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Alexander Apóstol — Sopa de letras II
Alexander Apóstol

Sopa de letras II

A grid of letters printed on a photograph is obscured and consumed by layers of ink and soot, transforming the familiar format of a word-search puzzle into something darkened and illegible. Apóstol's use of soot evokes destruction and erasure, suggesting the suppression of language and meaning beneath a residue of burning. The work interrogates the fragility of communication and collective memory within a political and cultural context.

Medium
ink and soot on photograph

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Latin America

May 26, 2015

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Alexander Apóstol, Sopa de letras II

A grid of letters printed on a photograph is obscured and consumed by layers of ink and soot, transforming the familiar format of a word-search puzzle into something darkened and illegible. Apóstol's use of soot evokes destruction and erasure, suggesting the suppression of language and meaning beneath a residue of burning. The work interrogates the fragility of communication and collective memory within a political and cultural context.

Medium
ink and soot on photograph
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Photograph, Mixed Media, Experimental, Ink, Textural, Abstract, Venezuelan, Contemporary, Post-Modern