This piece is accompanied by a certificate
issued by Gisella Olmedo-Araneta confirming the
authenticity of this lot

ABOUT THE WORK

In 1970, Onib Olmedo abandoned his 12-year career in architecture to pursue his artistic passion and develop his style and technique. His style was essentially a structuralist one founded upon figurative expressionism. Along with Ang Kiukok and Solomon Saprid, he profoundly contributed to the flourishing of Expressionism in the Philippines and adapting it to the local context.. The earlier works of Olmedo contained darker themes. As he progressed into old age, his paintings shifted to lighter and brighter motifs with music as subject matter that is usually infused with mobility and action. This was due in part to her daughter, Bambi, taking up ballet classes. Although the lines are asymmetrical in this particular piece, they are calculated and void of indiscriminate organization. The colors are vividly brightened to achieve an effect wherein light is allowed to penetrate the interiors. Olmedo intently abandons traditional modernist structures to attain freedom in method and style, making this work as organically appearing as possible.