ABOUT THE WORK

Benedicto Cabrera, better known as BenCab, has become one of the most recognized names in Philippine Art today. Having just celebrated the 50th year anniversary of his art in 2015, posting a major retrospective on display at the Met Museum Manila among other events, BenCab’s artworks — new and old — have again taken center stage and garnered great adulation. A brilliant painter, BenCab’s proficiency in the three-dimensional plane is often overlooked. As in this bronze piece, BenCab recreates one of his stylized figures into our physical realm. Redolent to that of his Edo Gestures, the very graceful flow of his subject exhibits the technical mastery of BenCab — a refined, and brilliant display of his virtuosity.