PROPERTY FROM A VERY IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

* This lot is sold to benefit the Asian Cultural Council

Provenance:
Artist's studio

ABOUT THE WORK

Ronald Ventura’s Unicorn displays a different take on the already known mythological creature. It welcomes the viewers to a figure consisting of two different faces similar to the features of the Greek God of Time, Janus - serving as an indirect narration of the artist’s interpretation of the mythological being, showcasing and relating it to the multicultural influences and different melting pots that was and is continuing to be embraced by the modern day Filipino - an allegorical representation of our multifaceted identity as a nation rendered in a layered multiplex of images and styles. Throughout our tumultuous collective history, our colonial influences have been intertwined with our indigenous culture, creating a convoluted yet overwrought sense of identity hence this masterpiece by Ventura is his narration on the embodiment of the fact that the establishment or canonization of a creation will always be questioned by the never-ending emergence of ideas from the different parts of the world.