Analog Avatars and Prosopopoeias

Exhibitions for Counihan Gallery, Red Gallery and Gaffa Gallery.

A ‘prosopopoeia’ is the representation of an abstract quality or idea in the form of a person or creature. Pintos-Lopez's primary interest lies in the fleeting preciousness of objects and the symbolic meanings that become attached to them. Using collected fragments and materials that have meaningful yet temporary value, the figures exist as something between doll and puppet. These free-standing characters appear frozen in movement, their positions and stances forming relationships between each other and with the viewer. In their inanimate state, they suggest their own unique histories but also hint at new and unfinished stories set to unfold. The audience is invited to move to figures, creating new groupings and narratives personal to their perspectives.

Essay By Sarah Tomesetti in Craft Unboound.