Hildebrando de Castro
Bio
Hildebrando de Castro was born in Olinda, Pernambuco, in 1957. Self-taught, the artist has been exhibiting his work since the ’80s in prestigious Brazilian institutions, such as Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Paço Imperial and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. He participated in group shows at Rio’s and São Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art, Itaú Cultural (São Paulo, 2003), Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Germany), among others. The artist lives and works in São Paulo, Brasil.
Statement
Since the 70’s Hildebrando has been working on paintings that became notorious by their astonishing precision. In the 80's he presented a series of figurative drawings and in the 90’s, he mostly painted bizarre characters. Then, photography’s lightning and framework was an inspiration for his paintings. From 2010 on, he has been working on geometric representations from photographs of buildings facades. The paintings reveal once more the rigorous making and the virtuosity of Hildebrando’s work.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
