Provenance: Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

          A true master of deception, Jason Montinola dives into his subconscious and reinvents  a visual language that is deeply rooted in the past but reintroduced with the otherworldly optical illusion-esque imagery of the present.  Through persistence to articulate his bizzare dreams and visions, another door is unlocked in the depths of the labyrinthian human brain, as he unmasks a man’s true self, revealing that majority of their true motivations are for their selfish ends.
          From his restless thoughts, the process of creation then becomes a continuous journey  of discovery, wherein he lets the viewers see what occupies, stirs, and challenges his creative juices.
          The subject is bound to numerous interpretations; reluctant of embracing his age yet, an old established man vividly misses the gayness of his young robust days or maybe his daydream is a foreshadowing of the man’s sexual leanings to his female attributes as represented by the blossoming flower and the gracile styling of his hair.