Alexander Apóstol

Alexander Apóstol (b. 1969, Barquisimeto, Venezuela; lives in Madrid) explores the entanglement of art and systems of political power in Latin America and how the two mirror and distort each other. In his photographs, videos, and installations, Apóstol questions how national identity is constructed and mythologized. He often references Geometric Abstraction and the work of Carlos Cruz-Diez and Jesús Rafael Soto—among the most internationally recognized Venezuelan artists of the last century—to interrogate the political landscape of his home country.