{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":14629,"auction_id":14,"set_id":26,"lot_number":"38","artist":"Jigger Cruz (b. 1984)","title":"Horizontal Farewells","starting_price":1400000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 2013 (lower right)","medium":"oil on layered canvas and wood","size":"including frame: 43\" x 31 1/2\" (109 cm x 80 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM AN ITALIAN COLLECTION","coa":null,"provenance":"Primo Marella Gallery","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Cruz’s art style has been known to push deeper meanings with each and every layer of different materials he uses to create his pieces, a part of the reason for his unique art style is that he is colorblind and he uses tactile and sensorial materials to further convey himself and his artworks. This artwork in particular is an example of his signature style, in that Cruz has an already painted canvas of what it seems to be two naked women embracing one another but most of the scene is covered in layers of tactile and sensorial materials leaving only a glimpse of the women. The rest of the layers are of scattered dark shades of different colored oils, burned materials, scratched and cut papers, and spray can paint of black, orange, and purple with a few hints of yellow.
The dynamic of defacement and vandalization somehow works together with the original painting under the layers. Although there is no clear logical placement for the different layers, Cruz’s clash of both a classical art style and his contemporary styles synthesize in this piece. There is an added mystical element of revealing only a glimpse of the classical painting while being covered in layers of other materials. This gives a deeper perspective and understanding of the connection between the old classical art and the modern dynamic style, at the same time the deeper meaning of the artwork itself. Works such as this prove Jigger Cruz’s skill in expressing important messages meant to reflect the contemporary world.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Jigger Cruz (b. 1984) Horizontal Farewells signed and dated 2013 (lower right) oil on layered canvas and wood including frame: 43\" x 31 1/2\" (109 cm x 80 cm)