Provenance: Provenance: A gift from the artist

ABOUT THE WORK

A contemporary of Ang Kiukok, Jose Joya, and Vicente Manansala, Jerry Elizalde Navarro occupies a mythic yet quieter place due to his prodigious outputs that are well placed in private collections and museums. Navarro, in his lifetime, explored and excelled in various art fields. An elegant writer and poet, sculptor, graphic designer, and advertising maverick, he represented the Philippines in many international biennales for sculpture and graphic design and participated in designing the Philippine pavilions in various world fairs and expos. His interdisciplinary practice—together with his wanderlust which landed him various grants, teaching positions, and exhibitions in Australia, the United States, Japan, and Indonesia—have made his works among the most elegant, cosmopolitan, and sophisticated among the Philippine artists of his time, vaulting his reputation as an artist, and garnering him the National Artist Award in 1999. In 1989, Navarro, fortunately, became the very first Filipino artist to be represented at the Yayasan Dharma Seni Neka Museum, Bali, Indonesia. A true citizen of the world, Navarro’s Mt. Bator, On the Road to Kintamani, Bali was inspired by his peaceful sojourn to the Kintamani, Bali, to witness the beauty of the stunning Mount Bator that rises prominently above a vivid landscape of greenery. It is notable that the crystalline Lake Bator rests inside the active caldera, and interesting villages and a temple cling to the rim of the active volcano.