As part of the Salon talks at Art Basel Miami the Colombian artist gave a presentation on “Low Resolution Stories” whereby information can be transformed and a new story created by the interpretation of images based on low resolution… almost like a game of visual chinese whispers…! One example he gave was of the story where a “reptilian” formed part of Barack Obama’s secret service bodyguard retinue … obviously later debunked.
Ortiz also forms part of the artists selected for this show at Art Basel Miami by the Casas Riegner gallery.
He has worked as a professor of the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, the Universidad del Valle and the Departmental Institute of Fine Arts in Cali. His work is present in outstanding collections inclusding those of Tate Modern Collection, London, UK; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA; CNAP Center National des Arts Plastiques, France; Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany; Patricia Phelps of Cisneros Collection, New York, USA; Modern art museum Tertulia, Cali, Colombia; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France.
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