Exhibited: Exhibited: Ayala Museum. Territory: Gus Albor - Works from 1969 to 2018. Makati City. November 27, 2018 - February 10, 2019.

Literature: Literature: Reyes, Cid. Immaterial. Art Informal Gallery, 2010. page 97.

ABOUT THE WORK

Critic Cid Reyes noted that abstractionist Augusto Albor “regards his paintings as emanations of his conviction and concepts.” Situating Albor’s oeuvre with those of Rothkho and Zobel, Reyes wrote that he is among the foremost abstract artists who believed that painting is an instrument for conveying emotions and an exposition of one’s existence. His works evoke profound quietude, leading the viewer into an attentive and contemplative state. The late CCP curator Raymundo Albano also described Albor during his early artist phase as preoccupied with articulating a surface of great attentiveness while directed towards the metaphysical. In his 1997 work Etherfield, the subtleties of texture and light are treated with his distinct concentration upon pursuance of an imagined image as he visualizes elements that fill ethereal regions of space. One is directed into an expression of transition, impermanence, and spirituality. His signature horizontal lines also sustain the time of concentration of the viewer, offering contemplative stillness and spiritual solitude.