In her work She likes to bring life to objects or icons from the past, intervening in them a bit, using her own ideals and dreams. NEÓN-Classics is a series of serigraphs of Greco-Roman characters printed on wood, with added neon lights. The artist was inspired by the neoclassical period, which highlights beauty with very simple elements containing few lines, and She selected Greek gods such as Poseidon, Venus, Apollo, and Aphrodite as her characters. These mythological characters play an essential role in both art history and our beliefs and emotions, as they represent our deepest human experiences. The figures in this work are accompanied by either words or objects in neon lights, which to her represent the relationship between darkness and light. Although they are lights, in our collective imagination we associate them with nocturnal scenes and they therefore endow these pieces with surreal and romantic interpretive elements. The words She has selected seek to evoke sets of emotions, moods, or internal humors that make it possible to appreciate the work, which in turn creates a more intimate bond with the characters in it.
Infinite Aphrodite Sculpture, 2023
Infinite Aphrodite Sculpture, 2023
From the series Neon ClassicsNeon Flex on acrylic / Plexiglas mirror iridescent coloured
Dimensions:
19.6 H in x 17.7 W x 2.7 D in.
Edition 1/2
Paloma Castello was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1988. Castello has a Master's degree in Classical Studies from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, as well as a Master's degree in Contemporary Photography from IED Madrid in Spain. She studied Photography, Art and Architecture at Central Saint Martins, London, United Kingdom and before beginning her training as an artist in Colombia she attended the School of Arts and Crafts of Santo Domingo to study Silversmithing Techniques and the University of the Andes where she studied Wood Reproduction. Castello and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá, Colombia.