ExhibitionMarch 4, 2024
Carlos Castro at MAMBO
MAMBO (Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá) will present Carlos Castro's first institutional exhibition in Bogota from March 14 through June 9, 2024.
Castro's work is based on culturally recognizable images and icons, which are recontextualized to question how they have traditionally been recognized. The title "El pasado nunca muere. No es ni siquiera el pasado" translates William Faulkner's famous quote 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘐𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱a𝘴𝘵; fragment that alludes to how past events, symbologies, and traumas remain in time.
The artist rethinks the historical value and how an image is conditioned as a symbol, considering the inherited precepts and traditions currently shaping Colombia and Latin America. His works involve an analysis of the connotations traditionally assigned to certain cultural meanings while questioning the "truth" attributed to them and the way they function on a social level. It also suggests how specific cultural values are reevaluated, redefined, and confronted with different practices.
Castro works in different media, such as painting, video, objects, and installations, which allows him to address issues from various perspectives and narratives. Thus, the established is confronted with the unwanted or uncomfortable, generating pieces that insinuate aesthetic references and invisible actors.
Castro's work is based on culturally recognizable images and icons, which are recontextualized to question how they have traditionally been recognized. The title "El pasado nunca muere. No es ni siquiera el pasado" translates William Faulkner's famous quote 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘐𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱a𝘴𝘵; fragment that alludes to how past events, symbologies, and traumas remain in time.
The artist rethinks the historical value and how an image is conditioned as a symbol, considering the inherited precepts and traditions currently shaping Colombia and Latin America. His works involve an analysis of the connotations traditionally assigned to certain cultural meanings while questioning the "truth" attributed to them and the way they function on a social level. It also suggests how specific cultural values are reevaluated, redefined, and confronted with different practices.
Castro works in different media, such as painting, video, objects, and installations, which allows him to address issues from various perspectives and narratives. Thus, the established is confronted with the unwanted or uncomfortable, generating pieces that insinuate aesthetic references and invisible actors.
