| Enrique Costos was born in Cadiz, in 1953. He was born Enrique Naya but he changed his name to Costus, together with his partner, Juan Carrero. The story of this tragic couple started in 1975, when they decided to leave Cadiz and move to Madrid, where they found the freedom that was denied them by a small city. The artistic activities of the two can only be understood in the context of the passionate love story that was their life for 15 years. Authentic pillars of the famous bohemian movement known as Movida Madrileña, typified by such artists as these two, the filmmaker, Pedro Almadovar, etc., Enrique died a victim of AIDS, in the spring of 1989, and a month later Juan committed suicide. |
