Mexican artist Hilda Palafox’s exhibition De Tierra y Susurros (Of Soil and Whispers) presents a group of oil paintings and carved stone reliefs that emphasize a deep spiritual connection between humans and the natural world. Drawing on ecofeminist ideas that explore fluid identity and interconnected experience, her work emphasizes attentive engagement with our surroundings and the interplay between body and ecology. The pieces often depict moments of calm care, such as figures cradling young plants or scenes in which gentle natural elements move through the composition.
Across the works, Palafox uses earthy tones and expansive landscapes to consider how our physical presence is shaped by — and shapes — the environment. Some compositions include symbols of constraint, like a fraying fence that suggests the limits imposed by social and structural systems, while other imagery emphasizes ambiguous merges of human forms and flora that question conventional boundaries. Through these formal and conceptual choices, the exhibition reflects on resilience, interdependence, and sensuous connection.
In addition to paintings, the show features reliefs in Mexican cantera stone in which fragmented figures and plant life intermingle, suggesting thresholds between worlds that touch on transformation and consciousness. De Tierra y Susurros is on view at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York through February 21, 2026, giving audiences the opportunity to engage with Palafox’s contemplative and richly symbolic visual language.
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