Before Elmer Borlongan became based in Zambales, his paintings showed a brooding, expressionistic sensibility that projects the forlorn feeling of life in a desolate urban vacuum usually set against dark backgrounds. Brooding social commentary was a constant thread in Borlongan’s paintings. For Elmer Borlongan, the move also meant an expansion in terms of figurative subjects — where once his work featured people in mostly urban settings, his works from this later period began to feature people from the countryside as well. While his characteristic figurative distortions remain, the theme is more relaxed.
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Elmer Borlongan (b. 1967)
Edison the Magician
signed and dated 2001 (lower left)
pastel on paper
20" x 13" (51 cm x 33 cm)
SOLD: PHP 584,000
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Exhibited: Pinto Art Museum, Bestiary, Antipolo, 2001