Lot description
Barrio Scene signed and dated 28.3.73 (lower right) oil on canvas 34" x 34" (86 cm x 86 cm) Accompanied by a certificate issued by Mr. Soler Santos confirming the authenticity of this lot Malang’s barrio scenes have a formidable intensity without resulting in shock effects. He is not interested in depicting a realistic image but rather in creating an illusion of mass and size. Malang effectively concocts a visually playful composition by keeping his visual viewpoint very abstracted, even if it is on the street level. The street has the character of a unique community deriving from The grand old man of visual arts, Mauro Malang Santos (Jan. 20, 1928-June 10, 2017). Photo from Philippine Star. the houses lining it, the busy and raucous market at one end, and its close-knit inhabitants. The houses are represented by a series of simple, geometric forms, sharply lit but unstable and awkward. Malang’s visual interest lies in a close-up shot in which the geometry of the makeshift dwellings offered a secure structure on which to deploy, in their different ways, their patterns of broken color and sensitively rendered surfaces
