P·P·O·W is pleased to present El amor se esconde como un animal salvaje, Daniel Correa Mejía’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Showcasing a new body of paintings that portray scenes of care, intimacy, and love set against vast landscapes, this presentation furthers the artist’s unique visual style, expanding upon his signature biochromatic palette of red and ultramarine to include the gamut of tones and their spiritual connotations, from ochre to teal, mauve to amber. Whether depicting humans or animals, Correa Mejía’s compositions evince a desire to find connection and sense of self not through tribalism, but through the radical act of shared vulnerability.

The title of the exhibition, which translates to Love hides like a wild animal, underscores the sensitivity present in each work. Like a wild animal, love retreats at any sign of threat; the desire to capture, classify, or control love ultimately renders it invisible. To open oneself up to another — and consequently accept the risk of being hurt — is an essential act that nonetheless requires immense courage. In works such as Demostraciones de amor (after Matisse) and Las Voces, both 2025-26, the artist presents scenes of deep tenderness and affection while simultaneously withholding narrative transparency: Are these bonds familial, communal, societal, romantic? Rather than provide resolution, Correa Mejía’s paintings offer these questions to encourage an openness to all forms of connection in an increasingly fragmented world, a notion reflexively furthered by the very act of exhibition, in which the artist sensitively presents his own feelings and practice for an unknown audience.