February 20 - March 8, 2023
From UTRGV:
“Intangible, (spelled the same in English and Spanish), is a collection of digitally manipulated images of people and places, displaying patterns of lines that extend in different directions, transcending beyond the constraints of the picture frame. Several color palettes are represented, ranging from vivid and saturated colors to more neutral, almost monochromatic tones. I’ve been driving through the Rio Grande Valley’s back roads since I returned from Monterrey, México in 2013, without knowing what exactly I was looking for. Years passed, and I soon discovered that the more you look, the less you find. I was trying too hard, so I needed to take a step back and simply contemplate what was in front of me all the time. At that point, I began paying more and more attention to the invisible landscape, abandoned homes and old structures on the side of the road started to emerge. This single revelation made a powerful connection to my past and present, as someone who grew up on both sides of the border. I understood how complex the paradox of time could be. The Future and the Past are Intangible, one is not here yet and the other is forever gone, a constant and perpetual transition. We only exist in the Here and the Now, and we’re continually slipping away through time, extending toward infinity or oblivion. The only actual evidence that we were ever here, is a single photograph.
Bio
Carlos Limas
(b.1970)
Limas has a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Instituto Profesional de Arte y Diseño in Monterrey, México, and a Bachelor’s in Studio Art by l’Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Belgium, and completed a Master’s in Fine Arts from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Tx. He has a residency in Conceptual Art at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, Italy. Limas works in painting, video, and photography and has exhibited in group and solo art exhibitions internationally. He has served as the Chair of the School of Art at CONARTE in Monterrey, México from 2006 to 2011, creating multiple projects for the art community. Limas is the Program Coordinator at the UTRGV Center for Latin American Arts in Edinburg, covering events in México, Perú, and the United States, and also has taught Digital and Analog Photography at the UTRGV School of Art and Design, and at South Texas College, in McAllen, Texas.”
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