{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":39969,"auction_id":61,"set_id":89,"lot_number":"64","artist":"Geraldine Javier (b. 1970)","title":"The Wedding","starting_price":700000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 2005 (lower right)","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"60” x 48” (152 cm x 122 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":"Christiane L. de la Paz, Private Collections, Artes de las Filipinas, Quezon City, 2009, p. 246 (illustrated)","write_up":"While Geraldine Javier's work is, at present, a marriage of elements and media, painting on canvas remains central to her  oeuvre.  It is through painting that Geraldine first expresses the surreal tendency that is very much a part of her practice. In this work entitled &quot;The Wedding&quot;, she stimulates our sense of nostalgia by presenting an object that aims to elicit memories of childhood and personal attachment.  She achieves this by showing us an image of an antique doll, a bride in her wedding garb painted in shades of grey, as if to place us in a flashback or a dream-like state.  The object she chose evokes a feeling  of lightheartedness, once associated with play and imagination — what young Filipina girl did not dream of once walking down the church aisle, all dressed in white? These are memories that tend to linger long after we've left our time as children.\nAnother fascinating element in this piece is the doll's immaculate appearance, with its limbs intact and devoid of any evidence of depreciation.  While much of Geraldine's work is filled with personal symbolism which are clues to her complex world, this piece also prompts us to objectively contemplate if we idealize certain memories of our childhood.\nApart from Geraldine's flair for the surreal, we also see evidences of her proclivity to pattern and texture.  Her hyperrealistic depiction of clothing, embroidery, marble and wall pattern adds a decorative element to this piece.\nGeraldine Javier is one of the most exciting contemporary artists working today.  Her body of work often discusses themes such as childhood and death, but expressed from a very personal standpoint.  Her art is often the result of contemplation more than an expressionist's actuation.  Geraldine has exhibited internationally, in places such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Berlin and Korea. In 2003, she was selected by the Cultural Center of the Philippines as a Thirteen Artists Awardee.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>Geraldine Javier</strong> (b.1970)<br /><em>The Wedding</em><br />signed and dated 2005 (lower right)<br />oil on canvas<br />60&rdquo; x 48&rdquo; (152 cm x 122 cm)</p>","alias":null,"hp":3200000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":3200000,"userBid":null,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":3737600,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":38468,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/61/89/lot/64.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[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":63,"next":65,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}