We are excited to announce Alejo Palacios' First Solo Exhibition at our Turó Park gallery. On the show, the artist highlights through video and installation his deep connection tonature and the raw materials he uses in his artistic practice.The artworks on paper in the exhibition are shown in hand made wooden frames, or in anwooden installation made by the artist so the visitor can look closely and even feel thespecial texture of the hand-made paper he works with.
'Nature is a place where to be at ease and connect with the simplest things in life.To me, happiness blooms when I walk among the olive trees, climb the mountain andcontemplate the horizon, when I can breathe in the scent of a rosemary tree or put on avase of seasonal flowers I find on a morning stroll.
My work is influenced by materials and processes, on many occasions I reflect the inter-section of volumes, or textures that speak of rough surfaces such as an old wood. I caninterpret solid, dense pieces. Or on the contrary, represent transparencies and lightness.I use colors that for me represent raw and strong ideas, as well as modest and humbleones.
The act of spontaneity seems to me something wonderful, and it is where I feel the mostfree, starting a piece without knowing where it will lead me.I work building and discovering new paths. With enthusiasm and hope, never giving up. – Alejo Palacios
Alejo Palacios' work (Buenos Aires, 1989) catch the eye of the beholder. He began his research byexploring on paper and Chinese ink. This simplicity and austerity of the elements with which heworks can only give his work an absolute strength and honesty.A richness of textures and organic shapes make their way as they interact with the paper. Gene-rating through painting different materialities: from wood, metals and even fabrics. A work with aclear intention: "To speak of pure and simple ideas through materials" and therein lies the beautyof his work, because despite its simplicity it manages to be solid and endowed with personality.It is the craftsmanship of his work that moves us, thatbrings us back to our origins, to what wereally are.
Press release courtesy Alzueta Gallery.