Presentation
Celso Castro is a reference in Colombian Caribbean plastic arts who has drawn, painted, sculpted and photographed penises for more than four decades.
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 men
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.
All artworks of Celso Castro
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Mauricio Bodegon diptych. From los vendedores series
Celso Castro
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm
$2,000
Fabian diptych. From the pre-Columbian fantasy series
Celso Castro
Photography - 68.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm
$2,000
Homenaje a Alejandro Obregon from Guerreros series
Celso Castro
Photography - 78.7 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm
$1,000
Duchándome and Duchándome, En Cuerpo Ajeno (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Fine Art Drawings - 49.5 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm
$800
Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándome, May 27th (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 49.5 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm
$800
Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándose, May 27th (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 49.5 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm
$800
Confrontations of Ideals, from The Monumental Nudes series
Celso Castro
Photography - 69.9 x 99.7 x 0.3 cm
$1,000
Exhibitions dedicated to Celso Castro
The Art Design Project - Art Gallery
Collective Art Installation -Summer 2023
From April 26, 2023 to September 21, 2023
The Art Design Project - Art Gallery
Dreams
From April 18, 2022 to May 29, 2022
The Art Design Project - Art Gallery
Summer: An Online Exhibition
From June 28, 2019 to September 12, 2019
The Art Design Project - Art Gallery
Breeze: Works on Paper
From October 30, 2018 to May 29, 2019
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Who is the artist?
Celso Castro-Daza was born in Valledupar, Colombia. He has a BFA from Pratt Institute, 1981and has exhibited extensively in Latin America and the U.S.Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labour-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hit men, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises to the voyeuristic viewer. They look back at us with a shameless stare. They play the game that moves between vanity and seduction.
What are his 3 main works?
What is Celso Castro’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Experimental Painters