Lot 136: Galo Ocampo (1913 - 1985) Flagellant at the Sanctuario

Name: Galo Ocampo (1913 - 1985) Flagellant at the Sanctuario
Brand: Leon Gallery
SKU: 7f54979b18
Price: 300000 PHP

Est: ₱300,000 PHP - ₱390,000 PHPSold:

Leon GalleryMakati City , PhilippinesMarch 03, 2018

Item Overview

Description

Galo Ocampo (1913 - 1985)
Flagellant at the Sanctuario
signed and dated 1982 (lower right)
oil on canvas

Certificate of Authenticity: This piece is accompanied by a book "The Life and
Times of Galo B. Ocampo" by Alice G. Guillermo

Dimensions

24” x 32” (61 cm x 81 cm)

Artist or Maker

Galo Ocampo

Literature

Literature:
Guillermo, Alice, The Life and Times of Galo B.
Ocampo, McENRHO Book Publishing, Philippines,
2013, p.133 (illustrated)

Provenance

Provenance:
Liongoren Art Gallery

Notes

The memories that the art of Galo Ocampo revitalizes are in accordance
with his aim of recording and communicating historic events, and his
deeply felt associations with place and location. His art is also a powerful
narrative in which the anguish of spiritual dispossession is clear.
The Flaggelants series are masterpieces of Galo Ocampo that relive the
suffering and terror of the war years fused with the religious imagery
of Lent. He created this in oil on canvas as his memoirs when he was
a guerilla and the massive slaughter he witnessed has haunted him.
World War II left a lasting mark on Ocampo’s art. The danger he went
through as a guerilla and the holocaust he witnessed would haunt him
after the war, thus the Surrealistic series on mystic sociological themes
of the 50s where the Good Friday penitent is a recurrent figure.
As in Dali’s pictures, the outlook is theatrical.
The imagery of his Flaggelants series, to which “Passion of the Christ”
belongs, evokes the suffering and terror of the war years.
Central to this painting is the figure imitating Christ, crowned with
thorns and face covered by the flaggelant’s veil, carrying a heavy, rough
hewn cross, while around him are iconic reminders of the Filipino
countryside.
As in a dream, the hooded flaggelant is not in a natural setting
of country roads or city streets; instead he is in a symbolic landscape
highlighted by the heavily buttressed church.
The flaggelant symbolizes sinful human beings in search of salvation
in a ritual of purification — and water is the purifying element after the
horrors of war — or pilgrims in quest of the truth.
Accompanying the painting is the coffee table book “The Life and Times
of Galo Ocampo” by Alice B. Guillermo".
A Modernist painter, he painted works such as the “Moro Dancer”
and the “Igorot Dance". Among his paintings, the “Brown Madonna”
garnered attention in 1938 because of its depiction of Jesus and Mary
as non-Caucasian, brown Filipinos; It was also said to be “flat and
two-dimensional. ” He, along with Victorio C. Edades and Carlos V.
Francisco, painted the mural “Rising Philippines” in the lobby of the
Capitol Theater in Manila.

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

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Auction Details

The Asian Cultural Council Art Auction 2018

Leon Gallery

March 03, 2018, 02:00 PM PHT

G/F Corinthian Plaza 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati City , PH

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Terms

Buyer's Premium

20.0%

Bidding Increments

From:	To:	Increment:
₱0	₱9,999	₱1,000
₱10,000	₱19,999	₱2,000
₱20,000	₱59,999	₱5,000
₱60,000	₱199,999	₱10,000
₱200,000	₱399,999	₱20,000
₱400,000	₱799,999	₱50,000
₱800,000	₱1,999,999	₱100,000
₱2,000,000	₱4,999,999	₱200,000
₱5,000,000	₱9,999,999	₱500,000
₱10,000,000+		₱1,000,000

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Shipping Terms

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Payment

a. The balance of the invoice must be paid in full and merchandise picked up within three (3) days from the date of the sale. One week after the auction, left items may be moved to an off-site facility for pick-up. A storage fee will be charged if merchandise is left longer than two (2) weeks of One Hundred Pesos (Php 100) per lot per day. If the property is left longer than four (4) weeks, it will be considered abandoned. We are not responsible for shipping, but if packing and handling of purchased lots will be done by us, it is done at the entire risk of the purchaser. A refundable deposit may be required.

b. Cash, cashier's check, wire transfer, personal check (items may be held until the check clears). If any legal action is commenced to enforce these Conditions of Sale, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Time is of the essence.

Payments shall be wired to:

Account Name: Leon Gallery
Account Number: 2166008845
Address: G/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati City, Philippines
Swift Code: MBTCPHMM

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