Mark Justiniani’s works in the early 1990s are informed by Contemporary collaborative art, deeply engrained personal experience, a deep awareness of social issues, and an astute reading of Filipino folk art traditions and language. Justiniani’s art is not a simple reading of the modern world but a finely balanced interpretation of historical fact with a Contemporary perspective. These works spring from the artist’s investigation of folk culture including the use of language, and what one may draw from it is indicative of the indigenous frame of mind. These paintings seem to take place in the unlimited space of his mind, translated as the sky in the day or at night, with floating clouds or twinkling stars. At times, the images even seem to take place in an enclosed space but the artist may evoke a theatrical tableau. In Justiniani’s works, man and woman are given equal weight, without bias, for either gender and in his universe do they have equally significant roles to play. It is thus, for us to try to transcend our limited tools of perception and individual limitations as much as possible. A multi-awarded artist, Justiniani was granted the Thirteen Artists Award by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1994. He is a well-traveled artist and has represented the Philippines in various international conferences, workshops, and exhibitions in Japan, Denmark, Australia, and the USA.
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Mark Justiniani (b.1966)
a.) Alay b.) Di Maka-angat c.) Anniversary
signed and dated 1994 (bottom)
oil on wood
a.) 21”x 18” (53 cm x 46 cm)
b.) 21 1/4”x 11 1/2” (54 cm x 29 cm)
c.) 17”x 30 3/4” (43 cm x 78 cm)
SOLD: PHP 1,051,200
Provenance: Hiraya Gallery