Sirena Gaditana — the Mermaid of Cádiz — brings together two of the most resonant themes in Costus’s practice: the mythological creature and the Mediterranean, specifically Andalusian, cultural landscape. Cádiz, with its long history as a port city at the edge of Europe, carries particular associations of freedom, transgression, and the opening onto the wider world. The mermaid painted in acrylic on large-format card has a scale and presence that makes it one of the most imposing works in the series.
Costus — Juan Carrero Galofré and Enrique Naya Igueravide — were among the defining artists of La Movida Madrileña, the social and cultural movement that transformed Spanish life after the Franco dictatorship. Working in Madrid from the late 1970s until Carrero Galofré’s death from AIDS in 1989, they produced a body of work that combined pop aesthetics, Mediterranean chromatic intensity, gay male imagery, and an irrepressible visual energy.
This work is sold and forms part of a private collection. It is presented here as part of the Imago Dei Gallery archive of significant works by Costus.
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