The Kiss Pink, 2024
Special compound material
15.94 in. x 29.52 in. x 7.99 in. / 40.50 cm. x 75 cm. x 20.30 cm.
Unique 1/1 edition

Niclas Castello is one of the most successful and well-known contemporary artists working today. With his impressive paintings and sculptures (such as “The Kiss” series, one of which is up for bid), now among the most viewed and sought after in the world, he is a visionary in everything he does. Like no other artist before him, he breaks new ground in art and combines painting and sculpture into an unprecedented, revolutionary unity. In doing so, he writes art history. With his so-called cube paintings, which consist of destroyed canvas works in Plexiglas cubes formed into a sculpture, he sets a significant milestone in art history.

Inspired by Neo-Expressionism and Pop Art, Castello’s sculptural works also show a closeness to street art. The fall of the Berlin Wall in particular has influenced the artist, along with many other cultural influences. Today, it is mainly the small things in his surroundings that inspire him.

Born in Thuringia, Germany, in 1978, Castello was drawn to the street art scene in Paris at an early age. In 2005, he went to New York and met the legendary patron and influential curator Arleen Schloss. Once a mentor to Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, she also inspired Castello to achieve his best.

In February 2022, he presented his matchless sculpture The Castello Cube in Manhattan’s Central Park, installed for one day only. Made of 186 kg of pure gold, the material value alone is today worth $14.8 million and thus garnered worldwide attention.

Today Castello lives and works in Switzerland, but often travels to New York, Los Angeles, and Beijing for creative inspiration. His work is in many prestigious collections around the world, including the Deutsche Bank Collection, The Tomita Collection, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Sheats-Goldstein Residence).

Courtesy of the artist (@niclas.castello)

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