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09-26-2008, 06:45 PM
VINCENT CASTIGLIA:
“Remedy For the Living”
Iron-Oxide Visions on Paper
“With such precise technique, his depiction of human musculature is nothing short of outstanding”
– Paul Booth / World-renowned Tattooist, Artist, Gallery Owner, Fanatical Nihilist
“If the body is the temple, then the heart is the altar and the blood is the sacred flame that enlightens the shrine. Vincent is painting with holy light.”
– Martin Eric Ain / Musician, Celtic Frost
“One can see a celebration of life in all its dimensions; life that is followed by death, and death that gives way to newness of life… a sublime truth which I believe Vincent’s work diligently seeks: the mystery of being.”
– Father John Wykes / Priest, Art-appreciator
“The ominous truth that his art confronts, along with the exquisiteness in which it is portrayed, provides a timeless revelation into human existence.”
– Joe Sopkowics, Forensic Photographer
(Excerpts from the exhibition catalogue)
The first solo exhibition of paintings by Vincent Castiglia will open at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery in Gruyeres, Switzerland on October 31st 2008 and run through mid 2009.
Vincent Castiglia is the first American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery in its 10-year history. The 26 year old, internationally renowned New York-based artist initially drew the attention of the legendary Swiss-surrealist H.R. Giger and his wife/co-director of the museum Carmen Scheifele Giger, after meeting the couple in 2005. Castiglia’s participation in the H.R. Giger Museum’s group exhibition of the Society for Art of Imagination followed in 2006 and soon resulted in plans for the artist’s own solo show at the museum.
Working in the tradition of surrealism and visionary art, Castiglia states: “my paintings tend to depict iconographic forms, vital and necrotic juxtapositions, and reinterpretations of transpersonal experience.”
The award-winning artist, who literally puts his life into his work, has mastered the use of his own blood as a medium. Just as this personal, iron rich pigment holds the key to countless facts and information regarding the sustenance and perpetuation of life, Castiglia’s subjects are often “exposed like a body that has been dissected to determine the cause and manner of one’s demise,” states Detroit’s Forensic Photographer, Joe Sopkowics. As he strips away layers of flesh, muscle and bone, Castiglia confronts humanity’s innate fear of the unknown while exquisitely illustrating its losing battle with biological truths.
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Vincent Castiglia has showcased his works on paper at museums and galleries throughout the US, Switzerland and England, including exhibits for: The Society for Art of Imagination at The H.R. Giger Museum Gallery, Switzerland, The Museum of Sex (New York), The Mall Gallery (London, England), Last Rites Gallery (New York, New York), Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan)The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan), Stolen Space, Gallery, (London, England), Streetwise Gallery, (Detroit, Michigan) L’Imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), and Ludlow Gallery (New York), where Castiglia's artwork received its first violent compliment of having the hanging work stolen from the gallery.
Additionally, Castiglia’s work has been explored by numerous art and tattoo publications, and in a segment on New York 1 News.
The H.R. Giger Museum opened in June of 1998, in Gruyeres, Switzerland. It showcases the largest collection of Giger’s work on permanent public display, encompassing his paintings, sculptures, furniture and film designs, including his work on “Alien”, “Poltergeist”, and “Species”. The top floor of the Museum houses Giger’s private collection, which includes over 600 works of art by Salvador Dali, Ernst Fuchs, Dado, Bruno Weber, Günther Brus, Claude Sandoz, François Burland, Friedrich Kuhn, Joe Coleman, Sibylle Ruppert, Andre Lassen, among many others.
The H.R. Giger Museum Gallery is located in the adjoining wing of the museum complex, above the H.R. Giger Museum Bar. There, since 1999, and now on a twice a year rotating basis, Giger utilizes the three room exhibition space to show the work of artists, mostly those already in his private collection, in an effort to help broaden the art appreciation of visitors to his museum. Previous exhibitions have been for Wessi, Prof. Ernst Fuchs, Hans Bellmer, Fred Knecht, Stelio Diamantopoulos, Martin Schwarz, Claude Sandoz, Günther Brus, François Burland, Rudolf Stüssi, and the Society for Art of Imagination. Currently on exhibit are the paintings of Victor Safonkin.
An exhibition catalogue will be printed for “Remedy For the Living” Iron-Oxide Visions on Paper. The artist will be present at the opening.
Castiglia's solo exhibition at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery will run for six months. For more information, visit: www.HRGigerMuseum.com
MUSEUM HR GIGER
Château St. Germain
1663 Gruyères
Tel.: +41 26 921 22 00
www.VincentCastigliaArt.com
www.BaranyArtists.com
For press inquiries, please contact Jaclyn Sheer: jaclyn.sheer@gmail.com
http://www.artofimagination.org/Images/MemberImages/Castiglia/Feeding(SM).jpg
“Remedy For the Living”
Iron-Oxide Visions on Paper
“With such precise technique, his depiction of human musculature is nothing short of outstanding”
– Paul Booth / World-renowned Tattooist, Artist, Gallery Owner, Fanatical Nihilist
“If the body is the temple, then the heart is the altar and the blood is the sacred flame that enlightens the shrine. Vincent is painting with holy light.”
