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When speaking of art, this imagery assumes
various forms, and the artist is the medium through which it takes
shape. The artist forges his own path despite criticism, disapproval,
or spiritual despair. Often a cursed figure, he upsets the status
quo and challenges the order of things, damned for illuminating
his tormented existence. Paradoxically, though his life suggests
sacrifice, spiritual upheaval, and self-destruction, the artist
seeks the exact opposite, though in the process his is the devilšs
hand. His life is an interminable journey and from the outset he
intuits his own downfall.
The artist loves and kills the actual love
of killing, sacrificing himself for himself every day. Each picture
and every image represents a part of him cut out and hung up, at
the mercy of the avid butcher who observes. The artist has to feel
these intense parts of himself passionately, relating to them as
if it were the last day of his life. In the work of Celso Junior
this imagery is ever present, leading us to the other side of things
where only shadows exist
The soldier as motif is a consistent personal
image in the work of Celso Junior, a clue to the painter's aesthetic.
He kills with all the violence he can muster, and in so doing is
ready to die himself. Only the soldier matches this ideal, his primary
mission not to kill but to die, because in death all the secrets
of the universe are revealed. The association between orgasm and
death is the underpinning of Celso Junior's paintings.
This is a world of shadows that only light
and color can overcome. The Devil is both the Angel of Light (who
decides the colors of the universe) and the Lord of Darkness. Color
is the cultural background of Celso Junior: they are inseparable.
In his work the vibrancy of color reflects his aesthetic of the pleasure
of pain.
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