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"[Carlos Betancourt] bends the lines between art, photography, and
nature in his photographs, collages, painting, installations, and
conceptual pieces. Betancourt's imagery reinterprets the past and
present and offers it in a new context. . . This exuberant volume
explores Betancourt's body of work, with more than 250 images and
texts..."
-VENÜ MAGAZINE
"Don't let the title fool you - there's nothing imperfect about
this volume. . . Included are more than 250 images of Betancourt's
vast oeuvre, which heavily focuses on blurring the lines between
and experimenting with imagery, fine art, and nature, as well as
exploring themes of memory, beauty, identity, and communication. If
you like the glitz of Warhol mixed with the sharper aesthetic of
Rauschenberg, you'll enjoy his work, and this tome that draws its
title from the name of Betancourt's studio, Imperfect Utopia."
-INTERVIEW MAGAZINE
This exuberant volume explores Carlos's 25-year-old career with
more than 250 images and texts. . . Everything in
Carlos's work is rooted in the idea of memories, beauty and nature.
Consummate dexterity in many different mediums including
photography, collage, painting, assemblage and sculpture have
allowed Carlos to develop his very own visual language which is as
vast as the amount of colors, symbols and materials that he
uses."
-THE HUFFINGTON POST
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