This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist confirming the authencity of this lot

Provenance: Private Collection, Makati City

ABOUT THE WORK

Neo-abstractionist Augusto Albor describes himself, not as a mere abstractionist but as a painter of imagined realities through his non-objectivist works. This work titled Temple-R7 evokes his ode to his mentorship to his professor, the modernist Florencio B. Concepcion whose mastery of the acrylic paint is layered seamlessly unto the canvas to provide a delicate hue of sepia that gradient harmoniously by forming stupas of Indonesian temples. Albor relates his works to his inspiration towards culture and history particularly on found objects including Oriental ceramics, Indonesian textiles and Southeast Asian architecture. The impressed lines unto the canvas, form a uniquely stairway that is reminiscent of the steeples of Angkor Wat in the forests of Cambodia. As with the stupas and colonnades surrounding the temple complex, Albor transitions the viewer into seeing the temples from a bird’s eye view overlooking then the majestic silhouette of the once formidable regal temple and its thriving civilization that has since been lost into history, and rediscovered for the enjoyment of the world once.