Victor Hernandez Castillo Original Etching
Victor Hernandez Castillo. Entitled “Perrodel Calvario Dela Serie Zoografias”. Original Print / Edition 8/15, 2006, Measures 8.25 inches width x 11 inches height. Personally inscribed in pencil at bottom of print, in Ottawa, Canada on April 4, 2007. Handwriting can be covered by a mat when framing, if needed. Print is not pure white (difficult to catch proper color in sunlight; print is very soft off white / beige).
USD$250
Victor Hernández Castillo, lives and works in Mexico City, he is a printmaker who specializes in large etchings and linocuts. He was trained at the National School of Plastic Arts in Mexico with further studies in Poland and France. He has presented solo exhibitions in Poland and Mexico and has also exhibited his work in group shows in those two countries as well as Canada, Cuba, Norway, Japan, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and the Czech Republic. He was awarded the Jean Claude Bergeron Gallery Purchase Award in OSA’s First International Miniature Print Exhibition in April. Mr. Castillo’s provocative and emotional work is based in the traditions and aesthetics of grotesque art.
His graphic creations have a metaphoric meaning, thus in my opinion, it is very important to the observer to make his/her own interpretation and own narrative. In some cases these might become anecdote.
Under the rules of grotesque aesthetic he emphasize too much on ironic and hilarious fantasies where humans share their beings with animals, creating hybrid forms; thus we talk about anthropomorphous animals, imaginary beasts, animals and fantastic cross breeding which build up various poetic visual metaphors.
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