{"title":"Mateus DiCastro","description":"\u003cp\u003eMateus DiCastro’s poetics reside in the symbiosis between mysticism and flesh. Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the artist develops his practice around the tensions of the subconscious and the allegories of the “Self.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiCastro investigates the boundaries between identity and the psychic abyss. His work begins with painting and unfolds across different media whenever the work itself demands expansion. Through a practice centered on the fragmentation of the ego, he turns the image into a battleground between the construction of the figure and the urgency of gesture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough rooted in intimate experiences, his work moves beyond the personal to touch upon the collective. Marked by a visceral and often somber aesthetic, his compositions abandon clarity in favor of the “turbid” — a penumbral zone where the human psyche is exposed in its rawest form. Rather than offering answers, his work sustains the discomfort of doubt and recognition, drawing the viewer into an inevitable confrontation with the self.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-argonauts","title":"The Argonauts","description":"The Argonauts I \u0026amp; II (2026)\n\nThe Argonauts is a large-scale diptych that explores the journey of identity through fragmentation, memory, and transformation. Drawing from the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts, the works approach the idea of a voyage as a continuous process of construction, loss, and reinvention.\n\nCombining painting with reclaimed construction panels, truck tarpaulins, old book pages, steel chains, and butcher’s hooks, the two compositions extend beyond the traditional boundaries of the canvas. Their fragmented surfaces resemble bodies or vessels adrift, held together by the tension of their own materials.\n\nThe chains suggest connection and restraint, while the suspended elements evoke the weight of everything we carry throughout life. Together, the two works form an unstable body, where each fragment holds traces of what once existed and what is still becoming.","brand":"Mateus DiCastro","offers":[{"title":"340x300x5cm","offer_id":57643783192900,"sku":"4b9b769b-28f7-4d15-9a8f-37a90e6d2c24","price":7497.88,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/3989\/7668\/files\/image_155d377d-9025-4789-a16e-5239920c16f9.webp?v=1793640096"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/3989\/7668\/collections\/image_8cdfcfaf-3ae1-4212-bf8e-645ec1f78cd5.webp?v=1793640213","url":"https:\/\/www.picegallery.com\/collections\/mateus-dicastro.oembed","provider":"Pice Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}