Carlos Amorales
Carlos Amorales
Orellana’s Fantasia, 2013
Black-and-white video with sound 55” LCD monitor
6 minutes
Installation view
In collaboration with Julian Léde
Courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City
Biography
In 2003, Carlos Amorales launched the discographic project Nuevos Ricos with musician Julian Lede. His solo exhibitions include Carlos Amorales Remix, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (2010); Vivir por fuera de la casa de uno, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico (2010); Discarded Spider, Orange County Museum, California, USA (2009) and Cincinnati Art Center, Ohio, USA (2008) and Four Animations, Five Drawings and a Plague, Philadelphia Art Museum, Pennsylvania, USA (2008).
Amorales’s work was also featured in Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium (2012); Havana Biennial, Cuba (2009) and Performa, New York, New York (2007). In 2003, he represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale, Italy.
This person was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
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