Celso José Castro Daza
Colombian, b. 1953
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, 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.
Celso Castro was born in Valledupar, Colombia. He has a BFA from the Pratt Institute and has exhibited extensively in Latin America and the U.S.
(Biography provided by The Art Design Project)
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El Nene/ ComoComiendo Mamon. Fom the Vendedores series Photocollage Mixed media
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
El Nene. Como Comiendo Mamon, 1993
Fom the Vendedores series
Photocollage
Image size: 10 in. H x 7.5 in. W
Sheet size: 28 in. H x 20 in. W
Unframed
Unique
The root of these unique p...
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1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
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Archival Paper, Color
Untitled- Penis. Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled- Penis by Celso Castro-Daza
Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Image size: 48 in. H x 39.5 in. W
Sheet size: 59.5 in. H x 44 in. W
Unique
1996
Drawing on paper is his bas...
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2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
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Watercolor, Crayon, Archival Paper
H 48 in W 39.5 in D 0.1 in
Edwin, Marzo 14, Figurative Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin, Marzo 14, 2014 by Celso Castro
Black Crayon on archival paper
Image size: 39.2 H in. x 28 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the...
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1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
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Archival Paper, Crayon
Jose antonio, Martes 7 de julio, Figurative painting
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose antonio, Martes 7 de julio 2016, by Celso Castro
Crayon Pastel on archival paper
Image size: 60 H in. x 38 in. W
Unframed
On The back of the painting:
Abstract, 1986
Pencil a...
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1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
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Pastel, Crayon, Archival Paper
H 60 in W 38 in D 0.1 in
Untitled Women and man. Pencil on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 1997 by Celso Castro-Daza
Pencil on archival paper
Image size: 39 in. H x 48 in. W
Sheet size: 45 in. H x 59 in. W
Unique
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some ...
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2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
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Pencil, Archival Paper
H 39 in W 48 in D 0.1 in
Pensando en ti, Marzo 13, Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pensando en ti, Marzo 13, 2014 by Celso Castro
Watercolor on archival paper
Image size: 39.2 H in. x 28 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each ca...
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1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Jose el velezolano, Sabado 25 de junio. Figurative Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose el velezolano Sabado 25 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro
Crayon and pastel on cardboard
Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s...
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2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
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Cardboard, Pastel, Crayon
H 40 in W 29 in D 0.1 in
Edwin Carrillo, 24 de junio. Figurative Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin Carrillo, 24 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro
Charcoal on cardboard
Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W
(Erase signature with white paint)
Unframed
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Undefined by medium...
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2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza
Materials
Charcoal, Cardboard
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