Mario Palacios Kaim

Drexel Gallery presents Método inverso. El viento diseña las alas y la tierra las raíces, a solo exhibition by Mario Palacios Kaim.

Método inverso emerges as a reflection on the imbalance that has prevailed in our culture: the imposition of active force—associated with domination, control, and productivity—over receptive force, linked to listening, containment, and transformation. Drawing from references ranging from Tarot and alchemy to Bob Dylan and Byung-Chul Han, Mario Palacios Kaim proposes the need to reconcile these two forces as a way of recovering a more integrated experience of existence. From this perspective, art appears as a space capable of translating collective chaos into symbolic language and opening possibilities for transformation.

In his practice, the artist develops drawings and paintings that do not begin from a preconceived form, but rather from fields of lines, tensions, and gestures from which images gradually emerge. Rather than imposing a construction, he allows the work to reveal itself through a balance between impulse and receptivity. This process has given rise to different series and chromatic explorations in which transparent layers, miniatures, and interventions on previous works function as manifestations of an ongoing search: to generate a third, reconciling force capable of creating harmony between opposites.

Drexel Gallery presents Inverse Method: The Wind Designs the Wings and the Earth the Roots, a solo exhibition by Mario Palacios Kaim.

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