LIFESCAPES -linking the dots- an art show by Enrique Castanon
LIFESCAPES -linking the dots-
an art show by Enrique Castanon
Visual Artist E. Castanon comes back to town with a collection of paintings from his travels at the Embassy of Argentina May 23 - June 13, 1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington DC 20009.
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"Spy's Whispers" (C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 68x92cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
PICTURE CAPTION:
"Spy's Whispers" (C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 68x92cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
Bethesda, MD - March 27, 2008 -
While spending years living amid the lush tropical east Asian countries and exploring and learning the local cultures in the flesh, Castanon met, among other celebrities, a Prince from the southern sultanates of Malaysia who graces the collector's list.
Castanon's previous study of the Asian arts and Taoism is reflected in his work.
"The aesthetic of Japanese calligraphy and the purity of line clashes with the intensity of light and humid heat that gives color to the food, music and arts. Batik on silk, oil on canvas or paper translates feelings into secret codes and symbols in order to convey the environment, and the vibrational expressions of life as they relate to chromatic and sound frequencies", says Castanon.
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"Urban Chameleon"(C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 65x89cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
PICTURE CAPTION:
"Urban Chameleon"(C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 65x89cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
Castanon often borrows from pop imagery in a way few other artist do providing an interactive experience where the viewer is translated to other inner worlds of joy and reflection.
About The Artist
With a passion for articulating the unknown, Enrique Castanon's work presents a whirlwind of unexpected emotions and dramas, inspired from everyday life.
The experience of a swimmer in an urban situated pool becomes a myriad of sky, sound and color: the distant call of electrified city life filtered through the sensuous calm of deep waters. This is "Emergency (A Swimmer)" a subtle and skillful blending of racy colors and atmospheric hues. What stands out is the graphic patterning and strong balance between the palpable and the abstract.
Energy is contained in the somewhat square composition, allowing the rich combinations of colors and forms to be read in a variety of angles and positions. This is the dynamism in Castanon's art, that it does not begin anywhere in particular and instead, throws the viewer right into the midst of a happening, a circumstance, a heady charge.
For more information contact Enrique Castanon by phone: 800.759.7982 -
by email: info@enriquecastanon.com, or visit his website: www.enriquecastanon.com
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http://www.rapidpressrelease.com/press%2Drelease/Art/005328.asp
an art show by Enrique Castanon
Visual Artist E. Castanon comes back to town with a collection of paintings from his travels at the Embassy of Argentina May 23 - June 13, 1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington DC 20009.
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"Spy's Whispers" (C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 68x92cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
PICTURE CAPTION:
"Spy's Whispers" (C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 68x92cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
Bethesda, MD - March 27, 2008 -
While spending years living amid the lush tropical east Asian countries and exploring and learning the local cultures in the flesh, Castanon met, among other celebrities, a Prince from the southern sultanates of Malaysia who graces the collector's list.
Castanon's previous study of the Asian arts and Taoism is reflected in his work.
"The aesthetic of Japanese calligraphy and the purity of line clashes with the intensity of light and humid heat that gives color to the food, music and arts. Batik on silk, oil on canvas or paper translates feelings into secret codes and symbols in order to convey the environment, and the vibrational expressions of life as they relate to chromatic and sound frequencies", says Castanon.
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"Urban Chameleon"(C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 65x89cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
PICTURE CAPTION:
"Urban Chameleon"(C)1999-2008.E. Castanon. Oil on canvas 65x89cm x 3cm deep. on stretcher, black wooden trim.
Castanon often borrows from pop imagery in a way few other artist do providing an interactive experience where the viewer is translated to other inner worlds of joy and reflection.
About The Artist
With a passion for articulating the unknown, Enrique Castanon's work presents a whirlwind of unexpected emotions and dramas, inspired from everyday life.
The experience of a swimmer in an urban situated pool becomes a myriad of sky, sound and color: the distant call of electrified city life filtered through the sensuous calm of deep waters. This is "Emergency (A Swimmer)" a subtle and skillful blending of racy colors and atmospheric hues. What stands out is the graphic patterning and strong balance between the palpable and the abstract.
Energy is contained in the somewhat square composition, allowing the rich combinations of colors and forms to be read in a variety of angles and positions. This is the dynamism in Castanon's art, that it does not begin anywhere in particular and instead, throws the viewer right into the midst of a happening, a circumstance, a heady charge.
For more information contact Enrique Castanon by phone: 800.759.7982 -
by email: info@enriquecastanon.com, or visit his website: www.enriquecastanon.com
Online version of this news release, PDF, MS Word, Images:
http://www.rapidpressrelease.com/press%2Drelease/Art/005328.asp
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