Marc Aran Reyes

Lot 147: Marc Aran Reyes (b. 1996) Serene

Name: Marc Aran Reyes (b. 1996) Serene
Brand: Leon Gallery
SKU: 7eb4449977
Price: 1000000 PHP

Est: ₱1,000,000 PHP - ₱1,300,000 PHPSold:

Leon GalleryMakati City, PhilippinesSeptember 11, 2021

Item Overview

Description

Marc Aran Reyes (b. 1996)
Serene
dated 2021
oil on canvas
84" x 54" (213 cm x 137 cm)

P 1,000,000

by Pao Vergara

For as long as painters have painted, the photorealistic style and technique has been oft used to achieve verisimilitude, that is, accuracy with how the human eye perceives the world. It eschews the “distortion”
of other styles like Impressionism in favor of perspective, lighting and shadow, and other
details which match reality.

Enter Marc Aran Reyes, known for deploying photorealism to recreate not the waking world, but
the dream-world, a realistic surrealist, so to speak.
This style carries over to 2021’s Serene while also adding new elements that contrast with earlier works.

Where earlier works appear dislocated, with backgrounds only hinted at by mists or an endless sea, here, a mountain range with visible crags and crannies keeps sentinel over a lake or sea.

This is notable, as Reyes states that the work’s title, which means calmness as a state of mind or of things, also draws from an older meaning of the word: “a clear sky and calm sea.” The way the mountains and woman are reflected on the water, all under a setting (or rising?) moon denotes this.

Once again, Reyes uses a monochromatic palette to haunting effect, haunting, not in a way that spooks, but in a way that makes the unknown familiar, home-like even. Reyes adds that a theme he wants to explore here is one’s personal space, a safe personal space.

Finally, a most notable departure from previous works is the visibility of the subject’s face, not hidden by hair or by having her back turned to us. One might be tempted to see the woman as possessed, awake but not truly conscious, but the confident grace in her posture – reminiscent of the black, Asian, and Caucasian girls in the art-house music video Butterfly – suggests that she willed herself into this dream-world, rather than being abducted into it.

It’s as if she’s levitating from a portal leading from this world to the one in Reyes’ stark canvas, a portal which happens to be a tiny island. Perhaps, the link to “our” world is the fishbowl next to the girl. But the serenity, the determination, on her face suggests that she
wants to enjoy her newly uncovered world.

Perhaps freedom isn’t so much the state of the
seas outside, but of the ocean within; a fish
leaving its bowl, thus discovering wider waters.

Artist or Maker

Marc Aran Reyes

Payment & Shipping

Payment

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Shipping

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Auction Details

The Magnificent September Auction 2021

Leon Gallery

September 11, 2021, 02:00 PM PST

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

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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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GENERAL:

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

In case if litigation between Leon Gallery and the buyer, the parties must submit to the Law Courts of Makati.

Shipping Terms

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

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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