Antonio Garcia Castillo
I am interested in how art can unite different worlds and explore art’s possibilities to connect distant disciplinary fields, from popular traditions to anthropology, historical memory, and social and political contexts. Explore the human condition and the sacredness of nature.
The Art of Antonio Garcia Castillo
Antonio García Castillo’s artistic practice is driven by a deep curiosity about the ancestral knowledge of Peru’s indigenous communities, leading him repeatedly to the Amazon jungle and the Andean highlands.
For Castillo, each artwork is more than a static object. His focus lies on the transformative process: the integration of specific skills and learned techniques through physical-material experience into a new whole.
Depending on the concept or idea he is working on, he draws upon a diverse repertoire that includes drawing, painting, and collage of organic textiles and woven fabrics.
His artistic development moves between figuration and abstraction, drawing from lived experiences—such as participating in mystical ceremonies with shamans from the Amazon region or Andean healers from living cultures.
At the center of his research are the archetypal patterns and creation myths of South America’s indigenous peoples. His work is dedicated to the narratives and various dimensions of cultural memory of those communities that have lived in and with these natural spaces for millennia.
His art is a journey that delves deep into the essence of these living cultures, making visible the core of their stories and traditions—from ancient times to the present.
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