{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47529,"auction_id":96,"set_id":126,"lot_number":"234","artist":"Edwin Wilwayco (b. 1952)","title":"Nude","starting_price":15000,"signed_dated":"signed and dated 1978 (lower right)","medium":"pastel on paper","size":"16 1/2\" x 11 1/2\" (41 cm x 29 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"In 1982, a decade after his graduation from the University of the Philippines and his succeeding participation in various art engagements, notably his involvement in the Saturday Group of Artists and him joining the Philippine Advertising Counselors (PAC) as Studio Artist under the executive directorship of Romulo Olazo, Edwin Wilwayco submitted his application for a study grant in painting to the British Council Manila. He would eventually be accepted as a scholar at the West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham, England. As a student, Wilwayco did a series of works: The Farnham Series, Hangers and Ropes Series, and Chairs and Cathedrals Series. These works would later be showcased at The Hidalgo Gallery in Makati in 1983.<br /><br />But these works were far isolated from his native roots. Notably, they were much more attuned to his British experience. One of Wilwayco's teachers at West Surrey commented on his susceptibility to fully embrace the rudiments of Western art, therefore depicting more and more foreign, alien scenes, giving his works an artificial, forced atmosphere. Hence, upon his return to the Philippines later in 1982, Wilwayco would touch on a subject intimately attached to his native sensibilities: the iconic jeepney. Thus, the genesis of the Jeepney Fantasia series.<br /><br />In the Jeepney Fantasia series, Wilwayco pays homage to the traditional Filipino jeepney, dubbed the \"King of Philippine Roads.\" In these works, Wilwayco lends his exuberant imagination to a creative redefining of the iconic and timeless form of the jeepney.<br /><br />Beyond his celebration of the dynamic and iconic jeepney in his Jeepney Fantasia Series, Edwin Wilwayco's attunement to the aesthetics of his native land is discerned through his employment of maximalism, an inherent element in Filipino art. Emmanuel Torres notes in his article 'The Jeepney as Fantasy,' published in the February 25, 1989 issue of The Manila Chronicle, that Wilwayco's renditions of jeepneys are \"an affirmation of Pinoy aesthetics with its penchant for filling in every available space with décor.\"<br /><br /> Wilwayco engendered a visual extravaganza of warm colors that evoke the natural tropical environment of the Philippines. The dynamic visual poetry from Wilwayco's employment of a tropical palette dominated by the warmness of yellows, blues, greens, and reds resonates with the lived experience of the typical Filipino. It certainly enkindled not only refinement in Wilwayco's native sensibilities but a coming of age for him as well. Through his Jeepney Fantasia series, Wilwayco finally emerged as a virtuoso in his own right, able to make his distinct path and imprint in Philippine art. (Adrian Maranan).","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":0,"bp":null,"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":null,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":47310,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/96/126/lot/234.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[12000,14000,16000,18000,20000,25000,30000,35000,40000,45000,50000,55000,60000,70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":233,"next":235,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}