{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":33160,"auction_id":41,"set_id":66,"lot_number":"81","artist":"Ang Kiukok (1931-2005)","title":"Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross","starting_price":7000000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1996 (upper left)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"36” x 45” (91 cm x 114 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Provenance: Private Collection, Manila","exhibited":null,"literature":"Literature: Roces, Alfredo, Kiukok: Deconstructing","write_up":"Depicted here is Simon of Cyrene who was the man compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus of Nazareth as Jesus was taken to his crucifixion, according to all three Gospels. \"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.” — Matthew 27:32.  The later developments of Ang Kiukok’s Chrst figures are more abstract, monumental and architectonic than their 1960s and 1970s predecessors. The artist reassembles the fragmented distorted images into a compact composition of interlocking colors reduced to geometric planes. Perspective has disappeared. Whatever lyricism there was in the earlier paintings has now been replaced with dynamic tension.  The spiky crown of thorns on the stooped head, with the face concealed, comes as a foil to the powerful angles of the composition, especially the heavy cross.  This picture shows Ang Kiukok’s transition to more formally complex works he produced soon afterwards. The rhythm of forms and colors across the canvas unites the composition and flattens the space, yet elements of traditional perspective remain. The color scheme and the use of geometrical facets show a greater precision and forcefulness in the execution. The epic theme and the panoramic scope show Ang Kiukok trying to reconcile past visual traditions with the demands of the modern world. In the background are sporadically posed crosses, while in the foreground, the soil is blood red. The contrast between the starkly lit figures of the suffering Christ and Simon of Cyrene and the broodingly dark cross adds an ambivalent note in the work, suggesting that Ang Kiukok’s enthusiasm for modernity is deeply felt.  Clearly it still represents the cutting-edge of 1990s Philippine cubism as much as it is the product of religious tradition. It displays grave solemnity and visual vitality and it encapsulates a moment when biblical characters must come to terms with the late twentieth century aesthetic evolution.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":10500000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":10500000,"userBid":5927,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":12264000,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":31123,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/41/66/lot/81.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":80,"next":82,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}