Ilich Castillo
Bio
CASTILLO (Guayaquil, 1978) has had solo exhibitions at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, 2017; Espacio Odeón, Bogotá; and Museomático, Cuenca, 2016. He has participated in group exhibitions such as CIFO Grants, 2017, Miami; II Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires, 2014; Collectif Jeune Cinema, Paris, France, 2012; Pasado Imperfecto, Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Lima, 2012; XIV and IX Cuenca Biennial, 2018-2011; Campo de Asociaciones, Dibujo Contemporáneo, MAAC. Guayaquil, 2011.
Statement
By examining the subject-object relationship, Castillo fosters exchanges of very diverse spectra. LÍMITE photo collages recompose NASA images of Mars exploration, matching conspiracy theories about scientific material with the post-pictorial hard edge. Susie, an assemblage, part of the tension between hedonism and functionality, where furniture and "mid-century" cinema intersect to produce choral stories that play with the separation between the useful and the decorative.
