Carlos Motta
Histories for the Future
15 Jul 2016 - 15 Jan 2017
Carlos Motta
Towards a Homoerotic Historiography, 2014
Gold washed silver and tumbaga washed silver, dimensions variable.
Courtesy the artist; Mor Charpentier Galerie, Paris; and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York. Photos: Carlos Motta.
Towards a Homoerotic Historiography, 2014
Gold washed silver and tumbaga washed silver, dimensions variable.
Courtesy the artist; Mor Charpentier Galerie, Paris; and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York. Photos: Carlos Motta.
Carlos Motta
Naufragios (Shipwreck) (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá
Naufragios (Shipwreck) (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá
Carlos Motta
Nefandus (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá.
Nefandus (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá.
Carlos Motta
Nefandus (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá.
Nefandus (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá.
Carlos Motta
La visión de los vencidos (The Defeated) (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá.
La visión de los vencidos (The Defeated) (still), 2013
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon; Galerie Mor Chanpentier, Paris; and Instituto de Visión, Bogotá.
CARLOS MOTTA
Histories for the Future
15 July 2016 – 15 January 2017
Attempting to provide counter narratives that shed light on the dynamics of contemporary forms of social oppression, Carlos Motta (b. 1978, Bogota, Colombia; lives in New York) is a multidisciplinary artist that explores the discourses of sexuality, gender, identity, and minority culture in his works to challenge dominant histories. At times working as an activist and educator, Motta also engages forms of social education in his works, producing symposia with thinkers, activists, and other artists interested in a particular topic. In recent works, Motta has been investigating sexuality and eroticism in European and Indigenous cultures during the conquest and colonization of Latin America. These works present the nuances of homosexuality and gender in ethnic groups prior to the arrival of the Europeans, and how these local practices and roles changed after the establishment of Western doctrines. Motta’s works reconsider the conquest of the New World offering a new cartography that takes into account alternative histories.
Carlos Motta graduated from the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2006, and was named a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2008. He has received several prestigious grants from entities such as Art Matters (2008), New York State Council on the Art (2010), and the Kindle Project (2012). His work has been included in solo and group exhibitions at Tate Modern, London; Guggenheim Museum, New York; MoMA/PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City; and other venues. He was the recipient of the Pinchuk Art Centre, Future Generation Art Prize in 2014, and his single-channel video Nefandus (2013) won the Hoteles Catalonia Award for best video at the LOOP/Screen in Barcelona in 2013.
Histories for the Future
15 July 2016 – 15 January 2017
Attempting to provide counter narratives that shed light on the dynamics of contemporary forms of social oppression, Carlos Motta (b. 1978, Bogota, Colombia; lives in New York) is a multidisciplinary artist that explores the discourses of sexuality, gender, identity, and minority culture in his works to challenge dominant histories. At times working as an activist and educator, Motta also engages forms of social education in his works, producing symposia with thinkers, activists, and other artists interested in a particular topic. In recent works, Motta has been investigating sexuality and eroticism in European and Indigenous cultures during the conquest and colonization of Latin America. These works present the nuances of homosexuality and gender in ethnic groups prior to the arrival of the Europeans, and how these local practices and roles changed after the establishment of Western doctrines. Motta’s works reconsider the conquest of the New World offering a new cartography that takes into account alternative histories.
Carlos Motta graduated from the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2006, and was named a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2008. He has received several prestigious grants from entities such as Art Matters (2008), New York State Council on the Art (2010), and the Kindle Project (2012). His work has been included in solo and group exhibitions at Tate Modern, London; Guggenheim Museum, New York; MoMA/PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City; and other venues. He was the recipient of the Pinchuk Art Centre, Future Generation Art Prize in 2014, and his single-channel video Nefandus (2013) won the Hoteles Catalonia Award for best video at the LOOP/Screen in Barcelona in 2013.