Amalgama is proud to present
The Fine Line
An exhibition of London-based Peruvian artists exploring the nuances of mark-making, delving into the gestures and bodily expressions that reveal our connection with language beyond mere communication.
Macarena Rojas Osterling & Lizi Sanchez
Tuesday 12 - Sunday 17 March 2024
Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE

Delving into the extensive legacy of Latin American artists examining the relationship between writing and drawing, Rojas Osterling and Sanchez intricately explore the gestures and bodily expressions underlying mark-making, observing our connection with language beyond mere communication. The artists focus on the movement inherent in the act of writing, questioning its essence and its significance in the human experience.
As Roland Barthes aptly expressed: ‘writing is the hand which bears down and advances or hangs back, always in the same direction'. In their artworks, the viewer discerns the transformative journey of drawing as a form of notation, evolving into landscapes, constellations, and symbols that transcend the meaning provided by text. Immerse yourself in a universe where the boundaries between language and imagery seamlessly blend. These are not puzzles to be solved but rather allegories of human expression - the fine line between the past and present; writing and drawing; movement and communication.
Photo credits: Artworks courtesy of the Artists Macarena Rojas & Lizi Sanchez. Install shots by Sol Aizcorbe. Remaining photos by Jane Soliman & Daniela Galan
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ARTWORKS
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Cadenetas, 2016
Lead and paint
Each sculpture has 4 Painted lead loops 31cm x 5cm each

Oscuridad protegida 1, 2023
Found typed-on carbon copy paper. Displayed in wooden frame lightboxes.
30.5cm x 23cm

Oscuridad protegida 2, 2023
Found typed-on carbon copy paper. Displayed in wooden frame lightboxes.
30.5cm x 23cm

Oscuridad protegida 3, 2023
Found typed-on carbon copy paper. Displayed in wooden frame lightboxes.
30.5cm x 23cm

Oscuridad protegida 4, 2024
Found typed-on carbon copy paper. Displayed in wooden frame lightboxes.
30.5cm x 23cm

Parafrase (la historia se repite), 2021
Carbon copy paper & rice paper diptych
91cm x 170cm each.

Transcript 12, 2024
Painted stainless steel wire and acrylic mobile
180cm x 120cm x 80cm approx

Como un pez en el agua, 2024
Ink on paper framed in walnut
50cm x 70cm plus frame

De la Serie Juju, II, 2023
Ink on paper framed in walnut
12cm x 17cm; 27cm x 32cm framed

De la serie de Juju, I, 2023
Ink on paper framed in walnut
12cm x 17cm; 27cm x 32cm framed

De la serie de Juju, III, 2023
Ink on paper framed in walnut
12cm x 17cm; 27cm x 32cm framed

El Cholo Sotil, 2024
Ink on paper framed in walnut
31cm x 41cm plus frame

Motomami, 2022
Mix media on wood panel
30cm x 40cm

Palm tree, 2022
Mix media on paper framed in walnut
30cm x 30cm plus frame

Untitled II, 2021
Ink on paper framed in walnut
31cm x 41cm plus frame

Untitled, 2024
Ink on paper
30cm x 40cm

Untitled, 2024
Mix media on wood panel
30cm x 20cm
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