{"id":3010,"date":"2014-06-12T01:39:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T05:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2014-06-12T20:51:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T00:51:22","slug":"joe-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/joe-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blind<\/p>\n

PROSPECT PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, USA<\/p>\n

Joe Castro is an accomplished Philadelphia-based collage artist, musician (The Lift Up), oil painter and graphic designer. His paintings and collages have been exhibited in galleries and art spaces across the United States, Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom. They have been described as \u201cintelligent and brooding\u2026the subjects are often just a little-bit skewed\u2013leading you to take a deeper look.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can see more of Joe’s work on his Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory Page<\/a> and on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An Artist Portfolio about Joe Castro appeared in Issue Eight<\/a>. This is some of what Kolaj<\/em> contributor Ariane Fairlie had to say:<\/p>\n

\n

Joe Castro\u2019s collages are like a controlled explosion, aggressive and pensive…Castro takes a global perspective and has each piece of the collage reach out in a different direction. It\u2019s as if they are events contained as an entity all desperately trying to exist together in the jumble.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see all of Joe Castro’s Artist Portfolio,\u00a0purchase\u00a0Issue Eight<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0SUBSCRIBE<\/a>\u00a0to never miss an issue.<\/p>\n

Image<\/strong>:
\nBlind Exodus<\/em>
\nby Joe Castro
\n18″x16″
\npaper on paper, gel matte medium for adhesive
\n2012
\nImage courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PROSPECT PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, USA Joe Castro is an accomplished Philadelphia-based collage artist, musician (The Lift Up), oil painter and graphic designer. His paintings and collages have been exhibited in galleries and art spaces across the United States, Canada, Italy and…<\/p>\n

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