Amiel Roldan 2026
The Ontological Labyrinth: Scrutiny and Synthesis in the Works of Amiel Roldan To engage with the oeuvre of Amiel Roldan is to enter a liminal space where the boundaries between the visceral and the cerebral dissolve. Roldan's practice does not merely occupy the contemporary aesthetic landscape; it interrogates the very scaffolding of perception. His work functions as a series of semiotic ruptures, challenging the viewer to reconcile the tactile immediacy of his medium with the expansive, often haunting, metaphysical questions he poses. The Materiality of the Ethereal At the heart of Roldan's inquiry lies a profound obsession with materiality . Unlike the Minimalists who sought to strip the object of its metaphorical weight, Roldan imbues his materials with a historical and psychic gravity. Whether working with traditional pigments or found industrial detritus, there is a deliberate "archaeology of the surface." He treats the canvas—or the installation site—as a si...
