A contemporary Filipino artist born in 1973, Orley Ypon is a well-regarded portraitist from Toledo, Cebu. His passion and talent for painting stems from his childhood, where he would do portraits of his friends and family. Ypon is often praised for his masterful synthesis of conventional academic techniques and the contemporary social depth found in his work. Whereas an adherence to classical techniques often produces work that seemingly treats beauty as idealistic and utopian, Ypon veers away from this trope by creating stark and unfiltered images of everyday life. Through this, his work manages to capture the unapologetic reality and beauty of the human condition.
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Orley Ypon (b. 1973)
Spectator 2
signed and dated 1978 (lower right)
oil on canvas
48” x 36” (122 cm x 91 cm)
SOLD: PHP 642,400
Provenance: Art Fair Tokyo, Underground Gallery, March 2018