Emmanuel Garibay, a staunch socio-realist artist, has also created works that are celebratory of the natural world and ordinary life. A luminous example is his take on the theme of the “lovers,” which the artist painted in 1994. Almost verging on the abstract, with its swaths of colors and interpenetrating shapes, the work features two figures that are deep in their embrace that their bodies, with the glass-like clarity of skin mottled with different colors, seem to merge. One can’t even delineate where one figure ends and the other begins. Their fused curvilinear silhouette is set against a yellow background, casting an oval shadow. The work is a consummate expression of a passionate encounter.
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Emmanuel Garibay (b.1962)
Balikan
signed and dated 1994 (lower left)
oil on canvas
36” x 36” (91 cm x 91 cm)
SOLD: PHP 584,000
Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Manila