Carlos Motta, Nefandus, 2013
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Wednesday 20 January 2021
Carlos Motta, Nefandus, 2013
Nefandus addresses issues to do with the colonial legacy in Latin America, the effects of the exploitation of natural resources and the abuses perpetrated against human communities and their sexuality, in particular the homoerotic tradition of the pre-Hispanic world. Carlos Motta, a Columbian artist who trained on the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of Modern Art in New York, regards his photographs, videos and installations as ‘social sculptures’. He explores and condemns the social and cultural injustices committed against the minority identities around him. In particular, he is interested in the impositions related to queer culture and homoeroticism, which he usually links with the European colonialism of the past in South America.
