Artworks

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aluvión III

Ink printing on fabric and natural surface, silver and gold foil, wadding, and threads

182 x 182 cm | 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aluvión II

Ink printing on fabric and natural surface, silver and gold foil, wadding, and threads

182 x 182 cm | 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Aluvión I

Ink printing on fabric and natural surface, silver and gold foil, wadding, and threads

182 x 182 cm | 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Ensayo del Nuevo Dorado

Silkscreen printing in coca leaf powder and gold foil

93 x 93 x 5 cm | 36 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 2 in

1995 - 2022

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Carbón Carbón II

Frottage of ash and charcoal on canvas

124,5 x 178 cm | 48 7/8 x 70 1/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Carbón Carbón I

Frottage of ash and charcoal on canvas

124,5 x 178 cm | 48 7/8 x 70 1/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Dark Amazonas

Silver gelatin partial development; assembly in PVC, cloth, cotton threads, and zinc plates

148 x 336 cm | 58 1/4 x 44 1/8 in

2006

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Victoria Regia

Fiberglass, coca mambe and pigments

15 x Ø 135 cm | 5 7/8 x Ø 53 1/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Victoria Regia

Fiberglass, coca mambe and pigments

15 x Ø 100 cm | 5 7/8 x Ø 39 3/8 in

2023

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Sed

Gold foil and mercury on bronze

3 x 18.5 x 6.6 cm | 1 1/8 x 7 1/4 x 2 5/8 in

2015

Aluvión III
Aluvión II
Aluvión I
Ensayo del Nuevo Dorado
Carbón Carbón II
Carbón Carbón I
Dark Amazonas
Victoria Regia
Victoria Regia
Sed

Artist

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Miguel Ángel Rojas

Miguel Ángel Rojas' work is based on the exploration of the real world: he has approached a multiplicity of topics such as sexuality, ecology, the phenomenon of drug trafficking and its repercussions.

His critical and evocative gaze has led him to denounce the causes and consequences generated by the armed conflict in the marginalized communities of Colombia, the damage in the territories caused by extractive companies -legal and illegal-, and the war on drugs.

He has also addressed self-referential themes through the development of proposals that have allowed him to delve into a critical and intimate introspection of his being, in a quest to reaffirm himself as an individual.

Miguel Ángel Rojas understands the processes in the construction of the work as the very essence of it. For this reason, the strong relationship between the materiality and the symbolic content of his works is evident, as he ventures into different media that he considers tools but not ends. He has approached different media such as engraving, drawing, painting, video, photographic reductions and installation.

Miguel Angel Rojas has been a vital reference for Contemporary Art in Colombia and Latin America, being a precursor in techniques and themes still in force and which he continues to approach with acuity.