PROPERTY FROM THE CORITO KALAW COLLECTION

Provenance: : Acquired directly from the artist

ABOUT THE WORK

As a sculptor who mastered the techniques and approaches of both academic representational style and modern abstraction, Napoleon Abueva transformed and shaped Filipino sculpture. Abueva created sculptures that adhered to Modernism integrated into his Filipino sensibility through utilizing indigenous and contemporary materials. Although Abueva was at the forefront of Modernism in Philippine sculpture, he constantly rejected such designation, saying: “One’s imagination and feeling towards a certain subject should be interpreted in one’s chosen medium, irrespective of the prevailing style of the period as the subject is best fitted for execution, for a good piece of art transcends any period and has perpetual value.” Either in figuration or abstraction, Abueva’s works evoke potency and sensitivity en masse.