{"id":1175,"date":"2012-11-24T22:09:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T03:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2012-12-13T21:21:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T02:21:52","slug":"calamitous-conundrums-by-carlos-ulloa-at-bermudez-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/calamitous-conundrums-by-carlos-ulloa-at-bermudez-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"“Calamitous Conundrums” by Carlos Ulloa at Bermudez Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3 November – 29 December 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

You want to be careful when you meet collage artist Carlos Ulloa at his new show Calamitous Conundrums<\/em> at Bermudez Projects in downtown Los Angeles. He\u2019s trying to read your mind, despite your best efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is much safer,\u201d Ulloa says, \u201cto not portray what we are feeling. We do this to coexist, to be loved, to sell something. We fit in to survive.\u201d That doesn\u2019t work on an artist whose work is a reaction to the outside world. \u201cWhen I meet people I want to know more. I try to read their minds and see their world. I inevitably imagine their struggles, dreams, and sins.\u201d<\/p>\n

These imaginings are translated into the found images Ulloa stitches together into the intricate portraits in Calamitous Conundrums<\/em>, a dozen framed mixed-media collages and a series of limited-edition prints on wood veneer.<\/p>\n

Through Ulloa\u2019s prism, sea urchin eggs become one subject\u2019s nose, below the steel-grey eyes of a housecat, rimmed in red fur bracelets \u2026 and is that a seed-pod above the eyes, or a trio of snails? A man with watermelon brains is crowned with a wild boar whose body has morphed into a giant blue eye \u2026 is he a racist with stereotypes on the brain?<\/p>\n

Born in Philadelphia 45 years ago, Ulloa calls himself a sculptor, and it\u2019s true his collages are so finely wrought as to be very flat sculptures. He earned is MFA from Vermont College\/Union University and has worked at foundries in Ecuador and Germany. Ulloa has shown his work at a United Nations-worth of galleries, from Cologne and Leverkusen, Germany; to Panama City, Panama; to Madrid, Spain; to Miami, Bethlehem, and Los Angeles, USA. He came to LA when his family took over Yamashiro, the Japanese restaurant that crowns Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cPortraits are exceptionally fun palettes for outlandish compositions,\u201d Ulloa says. \u201cI am a contemplative voyeur. I infer what the poser is really like by making them a muse for unruly imaginations and bizarre metaphors.\u201d<\/p>\n

(from the gallery’s press materials)<\/em><\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

Bermudez Projects
\n<\/strong>117 West 9th<\/sup> Street, Space 810
\nLos Angeles, California 90015
\nUSA<\/p>\n

(213) 219-9508<\/p>\n

Hours:
\navailable 7 days a week, call ahead to arrange a visit<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nFlowerbomb<\/em>
\nby Carlos Ulloa
\n14″ \u00d7 11\u2033
\nmixed-media collage on paper
\n2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3 November – 29 December 2012<\/p>\n

You want to be careful when you meet collage artist Carlos Ulloa at his new show “Calamitous Conundrums” at Bermudez Projects in downtown Los Angeles. He\u2019s trying to read your mind, despite your best efforts. <\/p>\n

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