In an interview in ABCthe author states that “it is a kind work that does not want to be revolutionary” and that “the people who have spoken badly about my work or who have seen sexuality in it, need a little artistic culture.”
Furthermore, he points out that “the painting is a message of spirituality, love and respect”, in which a “beautiful” Christ is represented “because he is already a spirit of God who is going to ascend to heaven.”
The author is also surprised by the “politicization of a work of art, saying that it belongs to this or that party, or of this or that sexual tendency. As if my painting were leftist. “It’s something absurd, stupid.”
Regarding the choice of his son as a model, Salustiano García defends that “Horacio is a masculine, handsome boy, who does his sport, and they are calling him everything on social networks. He is straight, but if he were gay he would be just as cool.”