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Vincent
Castiglia
Photo:
©2004 Marc Adrian Villas
Harkonnen Chair & Way of the Magician (detail),
courtesy of H.R. Giger
Beauty and decay conjugate in a superlative act to objectify
a seamless truth within the desperation of the human condition;
an attempt to decode for Castiglia, himself, the absurdity
of the individual human experience. The lifeless human figures
that infuse Castigliaís work, in his view, mirror an
inevitable aspect of human existence (consequent nonbeing)
and abstract the bridge (life), in an effort to evidence the
symbiotic relationship between the two for the viewer. "My
paintings tend to beautify as well as beatify the post-mortal
state as it is inevitable, and equally profound, so we may
understand it not as irrevocable doom, but possibly, as the
climax of all purpose, a just end, a strongly-anticipated
release from the carnal turmoil that plagues all humans at
their core, explains Castiglia.
Vincent Castiglia lives and works in New York City, and is
a member of The Society for Art of Imagination. The Fine Art
of Vincent Castiglia is represented by Leslie Barany, of Barany
Artists NYC.
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