Kiko Escora, Untitled, 2007
Oil on canvas
152.5 x 125 cm
Condition: Very good, with minor surface accretion accumulated, consistent with age.
Proof of Purchase from Sotheby’s available
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Kiko Escora (Filipino, b. 1970), one of Manila’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and distinguished chronicler, captures both the sensual affluence and affected glamour of high life and night entertainment in his works. The artist places his subjects at close range, illustrating people, mostly party-goers, at their most guarded façade. Often severe to the point of being pretentious, Escora’s subjects are products of their times: modern, urban, wealthy, well dressed, and bored. They are drawn from real life, from friends, dreams, places.
This painting marks Escora’s brilliant growth as an artist, his transition from the pencil and charcoal sketches that marked the start of his career to his current, more elaborate portraiture. Though simply depicted, its subversion inspires musings and conversation. It provides an insight into the emotions behind the seemingly sterile veneer that wealth and modernity make so easy to put up yet are so difficult to hide from view, especially from the intelligent gaze of the sensitive onlooker.
Acquired from Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2010.
(Photographed in October 2024)
Oil on canvas
152.5 x 125 cm
Condition: Very good, with minor surface accretion accumulated, consistent with age.
Proof of Purchase from Sotheby’s available
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Kiko Escora (Filipino, b. 1970), one of Manila’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and distinguished chronicler, captures both the sensual affluence and affected glamour of high life and night entertainment in his works. The artist places his subjects at close range, illustrating people, mostly party-goers, at their most guarded façade. Often severe to the point of being pretentious, Escora’s subjects are products of their times: modern, urban, wealthy, well dressed, and bored. They are drawn from real life, from friends, dreams, places.
This painting marks Escora’s brilliant growth as an artist, his transition from the pencil and charcoal sketches that marked the start of his career to his current, more elaborate portraiture. Though simply depicted, its subversion inspires musings and conversation. It provides an insight into the emotions behind the seemingly sterile veneer that wealth and modernity make so easy to put up yet are so difficult to hide from view, especially from the intelligent gaze of the sensitive onlooker.
Acquired from Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2010.
(Photographed in October 2024)
Oil on canvas
152.5 x 125 cm
Condition: Very good, with minor surface accretion accumulated, consistent with age.
Proof of Purchase from Sotheby’s available
-
Kiko Escora (Filipino, b. 1970), one of Manila’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and distinguished chronicler, captures both the sensual affluence and affected glamour of high life and night entertainment in his works. The artist places his subjects at close range, illustrating people, mostly party-goers, at their most guarded façade. Often severe to the point of being pretentious, Escora’s subjects are products of their times: modern, urban, wealthy, well dressed, and bored. They are drawn from real life, from friends, dreams, places.
This painting marks Escora’s brilliant growth as an artist, his transition from the pencil and charcoal sketches that marked the start of his career to his current, more elaborate portraiture. Though simply depicted, its subversion inspires musings and conversation. It provides an insight into the emotions behind the seemingly sterile veneer that wealth and modernity make so easy to put up yet are so difficult to hide from view, especially from the intelligent gaze of the sensitive onlooker.
Acquired from Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2010.
(Photographed in October 2024)