– Martin Eric Ain / Musician, Celtic Frost
“One can see a celebration of life in all its dimensions; life that is followed by death, and death that gives way to newness of life… a sublime truth which I believe Vincent’s work diligently seeks: the mystery of being.”
– Father John Wykes / Priest, Art-appreciator
“The ominous truth that his art confronts, along with the exquisiteness in which it is portrayed, provides a timeless revelation into human existence.”
– Joe Sopkowics, Forensic Photographer
(Excerpts from the exhibition catalogue)
The first solo exhibition of paintings by Vincent Castiglia will open at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery in Gruyeres, Switzerland on October 31st 2008 and run through mid 2009.
Vincent Castiglia is the first American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery in its 10-year history. The 26 year old, internationally renowned New York-based artist initially drew the attention of the legendary Swiss-surrealist H.R. Giger and his wife/co-director of the museum Carmen Scheifele Giger, after meeting the couple in 2005. Castiglia’s participation in the H.R. Giger Museum’s group exhibition of the Society for Art of Imagination followed in 2006 and soon resulted in plans for the artist’s own solo show at the museum.
Working in the tradition of surrealism and visionary art, Castiglia states: “my paintings tend to depict iconographic forms, vital and necrotic juxtapositions, and reinterpretations of transpersonal experience.”
The award-winning artist, who literally puts his life into his work, has mastered the use of his own blood as a medium. Just as this personal, iron rich pigment holds the key to countless facts and information regarding the sustenance and perpetuation of life, Castiglia’s subjects are often “exposed like a body that has been dissected to determine the cause and manner of one’s demise,” states Detroit’s Forensic Photographer, Joe Sopkowics. As he strips away layers of flesh, muscle and bone, Castiglia confronts humanity’s innate fear of the unknown while exquisitely illustrating its losing battle with biological truths.
***
Vincent Castiglia has showcased his works on paper at museums and galleries throughout the US, Switzerland and England, including exhibits for: The Society for Art of Imagination at The H.R. Giger Museum Gallery, Switzerland, The Museum of Sex (New York), The Mall Gallery (London, England), Last Rites Gallery (New York, New York), Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan)The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan), Stolen Space, Gallery, (London, England), Streetwise Gallery, (Detroit, Michigan) L’Imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), and Ludlow Gallery (New York), where Castiglia's artwork received its first violent compliment of having the hanging work stolen from the gallery.
Additionally, Castiglia’s work has been explored by numerous art and tattoo publications, and in a segment on New York 1 News.
The H.R. Giger Museum opened in June of 1998, in Gruyeres, Switzerland. It showcases the largest collection of Giger’s work on permanent public display, encompassing his paintings, sculptures, furniture and film designs, including his work on “Alien”, “Poltergeist”, and “Species”. The top floor of the Museum houses Giger’s private collection, which includes over 600 works of art by Salvador Dali, Ernst Fuchs, Dado, Bruno Weber, Günther Brus, Claude Sandoz, François Burland, Friedrich Kuhn, Joe Coleman, Sibylle Ruppert, Andre Lassen, among many others.
The H.R. Giger Museum Gallery is located in the adjoining wing of the museum complex, above the H.R. Giger Museum Bar. There, since 1999, and now on a twice a year rotating basis, Giger utilizes the three room exhibition space to show the work of artists, mostly those already in his private collection, in an effort to help broaden the art appreciation of visitors to his museum. Previous exhibitions have been for Wessi, Prof. Ernst Fuchs, Hans Bellmer, Fred Knecht, Stelio Diamantopoulos, Martin Schwarz, Claude Sandoz, Günther Brus, François Burland, Rudolf Stüssi, and the Society for Art of Imagination. Currently on exhibit are the paintings of Victor Safonkin.
An exhibition catalogue will be printed for “Remedy For the Living” Iron-Oxide Visions on Paper. The artist will be present at the opening.
Castiglia's solo exhibition at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery will run for six months. For more information, visit: www.HRGigerMuseum.com
MUSEUM HR GIGER
Château St. Germain
1663 Gruyères
Tel.: +41 26 921 22 00
www.VincentCastigliaArt.com
www.BaranyArtists.com
For press inquiries, please contact Jaclyn Sheer: jaclyn.sheer@gmail.com
http://www.artofimagination.org/Images/MemberImages/Castiglia/Feeding(SM).jpg