VICTOR CASTILLO: BORN IN '73

VICTOR CASTILLO BORN IN '73

First Exclusive Edition of 50 copies, March 2016
Published by KP Projects | Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Second Edition, May 2016
Published by ISABEL CROXATTO GALERIA | CHILE
www.isabelcroxattogaleria.cl
For artwork inquiries: contact@isabelcroxattogaleria.cl
All artwork © 2016 Victor Castillo
www.victor-castillo.com
Design by Ethel Seno
on the cover
Born in ‘73, 2016
Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 in (102 x 102 cm)
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Planeta Infierno, 2012
Acrylic on paper, 16 x 16 in (40 x 40 cm)
back cover
Are You Still Dying Darling, 2007
Acrylic on canvas, 39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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VICTOR CASTILLO BORN IN '73

VICTOR CASTILLO
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Victor Castillo was born in Santiago, Chile in 1973, an infamous
year that marked the start of the military dictatorship in his country.
He began drawing obsessively at the age of five, inspired by the
animations he saw on television, science fiction movies, and the
illustrations on record covers such as Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”.
Following studies at the University of Art and Social Sciences (ARCIS)
and the Catholic University of Chile, from which he was expelled, Victor
joined an independent experimental art collective in Santiago. In 2004
Victor moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he dedicated himself to
painting and established his style with references to comics, graffiti, and
old master paintings, particularly Goya’s. His Explicit Lyrics exhibition
in 2007 was a critical success with the national newspaper El País
publishing a full-page article about his tragicomic vision titled The
Triumph of Pop Surrealism. In 2010 Victor moved to Los Angeles, USA,
where he is currently based.
Victor tells stories in his paintings. As if it were a contemporary chronicle,
his work appropriates the narrative logic of illustrations for children’s
stories, and the aesthetics of classic animations, to present
us with allegories about cruelty, fear, rebellion, greed, indoctrination,
violence, and other abuses of power that the artist sees being imposed
worldwide. His colorful work has also been described as political poetry
coming from the Latin American experience.
Victor Castillo is represented by ISABEL CROXATTO GALERIA in Chile
and internationally. Since 2013 the gallery has worked with the artist to
present two solo exhibitions, Love Me Two Times (2014) and Hollywood
Dreams (2016); Festin de Arte (2014, 2015, 2016) group exhibitions;
international art fairs including Ch.ACO in Chile (2013, 2014, 2015,
2016), ZonaMACO in Mexico (2014), Sydney Contemporary in Australia
(2015), and Art Central in Hong Kong (2015, 2016); and the mural
Futuro Esplendor (2015) at GAM, Centro Gabriela Mistral in Santiago.
Y vienen los imbeciles, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
57 x 57 in (145 x 145 cm)
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Un tornado arrasó a mi ciudad y a mi
jardín primitivo, 2008
Acrylic on canvas, 57 x 57 in (145 x 145 cm)
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Supplica a Mia Madre I, 2007
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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I Put a Spell on You, 2007
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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Horrible Fanfaria, 2009
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
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Come Play with Us, Forever, 2009
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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Son of Sam, 2007
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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Lie to Me, 2008
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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Antes de que se habran los cielos, 2008
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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Love Is a Fit, 2008
57 x 57 in (145 x 145 cm)
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Sin in My Heart, 2008
57 x 57 in (145 x 145 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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Something Wicked This Way Comes, 2010
Graphite on paper
10 x 10 in (25 x 25 cm)
Rebels with a Cause, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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You Are the Inspiration, 2011
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Love Will Keep Us Together, 2013
30 x 30 in (75 x 75 cm)
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Love & Hate, 2012
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
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Pure Pleasure, 2013–14
50 x 72 in (125 x 180 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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The Big Boss, 2012
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Futuro Esplendor, 2011
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Employee of the Month, 2012
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Mass Production Hate, 2013
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Broken Hearts, 2010
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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Money Greedy, 2011
Graphite on paper
10 x 10 in (25 x 25 cm)
Under Heavy Measures, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 in (150 x 150 cm)
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Freaky Style, 2011
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, 2010
20 in diameter (50 cm diameter)
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Written Forgotten, 2011
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Breaking the Law, 2012
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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A Happy Disappointment, 2011
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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Can’t Get it Out of My Head, 2011
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
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Just Another Night, 2012
60 x 60 in (150 x 150 cm)
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No Way Out, 2012
60 x 60 in (150 x 150 cm)
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Bungle in the Jungle, 2011
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
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So Cute, 2012
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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Moonshadow, 2009
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
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Only in the House, 2010
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
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The Beast, 2012
36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm)
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Sacrifice, 2009
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
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Youth Against Facism, 2009
35 x 27 in (90 x 70 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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Flying High, 2013
60 x 60 in (150 x 150 cm)
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Double Rainbow, 2012
16 x 16 in (40 x 40 cm)
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I Will Survive, 2012
18 x 24 in (45 x 60 cm)
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Sorry for Laughing, 2014
50 x 72 in (125 x 180 cm)
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Strange Fiction, 2014
50 x 72 in (125 x 180 cm)
Acrylic on canvas or paper
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Luna, 2014
Ink on paper
22 x 30 in (55 x 76 cm)
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Wild Drums, 2014
Ink on paper
22 x 30 in (55 x 76 cm)
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Another One Bites the Dust, 2010
Graphite on paper
10 x 10 in (25 x 25 cm)
Resistencia Inútil, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
28 x 28 in (70 x 70 cm)
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NEW PAINTING

The Big Dream, 2016
80 x 100 in (200 x 250 cm)
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Where Is My Mind, 2016
24 x 24 in (60 x 60 cm)
Acrylic on canvas
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