Marina Cruz explores the deepest recesses of derelict house interiors like how one would explore the hidden streets of an old, uninhabited city. Marina Cruz communicates a deeply personal vision, veiled in the guise of objective verisimilitude, that allows the creator to remain, in a sense, invisible. Maria Cruz carefully observes the effects of light and shadow in a relatively dimly lit room. Clearer colors in the lit areas combined with intense shadows, nuance and mystery make a precise reading of the painting complex. Calm and derelict they may be, these are silent and extraordinarily lonely places, but their serenity barely conceals some mystery. The measureless shadow which is spread out beyond the rafters has undercurrents of yearning and melancholy. Marina Cruz is no different from artists whose impact is not transient: the photographers Eugene Atget, Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott, and the visual artists Degas, Eakins, Hopper. She pushes the envelope further when human figures disappeared from her canvases via the interiors. With human presence they would become narratives.
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Marina Cruz (b.1982)
Construction Always on Progress
signed and dated 2013 (lower left)
oil on canvas
48” x 60” (122 cm x 152 cm)
SOLD: PHP 467,200
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot
Provenance: 1335 Mabini