Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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.
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Artist: Celso José Castro Daza
Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, Framed Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, "Requiem por la condesa Nubia Brashi", 2016
Pencil on archival paper
Image size: 59 H in. x 40 in. W
Frame size: 63 H x 42.5 W x 2 D in.
On The back of th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil
Duchándome, May 28th, Watercolor Diptych, 2018
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, May 28th by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor and ink on an archival paper
Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
Sheet Size: 19.5 in. H x 27.5 i...
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2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Watercolor
Camilo. Figurative, Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Camilo, 2014 by Celso Castro
Pencil, Crayon on 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 presence of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Crayon
Edwin. Figurative, Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin, 2013 by Celso Castro
Crayon, pencil on 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 presence of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper, Pencil
Pedro. Figurative Watercolor and ink on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Pedro" by Celso Castro-Daza
One of a kind
Watercolor and ink on and archival paper.
Sheet Size: 13.75 in. H x 9.75 in. W
2018
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, som...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
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
____________
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon
Carlos. Martes 24 de Mayo, Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carlos. Martes 24 de Mayo, 2016 by Celso Castro
Pastel on archival paper
Image size: 59 H in. x 40 in. W
On The back of the painting:
Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, "Requiem por la con...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil
Jairo- Portrait. Watercolor and ink on archival paper drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jairo, 2016 by Celso Castro-Daza
Watercolor and ink on archival paper
Image size: 53 H in. x 36 in. W
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
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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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Untitled- Portrait. Pencil or archival paper drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled- Portrait, 1997 by Celso Castro-Daza
Pencil or archival paper
Image size: 48 H in. x 36.5 in. W
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
Jaider Portrait. Watercolor, Ink and Pastel on Archival Paper.
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jaider by Celso Castro-Daza
One of a kind
Watercolor, ink, and paster on an archival paper
Sheet Size: 19.50 H x 13.75 W
2018
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Pastel, Watercolor
Ragazzo for Boys, Boys, Pride, Triptych. Watercolor figurative
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragazzo for Boys, Boys, Pride, 2018
Watercolor, pencil and black ink on archival paper
Individual size: 9.75 in. H x 13.5 in W
Overall size: 29.2 H x 13.5 W
Unframed
Drawing on paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil
Taxi Driver, June 14 Diptych. Watercolor and ink on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Taxi Driver, June 13, Figurative Watercolor and ink on archival paper
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Taxi Driver, June 13th" by Celso Castro-Daza
One of a kind
Watercolor and ink on and archival paper.
Sheet Size: 13.75 in. H x 9.75 in. W
2018
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Ana Adelaida. Figurative Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ana Adelaida, 2013 by Celso Castro
Crayon, watercolor on 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 pres...
Category
2010s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
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