The ongoing series Composition is paper works made with organic materials, in this case with motor oil. The idea is to make a minimal drawing that does not respect the lines as the motor oil will always reshape itself. When added to the paper, the oil never dries out entirely, and therefore it will remain organic and the idea of constant movement is kept alive. Dario Escobar’s point of departure in the object, and this particular series of works, the motor oil traces back to a car. Escobar’s works on paper are tightly connected to his sculptural and even architectural work making the object become an object turned into a drawing.

Guatemalan artist Darío Escobar (b. 1971) lives and works in Guatemala City and Mexico City. He works in various media: sculpture, installation, painting, and drawing. His work often makes use of the concept of the readymade, but the objects Escobar choose are always altered in some way or another. Through the alterations as well as the placement in an artistic context, the objects gain new meanings. General themes in Escobar’s work are the complex relations between globalization, aesthetics, colonialism, modernism, and consumerism. The structural power relations between these concepts are investigated through attention to both materials and space as well as the different connotations connected with the objects chosen. Escobar has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is represented in collections like Centre Pompidou, FR. Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, AT. Fundacion Jumex, MX. MoCA LA, USA.