“My nudes,” BenCab explains, “are things I do between my larger pieces. I love doing them because I’m more relaxed when I draw from life. The subject is already there before me and I don’t have to think too much. ”BenCab’s nudes are rendered not with the hyper-masculine bravado that defines Filipino machismo, but with an almost reverential disposition toward the power of the female form. The allure emanates from the fantasy of possibilities evoked by the imagery, replicated, multiplied in the realm of the subconscious, but potent only for its perpetual non-actualization. He gives his nude subjects the subtle power to ignore and rebuke, to nullify the voyeuristic gaze, for instance, in the depiction of self-gratification. The models never really look back, lost in the moment of undressing, rest or auto-pleasure.
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Benedicto Cabrera (b. 1942)
Untitled
signed and dated 1993 (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
15 1/2” x 12” (39 cm x 30 cm)
SOLD: PHP 420,480
Provenance: Crucible Gallery