Marco Castillo
Bio
Marco A. Castillo (b. 1971, Havana, Cuba) is one of the founding members of a collective named Los Carpinteros, founded in 1992 in Havana, Cuba. The group was created as an objection to individual authorship and to engage with a practice that marries architectural forms, design and art. His drawings and installations emerge from the artist's observation of material elements from our everyday life. In his work, Castillo experiments with these aspects in order to explore the relationship between the functional and the non-functional, as well as that between art and society.
Statement
Castillo often employs elements derived from modernism and soviet designs, which he intertwines with cuban tradition in using techniques such as latticework, and materials like mahogany. His pieces are frequently named after prominent modern Cuban architects and designers –an homage to an often forgotten generation of creators.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
