1969 was the year of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey, and in Search 94, Justin Nuyda introduces enigmatic elements into his brooding vision of sweeping and cosmic elements in a strange, rarefied space which has a compelling force as a representation of the inner realm of the mind, unimaginably ancient spatial arenas of lost, or even alien civilizations, presided over by haunting, mysteriously tiny pyramids. Just like in Kubrick’s landmark movie wherein the presence of a vertical monolith seems to disrupt every view of normalcy, Nuyda disrupts the view with the presence of a horizontal swath of light. Justin Nuyda is an enigma
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Justin Nuyda (b.1944)
Search 94
signed and dated 1969 (lower right)
oil on canvas
30” x 40” (76 cm x 102 cm)
SOLD: PHP 934,400
Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Makati City