Dario Escobar’s (b. 1971, Guatemala) practice delves into the formal and conceptual exploration of objects and their insertion into the fields of visual arts and art history. It challenges viewers to reconsider key relations in contemporary life, such as our bonds to mass culture, the elaboration of new identities based on consumption, and the distinction between high and low culture.

The starting point of the work series "Obverse & Reverse" is a reflection on the industrial object, exemplified by a sculpture formed from soccer balls sewn together to create a large cloud. It explores the persistent contemplation of the same object within a sculptural context, presenting a new configuration of an element repeated obsessively, similar to the display of products in supermarkets or sports stores. This series also addresses the concept of accumulation, not from the perspective of ready-made individuality, but from the accumulation of merchandise as raw material for contemporary sculpture.