PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A DISTINGUISHED LADY

Exhibited: Exhibited: Leon Gallery, The Asian Cultural Council Auction 2018, Makati City, Lot 150

ABOUT THE WORK

Emmanuel “Manny” Garibay, one of the founding members of the Salingpusa group, has remained consistent in depicting unique Filipino scenes in his body of works. In this highly engaging piece, for instance, Garibay features the familiar frenetic activities and various scenes in Baclaran. It is a faithful rendition of a market scene from one of the country’s most notable chroniclers of the ordinary and everyday scenes. In his depiction of the busy neighborhood district, also captured are people from all walks of life and of different ages, also crowds either surrounding areas or taking the stairs. Visually organizing the elements of the painting is a central figure holding a bolt of cloth around which other characters revolve: from a man in sunglasses about to proffer a bill to a beggar, a clutch of children holding onto a railing or estribo of a jeepney stuck in traffic, a man holding a microphone broadcasting his wares, and a woman in a red dress haggling with a vendor. The sky above them, with its churning clouds, is as active in the scene, making this work an intense, clear-eyed representation of a slice of everyday life.