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"FacebookPinterest\n\nIt's amazing what you can find when you venture off the beaten path. Last evening we entered a nondescript building on lower Park Avenue in NYC for Juan-Carlos Castro's first solo art show, and what we found was not just some thought-provoking pieces but a host of menswear all stars ogling the works on display. Michael Bastian, Robert Geller, Thom Browne, Italo Zucchelli, and Barneys CEO Mark Lee, among many others like Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronic, made their way to the sixth floor studio space to take in Castro's mid media pieces.\n\nThe artist's works are an exposition on the idea of identity and look at removing the visual anchors with which people associate it. This concept is most notable upon entering the space, where two walls have been papered in what appears to be mosaic tile, but upon closer inspection are hundreds of images of Castro. Shot from overhead, and manipulated to form geometric shapes, the backdrop turns the artist's identity into something he describes as both \"omnipresent and indeterminate.\"\n\nFacebookPinterestWallpaper detail.jpg\n\nThe art that hangs over this, and encompasses the rest of the space, continues the thread of identity through deconstructed wigs (how people play with physical identity), and visually arresting plays on positive and negative space, especially in the triptych that intercuts blood cells with imagery of the universe.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nThe collection of works is a retrospective of sorts for the artist as he began work on pieces like the wallpaper more than ten years ago, and has continued exploring the theme ever since. Take a peek at some images from last night's event, below, and if you are in the NYC area be sure to check it out.\n\nFuego Artificial  will be on display at the 4 4 3 P A S Gallery through June 8th.\n\nFacebookPinterestGetty Images\n\n Juan-Carlos Castro, Thom Browne, GQ creative director Jim Moore\n\nFacebookPinterestGetty Images\n\n Michael Bastian and Robert Geller\n\nFacebookPinterestGetty Images\n\n Italo Zucchelli\n\nFacebookPinterestGetty Images\n\n GQ's Jim Moore, GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson, Juan-Carlos Castro, and GQ fashion director Madeline Weeks\n\nFacebookPinterestAna Matronic (Scisso#13EAE0.jpg\n\n Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters\n\nFacebookPinterestWireImage\n\n Guests admiring Castro's pieces\n\nFacebookPinterestJuan Carlos Castro, Julia Reston-Roitfeld.jpg\n\n Juan-Carlos Castro and Julia Reston-Roitfeld\n\nFacebookPinterestRed wig collage_CASTRO.214.jpg\n\nFacebookPinterestWide shotwallpaper#143B93.jpg"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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