Accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Christian M. Aguilar
confirming the authenticity of this lot

ABOUT THE WORK

Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, in the words of Alice Guillermo, is an “abstract artist of the highest order.” And deservingly so: the artist has garnered awards and acclaim for his art here and abroad. His hedonistic life as a bon vivant is reflected dramatically in his works: unbridled energy, sophistication, and the ability to harness the qualities of the medium come to the fore in his canvas. The era that was the sixties in the life and career of Alcuaz was one marked by international recognition and awards. As an artist, he excelled in portraits, landscapes, still-life, and abstracts, which this brooding and highly emotional piece exemplifies. This work is a visual focus, no doubt intense and frenetic. Alcuaz has drawn inspiration from a wide variety of sources, from his early years in the Philippines to his long stay in Europe, resulting in an art that is universal in nature. Alcuaz wields a powerful brush. Often in Alcuaz’s work, there is this sense that we are looking at the tempestuous aesthetics and hedonism of Spain and the rest of Europe. The viewer can imagine that as the artist executed his strokes and applied his solid colors, there was this sense of serendipity that revealed a kind of “dancing” poetry driven by sheer energy. Alcuaz painted rapidly, a stirring of imagination that communicates to the viewer a pleasurable emotion.