Provenance: Private Collection, Makati City

ABOUT THE WORK

A master of subtle shading and lighting, Manansala casts his nudes under a nuanced veil of light amid literally charred shadows. A giant among the country’s pioneering abstractionists, he becomes a realist with his charcoal nudes. As an erstwhile realist, Manansala probes beyond the alluring surface of form. Manansala hones a one man tradition of superlative craftsmanship via charcoal.