Aqua Trace

Prints and Drawings

1998

Carla Arocha
Venezuelan, born 1961

Inspired by fashion and interior design, Arocha earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991. This drawing presents the visual melding of two distinct patterns: leopard spots and blood cells. Rendered in a bright shade of aqua, the two converging patterns are reminiscent of the animal prints found on fabric. Aqua Trace relates to an installation by Arocha entitled Hide for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and which featured leopard-print patterns created with mirrored Plexiglas.

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Artist: Carla Arocha
Title: Aqua Trace
Place: Venezuela (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1998
Medium: Acrylic on white wove paper
Dimensions: 60.8 × 45.6 cm (23 15/16 × 18 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Greg Cameron in memory of Márcio Silva
Reference Number: 2003.518

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