DRAWING THERESA - Live Nude Drawing by Hugo Crosthwaite
In 2010, Hugo Crosthwaite, Theresa Magario and Josue Castro entered into a collaboration project, Drawing Theresa which was performed at Noel-Baza Fine Art.
For six hours, open to public viewing, Crosthwaite created an anatomy drawing on Theresa's nude body as she reacted to his work performing Japanese Butoh movements. This intuitive and conceptual dance between artist and model offered an intimate and rarefied view into their evolving creative process. After Crosthwaite completed his drawing Castro then capture and interpreted Theresa as an object of his photographic exploration while she danced for his camera.
Drawing Theresa, the performance and the final photographs, explore the creative relationship that evolved between each of these three artists. Crosthwaite, Magario and Castro are individually and collectively commenting on nudity and its existence in the American cultural discourse.
The photographs displayed present the finished works documenting this project.
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Josué Castro and The Photography of Secret Identities
Sign On San Diego, January 23, 2011
Josue Castro Biography
At 54, Josue Castro has had a long road to photography. He earned a degree in graphic design from the Universidad Iberoamericano in Mexico City, where he grew up. He later studied painting and started showing his work 15 years ago. Thanks to San Diego City College and his friend San Diego photographer David Fokos, Castro began working as a photographer. "With one, you paint with acrylics, oils or other kinds of material. With photos, you paint with light. Because that's the etymology of photography - 'painting with light,'" Castro says.
Josue Castro's recent work explores the idea of personal or "secret" identities. His photographs capture the inner truth or the face people hide from public view. Prompted by the passage of Prop 8 banning Gay marriage, Castro became interested in our tendency to compartmentalize our experiences, interests and beliefs. Using the subject's occupation as the title, Castro seeks to explore the divisiveness people experience once their opinions are known - whether it's support of gay marriage, religion or politics or involvement in a sub-culture. "People really change once they know your secret. Otherwise, they don't care. The idea is to make people feel that once you know the secret of anybody, you start treating the people different," he adds. "That's the main concept of this project."
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