It is not possible to deliver this artwork in a frame; it will be shipped rolled up in a tube. 

“Untitled” by Misleidys Castillo Pedroso is a life-sized gouache figure painted in vivid orange, outlined with confident black lines and surrounded by adhesive tape. The work depicts a stylised male body, muscular and exaggerated, rendered with a directness that is both intimate and monumental.

Pedroso is a self-taught Cuban artist whose practice developed in isolation. Her painted figures often appear full-length, cut out, and taped to the wall. This presentation is not just practical, it is part of the work’s visual language. The visible tape becomes a signature, a gesture of both construction and attachment.

In this piece, the figure stands upright, frontal, and unashamed. The face is serious and watchful, the anatomy simplified into bold curves and firm outlines. The genitalia, toes, and facial expression are all rendered with clarity and emphasis, yet without decoration. There is no background or narrative, only presence.

“Untitled” is a striking example of Pedroso’s raw and distinctive approach to figuration. It invites viewers to encounter the human body not as an object or ideal, but as an icon of strength, solitude, and self-definition. Monumental in scale, personal in execution, it holds space with a quiet and magnetic authority/