Triangle Constellation

Amorales creates work in a wide range of media—from drawing and painting to sculpture, performance, and film—focusing on contemporary rituals and symbols. He studied art in Amsterdam during the 1990s and gained international attention for his “Amorales vs. Amorales” performances, inspired by lucha libre, the costumed world of Mexican amateur wrestling. The artist’s early work encompassed the decade-long creation of what he calls the Liquid Archive, a database of primarily black, white, and red graphic images, including birds, skulls, spiders, and trees. Amorales used this as a rich resource for his subsequent work, incorporating the forms into paintings, prints, animation, and objects. He interweaves familiar secular and religious symbols with the idea of performance, presenting narratives in which the viewer reads or plays a role.