By
Rohin Guha
July 24, 2008
Opening on July 26 at LA's Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin's "Canto Negro y Brujerias" gives North American jet-setters a few days to see the work of Barcelona-based artists Miss Van and Victor Castillo. Despite hailing from different parts of the world (Miss Van hails from Toulouse, Castillo from Chile), the pair finds their work unified by the abstract motifs of Spanish culture, superstition, witchcraft, desire, and cruelty. The broad themes of this show allow the artists to make marks with their signature styles. Ultimately, Castillo's comic-book pomp seems like the perfect companion to Miss Van's elegant, if morbid undercurrent. "Canto Negro y Brujerias" runs through August 23.
