Lot 36: Geraldine Javier , (b.1970) , SNOW (Diptych)

Name: Geraldine Javier , (b.1970) , SNOW (Diptych)
Brand: Leon Gallery
SKU: f544d06b9e
Price: 1400000 PHP

Est: ₱1,400,000 PHP - ₱1,820,000 PHPSold:

Leon GalleryMakati City , PhilippinesJune 22, 2019

Item Overview

Description

Geraldine Javier , (b.1970)
, SNOW (Diptych)
, 2010, oil on canvas and embroidery,, in 2 parts
each: 53 1/2”x 44 1/2” (136 cm x 113 cm)
overall: 53 1/2”x 89 1/4” (136 cm x 277 cm),

Artist or Maker

Geraldine Javier

Exhibited

Exhibited: Singapore, Yavuz Fine Art, Crossroads in Southeast Asia: A Collector's View, 4 October - 2 November 2012

Provenance

Provenance: Private Collection, Singapore; Sothebys, Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 4 April 2016, Lot 214; Private Collection, Manila

Notes

Things seen and things imagined — revelation and concealment — are at the heart of this work by Geraldine Javier. Her art is full of enigmatic surprises of time and place, so much so that it lingers in the eye long after one has taken their leave of it. Javier's work is best known for its blending of various media — sometimes with her oil paintings incorporated into installation art, and sometimes with various media such as embroidery prominently incorporated into her canvas, sewing motifs like tapestries into a dual image that vaguely evokes the feeling of home. Words are of little importance to Geraldine Javier. The dialogue between her works and the audience happens beyond the realm of language, the visual experience evokes sensation without touching on words. Counting on materiality, her work “Snow” locks your gaze, turning your attention inwards; time slows. The embroidery textures are fine, precise, deftly controlled. The way the she handles her materials offers clues about her temperament and personality. Her work exudes calculated restraint and discipline. The artist does not surrender to intuition; she plots out her strategies before getting on with work. Through her conceptually-oriented training under the seminal Roberto Chabet at University of the Philippines (UP), Javier, like many of her peers, has acquired the predilection for making art which emphasizes intellectual engagement over immediate emotional response. The diptych SNOW is charged with tension and provocation, combining cool, calculated sophistication with naïve craftiness. The images she creates offer the paradox of recognition and uncertainty. Her work make you concentrate, look at things twice. The eye combs through the image; it seems familiar, yet something is off-kilter. It could be in the contrast between shadow and light. The proportions of the images also affect the way our eye will read it; a devious tweak in scale, enlarging the leaves against a dark background or reducingthe bird emblems with a white embroidered background, deliberately accentuates visual tension. One needs time with Javier’s work. The still images are charged with an unhurried energy, silent, harboring secrets of their own, awaiting the onlooker to unravel their mysteries. They do not ask the audience to bring the images to life in their imagination, but to see the life that is in them. They resonate with a personal history, of how they came to be, and how they are now marooned in this suspended space. Looking at Javier’s work also connects us to another kind of past. Her work sets off a host of visual triggers that stretch deep into our memories. Works such as this prefigure the concept of a work of art in which the content is subordinated to the design elements. Her work seems poised to unleash childhood memories one cannot pin down and thoughts, inner violence and veiled hostilities that inhabit the deep dark crevices of our minds. Such is the authority Geraldine Javier has over her creations that they lure us into believing that something is stirring; the thoughts that occupy us are too far from words to be something we can control.

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

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Auction Details

The Spectacular Mid-year Auction 2019

Leon Gallery

June 22, 2019, 02:00 PM PHT

G/F Corinthian Plaza 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati City , PH

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Terms

Buyer's Premium

20.0%

Bidding Increments

From:	To:	Increment:
₱0	₱9,999	₱1,000
₱10,000	₱19,999	₱2,000
₱20,000	₱59,999	₱5,000
₱60,000	₱199,999	₱10,000
₱200,000	₱399,999	₱20,000
₱400,000	₱799,999	₱50,000
₱800,000	₱1,999,999	₱100,000
₱2,000,000	₱4,999,999	₱200,000
₱5,000,000	₱9,999,999	₱500,000
₱10,000,000+		₱1,000,000

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Payment

a. The balance of the invoice must be paid in full and merchandise picked up within three (3) days from the date of the sale. One week after the auction, left items may be moved to an off-site facility for pick-up. A storage fee will be charged if merchandise is left longer than two (2) weeks of One Hundred Pesos (Php 100) per lot per day. If the property is left longer than four (4) weeks, it will be considered abandoned. We are not responsible for shipping, but if packing and handling of purchased lots will be done by us, it is done at the entire risk of the purchaser. A refundable deposit may be required.

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Payments shall be wired to:

Account Name: Leon Gallery
Account Number: 2166008845
Address: G/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati City, Philippines
Swift Code: MBTCPHMM

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