Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
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
Bodegon Mauricio Feb 1, Diptych. From the Series Guerreros. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bodegon Mauricio Feb 1 Diptych, 2000 by Celso José Castro Daza
From the Series Guerreros
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Overall size: Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 39 in. W
Individual size: ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Francisco Castilla, Lotero. From the Series Guerreros. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Francisco Castilla, Lotero by Celso José Castro Daza
From the Series Guerreros.
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
1996
Unframed
Signed, titled and date...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Dragqueen. From the Series Guerreros. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dragqueen, 1997 by Celso José Castro Daza
From the Series Guerreros.
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, titled and dated by the artist
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Milena Rosado Junio. From the series Dysfunctional Family. Photo collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Milena Rosado Junio 2000 by Celso José Castro Daza
From the series Dysfunctional Family
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 19.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, titled and da...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Andrés Diptych. From the Series Guerreros. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Andrés Diptych, 1999 by Celso José Castro Daza
From the Series Guerreros
One-of-a-kind Photo collage
Overall size: Sheet Size: 27.5 in. H x 39 in. W
Individual size: Sheet Size: 27.5...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
P.A. Jhonny El Jaguey. From The series Guerreros. Nude Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
P.A. JHONNY EL JAGÜEY, 1993. by Celso Castro-Daza
From The series Guerreros
Unique Photo collage
Sheet size: 39.5 in. H x 27.5 in. W
Unframed
Signed, ti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Photographic Paper
Warriors. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Warriors, 2001 by Celso José Castro Daza
From The series Buscando Mamá.
One of a kind photo collage
Sheet Size: 39.5 in. H x 27.5 in. W
Unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
Nazareno #6. From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Nazareno #6, 2002 by Celso José Castro Daza
From The series Buscando Papá. Photo Collage
One of a kind photo collage
Sheet size: 40 in. H x 27.5 in. W
Unframed
The root of these uni...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Celso José Castro Daza Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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