{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":22254,"auction_id":24,"set_id":43,"lot_number":"163","artist":"Edwin Wilwayco (b. 1952)","title":"Octo Gravitas XVII","starting_price":500000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 2016 (lower right) ","medium":"acrylic on canvas","size":"56\" x 48\" 56\" x 48\" (142 cm x 122 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate signed by the artist confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Rife with rhythm and flow, the alluring abstract works of celebrated artist Edwin Wilwayco fully encapsulates the possibilities of abstraction while at the same time staying true to his artistic practice. Even during his days as a student at the University of the Philippines’ College of Fine Arts, Wilwayco was recognized for his disciplined and creative approach to the arts. His mentor’s abstractions, moreover, made an impact on the young Wilwayco’s early abstract techniques. When Jose Joya was commissioned to do a mural-size painting for the Philippine International Convention Center lobby in 1976, Wilwayco was among his students that the master artist tapped. \nToday, Wilwayco has undoubtedly followed in the footsteps of his mentors and teachers; creating visionary and engaging works of abstraction that seemingly play on the senses.
\nThis particular piece titled Octo Gravitas XVII is part of Wilwayco’s series of abstract works of the same name. The title of the series, which is derived from the latin words “eight” and “heaviness” respectively, informs both the execution and interpretation of the piece. Amidst Wilwayco’s assemblage of drips, brushstrokes, and paint splatters is a noticeably large figure of the number eight. Its size and dimensions lends Wilwayco’s central figure a pervading sense of presence. Though the central figure’s true essence is obscured by Wilwayco’s other elements, it remains conceivable even at a cursory glance, alluding to the idea that what can be cognized despite the context or circumstance is eternal. This idea is also supported by the fact that the shape of the figure eight is that of a closed loop; one that goes on and will go on forever no matter what. Wilwayco’s Octo Gravitas XVII presents us with an interesting proposition, that of the many and numerous ideals, Eternity is closest unto heaven.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Edwin Wilwayco (b. 1952) Octo Gravitas XVII signed and dated 2016 (lower right) acrylic on canvas 56\" x 48\" 56\" x 48\" (142 cm x 122 cm)