{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":51202,"auction_id":3,"set_id":4,"lot_number":"70","artist":"Gabriel Barredo (1957 - 2020)","title":"Light","starting_price":600000,"signed_dated":"dated 2008","medium":"rubber, fiber glass, aluminum, metal, acrylic, bulb","size":"51 1/2\" x 11 1/4\" x 10 1/4\"\n(131 cm x 29 cm x 26 cm) each","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":"Soka Art, Visions, Beijing, July 26 - August 4, 2008","literature":null,"write_up":"The saying “one man’s trash trash is another man’s treasure” is undoubtedly personified by the works of Filipino mixed media artist Gabriel Barredo. A graduate of the University of Santo Tomas, Barredo’s artistic practice has evolved into a seemingly theatrical display of found objects, mixed media, and other ephemera molded into otherworldly and surreal sculptures and installations. The contents of his sculptures include rods of electric fan covers, broken particles of car windshields, wood, paper, wrought-iron, antique radios, coconut husks, bottle caps, bed springs, fire-hose coils, conveyor belts, wooden beads, computer and refrigerator parts, cement grinders and other original materials to create a feast for the senses out of mundane objects.
\nGiven the nature of Barredo’s practice, one can argue that Barredo was one of the foremost practitioners of Maximalism in the Philippines. Unlike Minimalism, which is undoubtedly not only alive in Philippine art but in both Modern and Contemporary movements, Maximalism is not often looked at through much of an academic and critical lens. Despite this, the term is often used to describe an aesthetic of excess. In contrast to Minimalism’s insistence that less is more, Maximalism touts that more is indeed more. By being redundant, overtly complex, and excessive, one can see the richness and depth of art and design through its possibilities. Such is undeniably seen in Barredo’s art, whose excessive use showcases how a succinct vision is not muddled by how much material is utilized. (J.D.)","lot_group":"OBJET D' ARTS","lot_details_html":"
Gabriel Barredo (1957 - 2020) Light dated 2008 rubber, fiber glass, aluminum, metal, acrylic, bulb 51 1/2\" x 11 1/4\" x 10 1/4\" (131 cm x 29 cm x 26 cm) each