Cellular Interventions #2 and #1. From The Geometric Head Series, 2024

Almo  

This artwork presents a diptych of minimalist silhouette profiles on a neutral brown backdrop. Each profile is filled with dynamic geometric patterns and vibrant colors, juxtaposing linear and chaotic designs. The left silhouette features vertical stripes, meticulously aligned, which seamlessly merge into a fragmented mosaic of triangles, creating a tension between order and disorder. The right silhouette contrasts with horizontal stripes shifting into a collage of similar triangular forms, emphasizing harmony within chaos. This interplay of uniformity and fragmentation offers a conceptual exploration of identity and perception. The restrained use of space around the silhouettes heightens the focus on the vibrant patterns, highlighting the duality and unity within individuality. The artwork's compelling simplicity and intricate detail invite viewers to reflect on the complexity underlying apparent simplicity, making it a thought-provoking visual experience.

Cellular Interventions #2 and #1, 2024 by ALMO
From The Geometric Head Series
Acrylic paint on cellulose leather
Overall size: 60 H cm x 100 W cm.
Individual size: 60 H cm x 50 W cm.
Unframed
Unique

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Almo wonders about his identity, the countries he has lived in, his daily routine and how he creates himself. An outsider who has made the world his home, skin, and citizenship, and through his artwork, he safeguards it in an attempt to explore the mysteries that pass through. Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist´s work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symbolic elements that denounce the cruelties of our borders.  Almo executes his drawings intuitively in these acrylic paintings, aiming for a state of ´semi-trance´ as he himself defines his process.

Almo, Jorge Alberto Morillo Doria, was born in Honduras, spent his childhood in the Phillippines, moved to Italy for his Univesity studies, and now resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil.