Archaeology of urban experience transcending stereotypes — There are some very narrow views of what constitutes modern and contemporary art in the Philippines. Yet contemporary artists such as Johanna Helmuth move outside and beyond the box. From the world of everyday urban details that surround our lives, Johanna Helmuth recasts experiences of time and place. An unidentified city girl sits or rather crouches on a chair next to a nondescript dining table. Through her works Helmuth reaches beyond the singular, individual experience to one that embraces a gritty urban awareness of life and change that touches all of us.
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Johanna Helmuth (b.1993)
Untitled
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
oil on canvas
24” x 36” (61 cm x 91 cm)
SOLD: PHP 373,760
Provenance: Private Collection, Manila