Rime Brune 1960

Pablo Palazuelo’s ‘Rime Brune’ is an exploration into the language of geometric abstraction, though exactly when and with what it was made I don't know. Palazuelo has this way of letting the painting grow organically, you sense that he allows the process to lead him. The color palette is subdued and earthy, offset by the stark metallic lines that really pop. The paint looks thin and transparent, almost like a wash, which lets the texture of the surface come through. Look closely at how the gold lines meander and intersect, creating a kind of map or diagram. The more I look, the more I see affinities with Hilma af Klint’s diagrammatic paintings, even if Palazuelo’s work feels more grounded in the material world. Both artists, though, invite us to contemplate the unseen structures that underpin our reality. What emerges is a sense of endless possibility.