El Pelele

            Lucas Gabriel Cardo, known in the artistic world as "El Pelele," has built a dual identity between his person and his artistic alter ego. His foray into art began with childhood drawings and, as he grew older, under the influence of his artist mother, he embraced various forms of expression such as painting and ceramics. Drifting away from academic institutions due to a sense of lacking creative freedom, Cardo embarked on a self-taught path. The creation of El Pelele emerged from this experience, where the mask becomes the literal symbol of separation between the person and the character.

            El Pelele's work merges the trash aesthetics of the internet with themes ranging from sex to witchcraft. Performance is a fundamental element of his work, incorporating sound, poetry, and video, using the body and movement as a means of expression. More than a static image online, El Pelele is a living body that navigates the art world provocatively. His particular universe unfolds and is exhibited in various materials and platforms, without disciplinary limitations, bridging the online and offline life.

            El Pelele immerses himself in the exploration of identities and materialities, challenging the boundaries between the real and the virtual. Performance becomes a projection space to explore not only physical impulses but also to release a philosophical order underlying his corpus of narratives. El Pelele, as a ghostly entity, slips through the cracks, leaving digital echoes manipulated in layers and weaving an absurd dimension that invites reflection on time, context, and nostalgia.