PROPERTY FROM THE MARIO AND MIMI QUE COLLECTION

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist

ABOUT THE WORK

Jigger Cruz explored the concept of healing, laying a furor of line and color. Known for his works of abstract compositions centering on defiance and defacements, the artist draws on his own experiences, rising out of the fugue of being physically trapped by his own psyche by transcending physical borders to overcome mental states. Orange and blue streaks the painting’s surface spewed with a yellow lined with red, orange, and green - the colors of heat, life, and healing. Cruz’s paintings are an investigation of the materiality of painting. At the same time, their subject matter - ranging from the burden of history to religion - addresses social and political concerns in the contemporary Philippines. It is Cruz’s ability to extract the universal from the personal that makes Talking Me to Itself stand out. Once again, he places himself as one of the Philippines’ leading abstract expressionists whose canvases are imbued with a mystical power startling and incandescent in their vision, juxtaposition, and revelation.