{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":50162,"auction_id":99,"set_id":131,"lot_number":"73","artist":"Florencio B. Concepcion (1933 - 2006)","title":"Untitled","starting_price":800000,"signed_dated":"ca. 2000","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"60\" x 60\" (152 cm x 152 cm)","property":null,"coa":"Accompanied by a certificate issued by Miriam Concepcion Lazaro \nconfirming the authenticity of this lot.","provenance":"Estate of the artist","exhibited":"UP Vargas Museum, Florencio B. Concepcion: Figuring \nInto Abstraction (Retrospective Exhibition), Quezon City, \nFebruary 20 - May 6, 2007","literature":null,"write_up":"In viewing Florencio B. Concepcion’s works, one must willfully take into consideration the artist’s innate disposition: a man imbued with harmony and composure, a resilient soul. In the August 19, 1996 issue of the Manila Times, the influential Concepcion shares that his paintings emanate from his feelings and creativity. “Life has been good to me. The mere fact that I am alive and that most of my dreams came true [is proof enough],” Concepcion blissfully remarks.
The sublime visual poetry that is Concepcion’s works evokes meditation and solitude. Concepcion induces the viewer to immerse and envelop oneself in the tranquil silence of our inner being. Thus, freedom in yielding myriad meanings and expressions is accorded to his audience.
The often-jarring colors he employs in his works represent the multitude of contradictions we encounter in our earthly life. However, these conflicts bring to light the innate vividness of Concepcion’s works. Concepcion makes us grasp the notion that it is through solemn introspection and genuine acceptance of contradictions as part of our mortal existence that we enkindle a total oneness within ourselves. A humanizing quality is imbibed, and harmonious concordance among contradicting forces is engendered.
This piece was a part of Concepcion’s 2007 retrospective exhibition at the University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum. The works in the exhibit encapsulate Concepcion’s creative journey and metamorphosis, starting from his student years at the UP School of Fine Arts; his graduate studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, which the Italian government subsidized; his prolific period as a proponent of abstract art; his stint as an art educator and later, Dean of the University of the East College of Fine Arts; and eventually, a full-time artist until his death.
Although he had already passed away on September 4, 2006, five months prior to the opening of the exhibition, the retrospective was nevertheless a full-circle journey for the artist. Concepcion first obtained professional training in the arts at the UP, graduating in 1953. In all its facets, the retrospective was a celebration of Concepcion’s legacy as an acclaimed art educator and a foremost champion of abstract expressionist art in the Philippines. (A.M.)","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Florencio B. Concepcion (1933 - 2006) Untitled ca. 1980 oil on canvas 60\" x 60\" (152 cm x 152 cm)