Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

Bicol-born artist Augusto Albor is a master of direct, expressive restraint. Minimal in approach, his works have enigmatic and meditative qualities, making one absorbed in its intrinsic simplicity. This 1997 untitled painting has a rugged texture brought out by the dominant gray and darker tones. The textural treatment in this particular work gives off a feel of stone-like grittiness. Gearing to the metaphysical is one of Albor’s artistic interests, hence his minimalist abstract expressionist works in neutral colors that generally evoke calmness and silence instead of overwhelming the viewer with strong colors and strokes. He is considered one of the most renowned abstract painters in the country by various critics.