About

Jardín del Deseo highlights woven textile works that explore the
artist’s relationship to the body within the context of sexual expression
and romance as a queer immigrant in the United States. Using a range of
weaving and embellishing techniques such as hand weaving on a four
shaft loom, industrial photo weaving machine looms, and hand stitched
appliques, Arango Palacios creates seductive images of men, blending
the masculine figure with soft eroticism and feminine qualities.
The male body is featured prominently in this body of work. The depiction
of nude or partially nude male bodies are not only …