Carlos Amorales' (b. 1970, Mexico) Fragmented Typefaces is a series of paintings that transforms language into a visual enigma, obscuring autobiographical prose poems beneath layers of encrypted alphabets rendered in oil stick on canvas. These invented characters replace traditional letters, turning personal texts into abstract compositions. The resulting works resist easy interpretation, blurring the line between text and image, communication and concealment. What initially appears as patterned abstraction slowly reveals itself as a coded narrative, drawing viewers into the tension between visibility and erasure, meaning and mystery.

Amorales' approach reflects his broader interest in the instability of language and the complexities of translation. By embedding personal memories in unreadable scripts, he challenges conventional storytelling, favoring fragmented, multilayered expression over linear narrative. Fragmented Typefaces becomes both a visual archive and a conceptual riddle – one that underscores Amorales' ongoing exploration of identity, authorship, and the boundaries of legibility in a world shaped by mediated symbols.