Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

ABOUT THE WORK

An offspring of a master jeweler and a Zarzuela artist, Eduardo Castrillo obviously carried creative blood. It was also in the early 1970s that while working in metal, he came up with a strong anticlassical style that was to be evident for decades, all the way from his biggest projects down to his smallest works. Castrillo’s mastery of the relationship of forms was always easy to relate to; his works draw the viewer into a thoroughly expressive narrative, each angle creating in the viewer a sense of curious expectancy as if the object will change its position at any moment. The master sculptor’s process of sculpting is very interesting, as he drafted the idea first on paper before proceeding on to the assemblage. This process shows how focused Castrillo’s attention was to each and every small detail of his work. Although he was famous for sculpting public landmarks, Castrillo also made functional art, jewelry, gallery pieces, and installations.