Mónica Castillo

Internationally acclaimed artist Mónica Castillo presents her noted video, Dancer’s Self-Portrait, in which a ballet dancer appears in a space surrounded by a mint green plastic curtain. Dressed in a leotard, she performs eight classic ballet positions through slow transitions while her body splashes yellow, green, brown and pink paint from jars tied to her wrists, waist and ankles. After some arabesques, the dancer, who began immaculate, finishes her dance sequence stained from head to toe. The environment is covered by the paint in a gestural performative action that is accompanied by a vivid sound track of toe shoes and paint hitting the floor. Castillo is well-known for her conceptual works, derived from painting, that address the complex issues of identity.