Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

In J.B. Callicott’s seminal essay entitled The Land Aesthetic, he describes a holistic and progressive natural aesthetic theory and disposition as one that fully encapsulates the sensuous aspects of nature. He describes the picturesque and unapologetically beautiful as only a mere fraction of the beauty nature has to offer. Juvenal Sansó’s signature abstract landscape perfectly embodies Callicott’s natural and environmental aesthetic. The artist’s landscape differs from more classical and even impressionist temperaments as it captures the oftentimes veiled beauty of nature itself. In his body of work that spans decades, Juvenal Sansó has transformed the genre of landscape into a reflection of the inner state of the artist. Sansó effectively creates a dreamy, otherworldly place where the earth and sky meet, where even the smallest stone is infused with the atmosphere.