featuring works of Rommel Pastrana Celespara
Influenced not just by painters but writers like Dante
Allegeri and his interpretations of hell through the monumental epic
"Divine Comedy," Irish novelist Bram Stoker and his undying tale
about "Dracula," and English novelist Mary Shelley's renowned gothic
novel "Frankenstein." Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary and her
prolific serial killing throughout history have some contribution in his
passion for art. Using surrealism and pop art as a medium, Rommel Pastrana
Celespara's work is full of disturbing and highly depicting visual negativity.
His artworks were a bit similar as those gothic/baroque Western-style paintings
from the Dark Age period, horror movie posters, comics and Pop advertisement
from the 50’s up to the early 90’s.
He was fascinated by the Church’s grotesque old paintings and
religious relics, and finds it as a symbol of monstrosity and conspiracy in
that certain era. At a young age, Rommel was raised as a Roman Catholic run by
Dominican congregation but later turned skeptical when he became an acolyte and
was exposed to the lies nd hoax created by the church, thus addressing those
issues in his body of work. He is currently employed as an art director/marketing
manager that fuels his passion for art
and allows him to explore other possibilities beyond his forte.
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