Provenance: Private Collection, Makati City

ABOUT THE WORK

Keb Cerda's works are made in a variety of media and styles and whose remarkable realist compositions provide a lucid look into the labyrinthine psyche of todays’ Filipino. A more aggressive attitude toward subjects chosen from the life of the lower classes is conspicuous in the work of Keb Cerda. His bold, somber palette is essentially traditional and certainly in harmony with the subject matter. Lights and darks converge abruptly and a surface richness results from various ways he uses his choice of colors. The work exemplifies his insight into human behaviour under adversity. Rarely does the pressures of urban life, especially as they affect the classes so largely cut off from the benefits of a materialistic culture, been so penetratingly depicted.