silhouettes of birds, trees, figures and symbols are recombined into narratives that move between beauty, violence and political anxiety.

Animation; installation; drawing; performance

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1999 onwardLiquid Archive
  • 2007Black Cloud
  • 2005Manimal
  • 2005Why Fear the Future?
  • 2000Amsterdam
  • 2017Life in the Folds
  • 2007The Cursed Village
  • 2000sSkeleton Images
  • 2002Learn to Fuck Yourself
  • 2009The Factory

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Interviews & Writing

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