Category
PaintingMedium
Oil/canvasType of Artwork
Original artworkCertificate issued by
Claudio CastilleroSignature
lower rightSize of the artwork
100 x 65 cm(39.37 x 25.59 in)
Condition
excellentArtwork description
Claudio CASTILLERO MORTERA
(1980)
Cactus de la vida(2018)
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Cactus of life
According to the author's words: “It is the first work in my line“ Hombres Mexicanos ”and it is one of the few tribute paintings that I have done; Inspired about “Woman with gannets” by Diego Rivera. However, the cactus in the background is another tribute to Jorge González Camarena, of whom I have always admired his use of color and shapes. The cactus in turn has elements of life such as fruits and the plant itself, as well as a heart, but it also has the elements of death represented by skulls, making an association of life and death as a dual concept ”.
This painting has been exhibited on:
2018 "Encounter of two worlds" solo exhibition, José Clemente Orozco Gallery of Cultural diffusion, UNAM, CDMX.
2018-2019 "Dreams Mexico Japan", solo exhibition, National Museum of World Cultures, INAH 2019. "The Mexican men of Claudio Castillero in the House of study of the Master Nahum B. Zenil", solo exhibition.