PROPERTY FROM THE DON EUGENIO M. LOPEZ JR. COLLECTION

Accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot

ABOUT THE WORK

Renowned architect-turned-sculptor Ramon Orlina has gained recognition from both local and international art scenes for being a pioneer of glass sculpting, specifically of using Asahi glass, in the Philippines. His immense contributions in the said field earned him the recognition of being the “Father of Philippine Glass Sculpture.” When he started as an artist in the mid-seventies, he rendered static geometric forms refracting and reflecting prismatically, then proceeded to creating more fluid and abstract forms in the eighties. Later on, Orlina would create graceful forms and fragments of the human anatomy, as shown in this 1995 Asahi glass sculpture Dalaga, which are noted by revered critics such as Rod Paras-Perez and Eric Torres for its inherent sense of perfection of form and finish. His nude pieces, specifically sculptures of the female form—may it be the bosom or the torso—are stylized not from an erotic perspective but beyond sensuousness in which he draws from the beauty of femininity with a sensitive structural approach.