Jose John Santos III

Lot 112: Untitled

Name: Untitled
Brand: Leon Gallery
SKU: df446888a9
Price: 2000000 PHP

Est: ₱2,000,000 PHP - ₱2,600,000 PHPSold:

Leon GalleryMakati City , PhilippinesJune 09, 2018

Item Overview

Description

Untitled

Dimensions

30” x 48” (76 cm x 122 cm)

Artist or Maker

Jose John Santos III

Medium

oil on canvas

Date

signed and dated 2011 (lower left)

Condition Report

This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by theartist confirming the authenticity of this lot

Provenance

Provenance:Private Collection, Singapore

Notes

Jose John Santos III is one of the few artists whose brand of figurationspans the length of style, theme, and technique. His every work is adaring attempt to expand and interrogate the limits of the paintingmedium, while revealing fresh insights in looking at the world.Dynamic, rich in associations, and quiet in their grandeur, his worksrequire an intense kind of observation, just like this particular painting.With a deft hand, Santos has encapsulated a summary of both theEast and the West, the textual and the pictorial, the figurative and thesculptural, recalling his work Wall Piece, which was part of his show atthe Cultural Center of the Philippines in connection with the artist beinghonored with the Thirteen CCP Artists Award in 2000. It now occupiespride of place at the Pintô Art Museum.Just like in the aforementioned work, Santos juxtaposes figures ren-dered as low-relief sculptures — essentially Adam and Eve — with thefully painted figures of women in Filipiniana, sparking dialectic betweencultures and artistic media. That the Biblical figures are separated by thewomen by the door and window suggests their fundamental alienationto each other. Adam, in a halo, stands still, his hands draped across hisprivates, while Eve, her hair flowing, is dynamic as she speeds towardsanother woman — possibly a Filipina Eve — holding the forbidden fruit.The unmistakable symmetry of this work, including the placement ofa door and a piece of scroll, points to the artist’s pre-occupation withmathematical accuracy translated into visual harmony. In following theGreek law of proportions, Santos underscores how the interrelationshipof things (in this work, the visual and pictorial elements) arranged in acertain can lead to the production of beauty. While the content of thework is certainly generative, what Jose John Santos III does through is tounpack the systematic and structural motivations that lead to the highestcreation of beauty: art.

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

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Auction Details

The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction 2018

Leon Gallery

June 09, 2018, 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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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.

b. Cash, cashier's check, wire transfer, personal check (items may be held until the check clears). If any legal action is commenced to enforce these Conditions of Sale, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Time is of the essence.

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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