{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":46007,"auction_id":93,"set_id":122,"lot_number":"46","artist":"José Joya (1931 - 1995)","title":"Jade Day","starting_price":1400000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1984 (lower right and verso)","medium":"acrylic collage","size":"14 1/2\" x 22\" (37 cm x 56 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Alexander Richard Joya Baldovino confirming the authenticity of this lot","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"José Joya started working on his career-defining and artistry-changing acrylic collages in the early 1970s as a significant part of an increasing drive towards Filipinization\nin his art, which coincided with the resurgence of nationalistic ideals beginning in the late 1960s. They are characterized by Joya’s usage of finely grained, diaphanous rice\npapers reminiscent of the kiping and represent the artist’s\nreconnection with nature as an integral part of the praxis\nof abstraction—a sublime oneness with nature’s dynamic\nforces resulting in a gush of unbridled expressiveness.
\nIn the monograph Joya by Joya: Book of Drawings, the artist\nsubtly touches on the origins of his creative love affair with\nthe kiping and the integration of Filipino elements in his art.\n“With the imposition of martial law in the country in 1972\ncame the travel ban, virtually confining my travels exclusively\nto the Philippines,” Joya writes. “Paradoxically, it served to\nopen my eyes to the beauty and potentials of my own country.
\nA penetrating insight and concern for traditional values and\nculture gripped me. More than at any other stage in my artistic development, I came face to face—and celebrated—my\nidentity as a Filipino.”
\nIn this work titled Jade Day, Joya uses the titular gemstone\nas a metaphor for harmony, stability, abundance, and peace\nand quiet. In Chinese culture, jade is also believed to possess\npowers to ward off evil and bad luck.
\nJoya’s use of translucent rice papers cut in varying patterns seemingly shows the smooth feel and versatility of\njade, which in turn likely symbolizes the versatility of rice\npaper—a medium that further pushed Joya’s virtuoso as an\nartist beyond the traditional mediums of oil and acrylic. The\ndifferent shades of green and its complementary colors that\nJoya employs allude to jade’s representation of harmony,\na plausible representation of the solidarity of the Filipino\nnation amid a diversity of cultures.
\nAs with the popular gemstone, Joya imbibes a distinctiveness\nthat not only gave a novel touch to his abstraction but, moreover, gifted an indelible legacy that emphasizes the indivisibility of one’s Filipino sensibility and an inherent connection\nto nature, the endless fountain of creative inspiration. Joya’s\nlanguage of abstraction expounds on an expressive language that combines his lived experiences with the cultural\nheritage he shares with his fellow people. And as Joya’s surname means “jewel,” so is his brilliant legacy to Filipino art\nencapsulated in the sheer luster of this work that is Jade Day.\n(Adrian Maranan)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":1600000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":1600000,"userBid":5930,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":1922560,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":45561,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/93/122/lot/46.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[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":0,"next":47,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}