6/24/26

RICK CASTRO: EGYPTIAN DEATH GODS

 6/24/2026/WEDNESDAY/7:AM

>RICK CASTRO: 2016<

>RICK CASTRO: 2016<

RICK CASTRO: AMMIT 2016
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>11X8” archival digital print, signed on verso, edition of 6<

Ammit- Egyptian god with the head of a crocodile— played an important role during the funerary ritual the Judgment of the Dead. "devourer of the dead.” 
A central, feared figure in the mythology of the afterlife and served specific roles in the Egyptian underworld.

>RICK CASTRO: 2016<


RICK CASTRO: ANUBIS 2016
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>11X8” archival digital print, signed on verso, edition of 6<

Anubis- Egyptian god of the dead, and the afterlife, depicted as a jackal-headed appearance. He served as the guardian of tombs, embalmer of souls, and judge of the dead. Anubis is credited with inventing the mummification process to preserve the body of Osiris. Priests would often wear jackal masks while performing funerary rites to impersonate the god.

>RICK CASTRO: 2016<


>RICK CASTRO: 2016<

RICK CASTRO: AMMIT 2016
_____________________
>11X8” archival digital print, signed on verso, edition of 6<

Ammit- Egyptian god with the head of a crocodile— played an important role during the funerary ritual the Judgment of the Dead. "devourer of the dead.” 
A central, feared figure in the mythology of the afterlife and served specific roles in the Egyptian underworld.

>RICK CASTRO: 2016<

RICK CASTRO: THOTH 2016
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>11X8” archival digital print, signed on verso, edition of 6<

Egyptian god of wisdom writing magic and the moon. Credited with inventing hieroglyphs and the calendar he served as the divine record-keeper mediator and patron of scribes.
Depicted as the Ibis, a bird with a long curved beak that ancient Egyptians associated with wisdom.





>RICK CASTRO: 2016<
RICK CASTRO: THOTH 2016
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>11X8” archival digital print, signed on verso, edition of 6<

Egyptian god of wisdom writing magic and the moon. Credited with inventing hieroglyphs and the calendar he served as the divine record-keeper mediator and patron of scribes.
Depicted as the Ibis, a bird with a long curved beak that ancient Egyptians associated with wisdom.





6/22/26

RICK CASTRO: LACMA

 6/22/2026/MONDAY/8:AM



THE NEW GEFFEN MUSEUM AT LACMA HAS FINALLY OPENED TO THE USUAL CRITICS BY JOURNALISTIC REVIEWS. 
NEGATIVE NANCY’S ALL THE WAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, ALL THE ARTISTS I KNOW LOVE IT. BRUTALIST, DARK AND AUSTERE, GEFFEN LOOMS OVER WILSHIRE BOULEVARD THE SAME WAY HE DOES OVER HOLLYWOOD.
I’M NOT ONE FOR WHITE WALL- NO PERSONALITY GALLERIES. THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. AND THE VIEWS ARE GORGEOUS!   I GIVE IT A THREE THUMBS UP- RICK CASTRO- 6/22/2026