{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":22224,"auction_id":24,"set_id":43,"lot_number":"134","artist":"José Joya (1931 - 1995)","title":"Time Symbol","starting_price":10000000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1974 (lower right and verso)","medium":"oil on canvas ","size":"32\" x 48\" (81 cm x 122 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by Alexander Richard Joya Baldovino confirming the authenticity of this","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Made during the prolific 70s period\nof Jose Joya, Time Symbol presents\na singular vision of raw power\nand energy distilled onto a painting surface\nrich in both visual and textural detail. The\nrenowned artist reinterprets the traditional\nformat of landscape painting, recreating an\nabstract pictorial realm teeming with subdued\nmonochromatic colours accumulating in\ngenerous layers of impasto strokes, which are\nthen choreographed into a series of intertwining\nblocks resembling boulders or masonry. As\nFrancisco Arellana notes, “In Joya, the power\nof abstraction, which is either only potential or\nfalse in others, becomes an actuality. And his\nabstraction is total and absolute: his pictures\nare not of the things of this world.” This power\nis majestically shown in this piece wherein the\nTime Symbol is infused with both vitality and\nimprovisation, resisting any typical methods of\ncharacterisation, with the artist consolidating any\nremaining subjective elements into purely sensory\nimpressions of light, movement and energy. The\npainting exemplifies Joya’s working style along\nwith his inner psyche and process of exploration\n- contemplative in considering the movement\nof time and its significance as the spirited and\nrestive master of the cosmos, a symbol and\nmeasure of past, present and future.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
José Joya (1931 - 1995) Time Symbol signed and dated 1974 (lower right and verso) oil on canvas 32\" x 48\" (81 cm x 122 cm)