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The Arts Intel Report

Olga de Amaral

Olga de Amaral, Bruma M, 2014.

61 NE 41st St, Miami, FL 33137, United States

“I discovered the color, texture, structure of the world of fabric,” says the 93-year-old Colombian textile and visual artist, Olga de Amaral. “In a context so rich in possibilities, I learned how to approach that world in a contemporary fashion.” Amaral’s sculptures and installations often combine weaving, knotting, and braiding techniques—references to Colombia’s pre-Hispanic art and indigenous textile traditions—while nodding to Constructivism and Bauhaus Modernism. A new exhibition at the ICA Miami includes everything from the artist’s legendary “Estelas” series (1996–2018)—vibrant gold-leaf works that recall pre-Columbian art—to Amaral’s most recent series, the cloudlike “Brumas” (2013–18), which are suspended from the ceiling. —Carolina de Armas

Photo: © Diego Amaral