{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47418,"auction_id":95,"set_id":125,"lot_number":"169","artist":"Geraldine Javier (b. 1970)","title":"Odd Sights, Strange Sounds","starting_price":3000000,"signed_dated":"dated 2008","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"72\" x 96\" (183 cm x 244 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Primo Marella Gallery, Milan Acquired directly from the artist","exhibited":"Primo Marella Gallery, South East B(l)ooming, Milan, Italy, February 10 - April 2, 2009","literature":null,"write_up":"A common thread amongst the works of Filipina contemporary artist Gerladine Javier is their ability to draw you in through use of uncanny yet subtle  ways. Her pieces  look and feel they are suspended between reality and the illusory, bringing to light an almost metaphorical existence within what is perceived to be mundane.<br /><br />Her works are imbued with a sense of profundity, given that Javier herself often focuses on the conceptual aspect of her work rather than any sort of emotional response. In this piece we are let in a room of sorts whose walls are decorated with head mounts, and whose floor is overgrown with wildgrass. Upon first glance, viewers of her work are already thrust upon the surreality of Javier’s works.  The use of taxidermy as a visual device is nothing new. Javier’s work draws similarities to another notable female artist; Georgia O'Keeffe. In O’Keeffe’s skull series we are presented with her fascination with the natural forms of skulls, particularly those of animals found in the desert landscape of New Mexico. O'Keeffe worked with various mediums that depicted the remains of different animals, including oil on canvas and pastels. The choice of medium allowed her to experiment with different textures and color palettes, further enhancing the expressive qualities of her representations. The series reflects a deep connection to the environment that surrounded her and a contemplative approach to the cycles of life and death.<br /><br />In a similar fashion, Javier presents with a new way of  seeing things originally thought to be taboo. Here we see ourselves in an in-between. A space where life and death, the primal and the modern, man and nature, exist in a sort of juxtaposition with each other. Yet their opposition is not hostile. Instead, this surreal coming-together of objects and symbols can be read as a descriptive stance on the current state of affairs, wherein no matter how many divisions we draw amongst ourselves, in the end everything will once again collide and coalesce with each other. (Jed Daya)","lot_group":"Painting","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":4000000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":4000000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":4806400,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":46924,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/95/125/lot/169.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":168,"next":170,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}