{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":37417,"auction_id":49,"set_id":77,"lot_number":"109","artist":"Allan Cosio (b.1941)","title":"“Joint” (Study for the “Tuwangan”  sculpture from the CCP collection)  1980","starting_price":60000,"signed_dated":null,"medium":"acrylic on wood","size":"60”x 48” (152 cm x 122 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Provenance:  Archivo 1984","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Art can never be imagined without grappling with the plasticity of the material world. This sets the parameters and possibilities of what an artwork can be or can’t be. It either limits the artist or sets him soaring to the sky. This is precisely what Allan Cosio deals with as an artist — “What artwork can I do with this material?” And at times the tables are turned — “To what extent can this material’s plasticity bring to fruition this image in his head?” This piece is a glimpse of Cosio’s struggles and journey focusing of course in the decade when he won the Pollock-Krasner Grant and the grand prize for Sculpture in the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP).  It is a painting of an oblique view of a sculpture he did that is with the CCP and currently on exhibit for the Saturday Group Gold show (Celebrating 50 years in Art). With just yellow and black paint, he recreated—in a 2-dimensional painting — a 3-dimensional piece of work. It was just the essentials, no fuss no mas, it just can’t get any simpler. The actual sculpture entitled “Tuwangan” is a massive opus of intersecting wood pieces that look very much like a 3-D puzzle.  The notches and and the angles make the intersections trickier than it looks. All through Allan Cosio’s decades-long artistic practice, he has alluded to symbols of virility and strength that merge with forms of simplicity and linearity, all this decisively dominate his sought-after works. Considered as one of Philippines’ most prodigious artists, his body of work, which straddles abstraction, sculpture, and portraiture. His artistic signature, an established trademark that merges the impressionistic and sometimes the geometric. His compositions are elegant and exuberant with substance and an undeniable command in space and color. Cosio’s works have been exhibited in the US, Europe, and as many other Asian countries. He has received grants from the British Council and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation of New York. He was also awarded the rank of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1986, his “Art for Peace” trilogy won a major prize at the International Competition in Baghdad.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":0,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":0,"userBid":null,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"UNSOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":0,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":35497,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/49/77/lot/109.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":108,"next":110,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}