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Lot 15: Kawayan de Guia (b. 1979) - Colonial Coils

Est: ₱240,000 PHP - ₱312,000 PHPSold:
Leon GalleryMakati City, PhilippinesJune 20, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Kawayan de Guia (b. 1979)
Colonial Coils
signed and dated 2019 (lower right)
mixed media
67” x 55” x 3” (170 cm x 140 cm x 8 cm)
Estimate USD $4800-$6240
Estimate Euros €4000-€5200

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Far Away but Strangely Familiar, Danubiana
Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovak
Republic, July 6 to September 8, 2019.

Notes

Kawayan de Guia works across multiple creative media such as painting, installation, and sculpture. His works often feature socio-political and consumerist critiques hidden away in his irreverent sense of humor and aesthetics. By doing so, de Guia taps into the hidden profoundness of everyday life by utilizing found objects to create compelling and thoughtprovoking pieces.
Cultura de Obliti or forgotten culture, shorthand for cultural amnesia, is an indictment de Guia accuses us all of. Over the sun is the cracked head of Lady Liberty, with brain prettily exposed. The twin images of the imperial lion and tiger is straight out of the once-famous mosquito-repellant katol brand. (With his signature ironic wordplay, this references the artwork’s title, Colonial Coils.) Here, they stand in for the colonial powers that take their turns with our country. The Filipino ‘indio’ appears perplexed in wondering: Who is the lesser evil?
De Guia’s style, unlike his predecessors of the same political vein, suggests an emancipation that does away with any transcendental or universalizing doctrine, and replaces such an idea with one that is organically grown from the spirit and will of the people. His approach mirrors a communitarian methodology that re-appropriates the symptoms of modern life as a revolutionary spark for the so-called indentured masses.
Born to the father of Philippine Independent Cinema, Kidlat Tahimik, and German artist-writer Katrin Gottlieb-de Guia, Kawayan was definitely no stranger to art and culture. De Guia studied at the Philippine High School for the Arts and then pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines’ College of Fine Arts. He received the Ateneo Art Award in 2008 and 2011, and the Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2009. Recent exhibitions he has participated in include Soil and Stones, Souls and Songs, Para Site, Hong Kong (2017), Behind Foreign Lands: Southeast Asian Contemporary Art, Soka Art Center, Beijing (2016), and Wasak! Filipino Art Today, Arndt, Singapore (2016). He was one of the curators of the Singapore Biennale in 2013.

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: COD (cash on delivery), MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Paypal, Personal Check, Visa, Wire Transfer

Shipping

Auction house will help to arrange shipment at buyer's expense.

Auction Details

The Spectacular Mid-Year Auction | June 2020

by
Leon Gallery
June 20, 2020, 02:00 PM PST

Eurovilla 1, Rufino corner Legazpi Streets, Legazpi Village, Makati City, PH

Terms

Buyer's Premium

22.0%

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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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