Toro is one of the recurring animal subjects in the Costus oeuvre, appearing across multiple formats and media. The bull carries deep roots in Spanish visual culture — from Goya to Picasso, from the corrida to popular iconography — and Costus brings that tradition into dialogue with the chromatic boldness and formal directness of their own practice. Whether in acrylic on canvas or marker on paper, the bull in Costus’s hands becomes an emblem charged with cultural and formal resonance.
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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