The Interest in Art
Palacios was still engaged in another industry at the time, the wine trade. On the other hand, Palacios' enthusiasm for the arts had always been and had grown considerably until he ultimately chose to pursue it as a vocation.
Despite never having attended an art school, the artist built his classroom by working in numerous regions across the globe and taking advantage of every chance to learn from the creative needs and happenings there. He took part in artist retreats in Sweden and Scotland before relocating to Leipzig and joining the LIA program in early 2018.
The Unique Art Style
The paintings of Diego Palacios depict multiple levels of consciousness and subconsciousness. The play of lighting, shadow, and opacity adds to this effect. His art has an old master feel, yet it is broken up by current issues and components, resulting in a new genre. The focus of the Chilean painter's work is image changing. Palacios stages the portrayed things or persons before photographing them.
The artist then uses digital processing to intentionally blur the line between the presented, ancient-looking scenario and the modern reference. The features are lit in a way that recalls Rembrandt or Van Dyck, and the costumes and mannerisms of those shown likewise suggest a bygone era.
However, the glittering color effects, aberrations, and reflections of the faces break these recognizable traits and the image that emerges in the mind's eye. Palacios' paintings, which combine the modern with the past, push the audience and put their viewing habits to the test, provoking thought.
Diego Palacios and His Beginning
Diego Palacios is a Chilean native. He has, however, spent a significant amount of time in Europe. He had a fairly good childhood, surrounded by family and friends. There was a lot of interest in the arts of film on his father's side. He feels that his passion for sketching and painting developed naturally.
In terms of his career, he's not sure how much his childhood influenced him, but he knows it did. He considers his art to be highly personal, unconnected to his homeland's political or social condition. The primary explanation for this is because his art deals with universal topics like love and alienation, which most people can relate to nowadays.
He'd always wanted to deal with an artistic profession deep inside. He used to sketch in school until a classmate began drawing so brilliantly that he abruptly quit sketching for years. He then hoped he could be a musician or some other type of artist.
In terms of the critical moment, there was a pretty distinct moment. He was staying at his cousin's apartment in Chile when he realized he was a painter. He called his buddy Guillermo Lorca to inform him of his wishes. After that, he began devoting his time to painting and gradually improved his abilities.
Diego Palacios and His Artistic Style
The actual core of a Diego Palacios painting is hidden under meticulously placed brushwork and a mattified layer of varnish. It has high hopes. It has a dream. It anxiously awaits the day when the observer chooses to turn off the 'modern-day distraction' mute button and be truly present. It observes us taking a contemplative break and whispers to invoke the deepest emotions residing inside each of us.
By specifically addressing the intellectually artistic super unknown topics, Diego Palacios has arrived to save us from our unceasing, ever-perplexing stream of thinking. He challenges technological boundaries to create visually and psychologically appealing works. He also enjoys experimenting with the old-new figurative-contemporary divide. He feels it will elicit a melancholy reaction from the audience.
Diego Palacios and His Message Through Artwork
Diego feels that the message is continuously changing. However, certain themes appear to recur frequently. Intimacy and estrangement would be the two. He also appreciates merely beautiful paintings, such as portraits and the human body, from real models. In his own words, figurative art on LSD would be his style.
People who stop in front of his artworks and remain for a while to gaze at them make him pleased. It's merely that the public typically rushes from one work to the next at exhibitions. He desires people can connect for a few seconds while staring at his art.
Diego Palacios and His Inspirations
His artistic pals have a strong effect on him. He can't help but be intrigued by their work. Penny Monogiou, Florian Schurz, and Guillermo Lorca are just a few of his friends.
The Nerdrum folks are increasingly influencing him and his art. They did influence his color schemes since he currently employs the Appellees palette, also known as the Zorn palette. He also employs their method of live painting.
From Lucian Freud through Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Sebastian Hosu, Vilmer Engelbrecht, Alexander Tinei, and Adam Lupton, he admires a wide range of artists. The list goes on and on. He considers himself a bit of a conservative when it comes to literature and appreciates works by Thomas Mann and others.
Diego Palacios: Exhibitions
- SOUTH AMERICAN ART IN EUROPE, Artsy online show, ArtRewards Gallery, January 15 - February 5, 2022
- ART ON A POSTCARD, Charity Auction, Hepatitis C Trust, London, September 2021
- PLAYGROUND, online group show, Saint Maison, December 2020
- STILLES LEBEN, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg, Germany, March 2020
- ROTARY CLUB charity auction sale (Deloitte), Hamburg, Germany, November 2019
- DISCOVERY ART FAIR, with fellow artist Penny Monogiou, Cologne, April 2019
- ACCROCHAGE, Ely Dobritz Gallery, Leipzig, September 2018, with fellow artist Chloe Tallon
- SUMMER HEAT, Spinnerei, Leipzig, group exhibition with LIA, July 2018
- LEIPZIG IN HAMBURG, Greskewitz Kleinitz gallery, Hamburg, May - June 2018
- TROIS PEINTRES, salle socio-culturelle Papillon, Rhone-Alpes Region
- SOLSTICE, group exhibition, Taverne Gutenberg, Lyon, June 2016
- SOUTHSIDE STUDIOS, an exhibition with fellow artist Chloe Tallon, Glasgow, Scotland, 2014
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