{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":22316,"auction_id":25,"set_id":44,"lot_number":"55","artist":"Jose V. Ayala (1932 - 2002) ","title":"Words Become Flesh ","starting_price":300000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1970 (verso) ","medium":"oil on canvas ","size":"36” x 36” (91 cm x 91 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Estate of the artist","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Ayala’s works point towards a seemingly endless abyss of creativity, lawless and untethered, and the limitless potential of the human mind to make sense of the beautiful absurdity. Upon viewing, Ayala’s works seemingly burst onto the scene, filling the senses with explosive and frenetic energy. But his masterful knowledge and sense of color, shape, and space tame his creations’ chaotic miasma into a tapestry of intricate and intimate design.
\nDespite his namesake, Jose V. Ayala Jr. remains an enigmatic, mysterious and almost quasi-religious figure within the canon of Philippine art. An award-winning writer and copy director by his mid-thirties, Ayala surprised many by seemingly abandoning his destined track in order to shift and pursue the visual arts in the 1960s. He was heavily influenced .friend and artist-colleague Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, who saw in him the ferocious creative spirit of a once-in-a-generation artist. Though Ayala was blessed with a relatively long life and a temperament for the arts, he rarely exhibited his works to the public nor did he mingle with the budding contemporary art scene of the 70s. Instead, he retreated inward, both physically, mentally and spiritually as he took up painting while tending to his agricultural business in Davao. Interest in his works was reignited due to a surprising retrospective at Art Fair Philippines 2019.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Jose V. Ayala (1932 - 2002) Words Become Flesh signed and dated 1970 (verso) oil on canvas 36” x 36” (91 cm x 91 cm)