Künstler*innen
Jorge Morocho *1992, Basel
Jorge Morocho (er/ihm) verbindet in seinen Werken Bildsprachen aus Popkultur, Werbung und Alltagsästhetik. Jorge appropriiert zirkulierende Bilder wie Porträts von George Michael und untersucht die Spannungen zwischen visueller Kultur bestimmter Zeiträume, Identifikation und Sehgewohnheiten. Aneignung ist für ihn keine ironische Geste, sondern eine Form des Reframings – ein Spiel zwischen Nähe und Distanz. Seine Malerei erzeugt eine Ästhetik der Unbestimmtheit, in der Kritik und Faszination koexistieren. Die Bilder verweigern sich der schnellen Deutung und oszillieren zwischen historischen Bezügen, Pop und spekulativer Fiktion. An der Jungkunst zeigt Jorge eine neue Werkgruppe, in der er Malerei räumlich inszeniert.
Jorge Morocho (he/him) combines visual languages from pop culture, mass media and everyday aesthetics in his works. Jorge appropriates circulating images such as portraits of George Michael and examines the tensions between the visual culture of specific periods, identification and viewing habits. For him, appropriation is not an ironic gesture, but a form of reframing—a play between proximity and distance. His painting creates an aesthetic of indeterminacy in which criticism and fascination coexist. The images resist quick interpretation and oscillate between ancient beliefs, pop culture and speculative fiction. At Jungkunst, Jorge is showing a new group of works in which he presents paintings in a spacial setting.
Jorge Morocho (he/him) combines visual languages from pop culture, mass media and everyday aesthetics in his works. Jorge appropriates circulating images such as portraits of George Michael and examines the tensions between the visual culture of specific periods, identification and viewing habits. For him, appropriation is not an ironic gesture, but a form of reframing—a play between proximity and distance. His painting creates an aesthetic of indeterminacy in which criticism and fascination coexist. The images resist quick interpretation and oscillate between ancient beliefs, pop culture and speculative fiction. At Jungkunst, Jorge is showing a new group of works in which he presents paintings in a spacial setting.
