I have recently discovered the artist Vincent Castiglia. Vincent Castiglia lives and works in New York and is a member of The Society for Art of the Imagination. The medium he uses to produce his art is his own blood. He does this because he believes blood is the most personal thing that you can use and because it symbolises dead tissue. His subject matter normally consists of the human form with certain physical defects. He examines life and death and human experiences portrayed by both living and dead tissue symbolising life and biological decay. His work is not only attractive, but at the same time repulsive. Castiglia is a visionary artist who is not inspired by fantasy or dreams but by a story with an underlying meaning.
Castiglia was the first American artist who was invited to exhibit his work by H. R. Giger in the History of the H. R. Giger Museum Gallery. Castiglia work was entitled Remedy for the Living and it was exhibited for six months from lst November, 2008.
The piece of art I have chosen is entitled "Feeding". I think this image appropriately demonstrates what his style is. This shows new life, nuturing and human development, the decomposition of life, disabilty and ultimately death and decay.
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