Music is the Main Theme of Rudy Castillo’s Exhibition at APEC University’s Temporary Exhibition Hall

Music is the Main Theme of Rudy Castillo’s Exhibition at APEC University’s Temporary Exhibition Hall
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 6/26/2012

Under the auspices of the Board of Directors of APEC University and the APEC Cultural Program, painter Rudy D. Castillo will present his 4th solo exhibition on Wednesday June 27th at 7:00 pm. His show, “Colores, Viento y Metal II” [Colors, Wind and Metal II], will be in the APEC Cultural Program’s Hall for Temporary Exhibitions in Santo Domingo.

The exhibition, a collection of 15 paintings done in mixed media on canvas, pays homage to music, specifically to the Jazz saxophone, …

The exhibition, a collection of 15 paintings done in mixed media on canvas, pays homage to music, specifically to the Jazz saxophone, an instrument that has served as an inspiration for years as a theme in Castillo’s new paintings which are full of vibrant tropical colors that will form part of Dominican cultural artistic heritage.

Rudy D. Castillo, an emerging artist from San Francisco de Macorís, has found a great deal of support and has attracted attention from among the specialists and art critics such as the architect César Iván Feris Iglesias, president of the APEC Cultural Program and president of the Dominican Association of Art Critics; Marianne de Tolentino, Director of the National Gallery of Fine Arts and former president of the Dominican Association of Art Critics; Abil Peralta Agüero, cultural advisor to the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic and permanent advisor to the Dominican Association of Art Critics.

In the show’s catalogue, Marianne de Tolentino said the young artist’s exhibition is: “Possessed by the saxophone and owner of each of its variations, whether sax, alto, bass or tenor, Rudy D. Castillo transports to another world of perception. He communicates with a special charm, an infinite, reiterating and changing magic, showing at once refinement, suggestiveness, exuberance and drama. In the end, it is joy and triumph as he configures his vibrant and baroque morphologies.”

Art critic, Abil Peralta Agüero, curator of the exhibition, referred to Castillo’s new paintings as hyper-realism in the modern art tradition, observing that in his paintings “the saxophone is elevated to the category of mythic, magic and sacred object as it renounces the toughness of the metal to be translated into an esoteric and poetic phenomenon of nature; behaving with iconoclastic logic before the viewer as more than a musical instrument supporting a warrior from other worlds.”

His upcoming one-man show has captured the attention of the experts because of its polished technique and radiant colors and light.

Rudi Antonio Rodríguez Santana (1979), from Castillo, near San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte Province, after which many use as their artistic name (D. Castillo), received his first impulses for the discovery of art and artistic training, in the woodworking shop of his father in San Francisco de Macorís. He finished his training in art when he studied architecture at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), and his painting and drawing studies at the National School of Fine Arts (ENBA). His work can be found among the most important private collections in the DR and abroad. It can also be seen in private centers such as the Century 21 Professional Medical Center Building, the Perla Touristic Cabañas, Hotel La Caña, among others. His work reflects dedication and extreme attention to details.

His upcoming one-man show has captured the attention of the experts because of its polished technique and radiant colors and light. The exhibition will be open to the public for the next 30 days.

The Board of Directors of APEC University and the APEC Cultural Program, painter Rudy D. Castillo will present his 4th solo exhibition on Wednesday June 27th at 7:00 pm. His show, “Colores, Viento y Metal II” [Colors, Wind and Metal II], will be in the APEC Cultural Program’s Hall for Temporary Exhibitions in Santo Domingo. This prestigious academic center is located on Máximo Gómez Ave # 72 corner with México Ave in Santo Domingo.