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Antonio Paucar, Viaje en una Alfombra Alada, 2015–2023, video still. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm.

Artes Mundi 11 (AM11) with Presenting Partner: Bagri Foundation, will for the second time be presented across Wales at five nationwide venues, Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Aberystwyth; National Museum Cardiff and Chapter in Cardiff; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea, and Mostyn in Llandudno, providing even greater opportunities for national and international audiences to experience the show. The AM11 exhibition will comprise significant solo presentations of new and existing work of six of the world’s most important international contemporary artists.

Artes Mundi 11 @ Mostyn: Antonio Paucar

Through his performances, sculptures and video works, Antonio Paucar creates an artistic language that draws upon his origins in Andean culture through rituals and interventions. Dialogue with indigenous ancestral knowledge is often set in critical tension with Western culture to address issues such as contemporary conflict, the assassination of indigenous leaders and climate change. The core of Paucar’s practice lies in his poetic and poignant performances in which he creates a dense body of readings. Concentrated actions and movements in natural and urban public spaces conjure intense imaginary worlds, loaded with symbolic readings.