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” [1] and the
Miami Herald declared it “a funky Basel sideshow.”
The New York Times described his previous exhibition, “Post No Bills,” a street art gallery installation in
Long Island City as “audacious.”[2] 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.”[3] 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 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)
^Web onlyPublished online 4 Dec 09.
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^Web onlyPublished online 4 Dec 09.
"Bonfire of the art vanities". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 2011-10-18.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)