Malote (1983) — the bad boy, the delinquent — belongs to the gallery of male types that runs through the Costus oeuvre. The malote represents a transgressive, street-level masculinity outside official culture. Costus treated these figures with affection and formal seriousness, finding in popular types the same expressive richness as mythological subjects. Inscribed on the reverse “Costus de O. Juan Carrero 83”, this is a documented work from 1983. This work is sold and forms part of a private collection.
Costus — Juan Carrero Galofré and Enrique Naya Igueravide — were among the defining artists of La Movida Madrileña. This work is presented as part of the Imago Dei Gallery archive.
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