{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":14637,"auction_id":14,"set_id":26,"lot_number":"45","artist":"Pacita Abad (1946 - 2004)","title":"Oh Happy Days","starting_price":360000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 2003 (lower right)","medium":"edition of 4/6\nstencilled, hand-coloured pressed paper pulp","size":"66\" x 52\" (168 cm x 132 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by Galleria Duemila, Inc.\nconfirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":"Singapore Tyler Print Institute","exhibited":"Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Pacita Abad: Circles in My Mind, Singapore, October 31, 2003 - January 25, 2004
\nCultural Center of the Philippines, Pacita Abad: Circles in My Mind, Pasay, September 9 - October 31, 2004
\nSingapore Management University School of Economics, Pacita Abad Gallery at Singapore Management University, Singapore, October 5, 2005 - December 31, 2020","literature":"Abad, Pacita and Cid Reyes. Pacita Abad: Circles in My Mind\n(Prints and Paper Pulp Works). Singapore Tyler Print Institute.\nSingapore. 2003. p. 8.","write_up":"Though Abad originally adopted a relatively figurative style to her practice, it wasn’t until her exposure to different forms of global art that her practice truly blossomed to what we celebrate today. Aside from her move to San Francisco, which opened up a young Pacita to the world of art, Pacita’s trip across multiple nations and countries such Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Taiwan and Hong Kong drastically changed her life and plans, as she decided to pursue the arts rather than law. Through her travels, she learned various disciplines and techniques such as Indonesian batik-making, African tie-dyeing, Korean ink-brush painting. She was then able to apply these techniques that are just as multifaceted as her experiences. This particular piece titled Oh Happy Days is emblematic of her widelyregarded and critically acclaimed practice, which are often attributed to her richly colored paintings, textile collages, and mixed-media assemblages. This mixed media piece seemingly stems primarily from Abad’s own experiences. It features an amalgamation of different items, objects, forms, and figures, relating to the viewer the subjects of interest that Abad herself has regarded as pivotal throughout her career. It is a piece that expresses the pure bliss and emancipation that art has relegated to Abad’s life, as well as the possibility of art holds for other individuals.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Pacita Abad (1946 - 2004) Oh Happy Days signed and dated 2003 (lower right) edition of 4/6 stencilled, hand-coloured pressed paper pulp 66\" x 52\" (168 cm x 132 cm)