Berlin: visual artist deciphering the geometry of art

Amalia Valdés uses natural materials such as cork, ceramics, metals, fabrics and pigments. Her work is characterized by precision and intuition and intertwines ancestral and spiritual symbols from different cultures with images of the unconscious. She was trained in Chile and Mexico, but much of her work is dedicated to exploring the imaginary world of Andean indigenous peoples. In her work she interprets the "Wiphala", the symbol of unity and totality in the philosophy of the First Peoples of Latin America. There are 49 modules made up of cork panels that imitate the square flag that contains the seven colors of the rainbow, divided into equal parts, that is, the Wiphala. Amalia Valdés has the idea that with art you can connect different cultures from different places, something she can do very well in Berlin. "Berlin is that, mixing and interconnecting. Germans need to consume culture, give themselves to art. You enter a gallery without having to buy. Culture is a basic need," Amalia says in an interview. Furthermore, artists like Amalia can make a living doing her art because the State grants them great funding to be able to have places of creation.