Carlos “Varkito” Garcia’s use of colors, thick distractive lines, and ambiguous symbolism in installation, audiovisual, and digital works blend fantasy and ancient domestic habits to create new possibilities of visual languages. Born in the Dominican Republic and currently based in New York, he is also the founder of the experimental community El Cuarto Elástico.
works
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Commutator
A commutator is a rotary electrical switch in certain types of electric motors and electrical generators that periodically reverses the current direction between the rotor and the external circuit.
In Commutator the artist reprograms symbols, passing them through his own processor, creating a new personal energy in them. Its his way of liberating the anxieties he associates with symbols due to his dyslexia.
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Commutator (2020)
2D Computer Graphic on silk with hand sewn hem.
37.5 x 46 in.
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Commutator (2021)
NFT