The artist has always liked divas and femmes-fatales. "My grandmothers spoke often of these actresses and admired them openly as if they were real. They created a collective imagination, which inspired the wonderful illusion that the universe they inhabited was real. The problem was, that they never told me the truth about them and I always had a distorted 61 image of these divas. I was forever duped."
This captivating figurative drawing seamlessly blends the timeless charm of classic cinema with contemporary art.
Louise Brooks 2, 2016. Figurative drawing
Louise Brooks 2, 2016
From The Dis-enchanted series
Ink on paper
Dimensions:
Image size: 16.5 H x 11.6 W
Frame size: 20 H x 16 W x 1 D in.
Framed
Paloma Castello was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1988. Castello has a Master's degree in Classical Studies from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, as well as a Master's degree in Contemporary Photography from IED Madrid in Spain. She studied Photography, Art and Architecture at Central Saint Martins, London, United Kingdom and before beginning her training as an artist in Colombia she attended the School of Arts and Crafts of Santo Domingo to study Silversmithing Techniques and the University of the Andes where she studied Wood Reproduction. Castello and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá, Colombia.
