El Celso is a
post-graffiti artist working on and off the streets of the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. He was born in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[New York and Los Angeles
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...]
areas.
Career
He has been described in a recent issue of
ARTnews as a “conceptualist” regarding his show at The Winkleman Gallery. described his show, “Art Burn,” an International contemporary art expo & immolation, as a “bonfire of the art vanities” and the
Miami Herald
The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida, city in western Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County and the M ...
declared it “a funky Basel sideshow.”
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
described his previous exhibition, “Post No Bills,” a street art gallery installation in
Long Island City
Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the ...
as “audacious.” The
Brooklyn Rail describes El Celso as “a street artist with a taste for experimentation, a knack for making things happen and a predilection for drawing colorful naked women.” His figurative drawings, paintings and original works on
Plexiglas were also the subject of a documentary series, “The Streets of New York,” which was broadcast on
NHK in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
in 2008. His work is also featured in numerous publications, street art books and web sites.
Press articles and bibliography
* Hoop Scoop, ARTnews (NY: February 2011)
* The Art of Destruction, ARTnews (NY: May 2010)
* Bonfire of the Art Vanities, The Art Newspaper (LONDON: 12/04/09)
* Precious Works Go Up in Flames for Art’s Sake, Miami Herald (FL: 12/03/09)
* Peep-o-rama, Time Out NY, (NY: 09/08/09); Construction Zone: Beware of Audacious Art, The New York Times (NY: 07/02/08)
* The Very Public Life of Street Art, The Brooklyn Rail (NY: May 2008)
* Street Art in Alphabet City, Village Voice (NY: April 2008 –online)
* The Vandalism Vandal, New York Magazine (NY: 06/04/07)
* Don’t Hate, Collaborate!, Peel Magazine (NY: 06/1/07)
* The Street Art Show, Juxtapoz.com (NY: 06/05/07)
* The Alien Invader, Village Voice (NY: 03/13/07)
* Last Hurrah for Street Art, as Canvas Goes Condo, The New York Times (NY: 12/14/06)
* Small, but fierce, art, Metro (NY: 11/10/04)
* Lies, New York Press (NY: 10/27/04)
* Mano a Mano, Hoy (NY: 4/2/04)
* Soho’s Bold & Beautiful, Daily News (NY: 4/1/04)
* Adbusters Quarterly: Summer 1995, Vol. 3, No. 4.
* Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art, DB Burkeman/Monica LoCascio (2010)
* Untitled. I &II. Street Art Counter Culture, Gary Shove (2009)
* Going Postal, Martha Cooper (2009)
* Street Art Cookbook, Benke Carlsson/Hop Louie (2009)
* This Means Nothing, Le Bijoutier (2008)
* Brooklyn Street Art, Jaime Rojo/Steven P. Harrington (2007)
* NYC BCN Street Art Revolution, Louis Bou (2006)
Further references
{{DEFAULTSORT:Celso, El
Living people
American graffiti artists
Year of birth missing (living people)