This unique physical creation treats the premium cotton paper surface as an analytical laboratory for sub-surface physical and identity tension. The vertical composition tracks an intense graphic rhythm, where the prominent referent of Colombian Caribbean art coordinates a complex mixed media matrix of watercolor, pastel, and raw ink lines to exalt the male physique and push the limits imposed by social constructs. Pushed into high relief against a clean paper border, the tightly curled, athletic male silhouette interacts dynamically with fluid paths of deep turquoise blue that mimic rushing water, successfully converting a routine everyday document into an authoritarian tactile presence full of quiet internal strength and vulnerability.
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Expressionist Nude Drawing - Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th, 2018
Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th 2018
Watercolor, pastel, and ink on cotton paper
Dimensions: 19.50 H x 13.75 W in.
Unframed
Celso Castro is a referent of Colombian Caribbean art who has been drawing men for more than four decades, studying at the Pratt Institute in New York. In his works, Castro exalts the male genitalia, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestioned patriarchal and phallocentric order. Most ment the ones he portrays are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos on corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on many occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography.
