Lee Aguinaldo: Pink Circulation No. 4
Lee Aguinaldo (1933-2007)
Pink Circulation No.4
signed, t i t l e d , and dated 1975 (in verso)
acrylic (aqua-tec)
24” x 24” (61 cm x 61 cm)
Opening bid: P 300,000
Lot 33 of the Leon Gallery / Asian Cultural Council auction on 20 February 2016. For more details, please go to www.leon-gallery.com
Pink Circulation No.4 expresses the power of pure color — and does so in the manner of hard edged abstraction. The paint is even and non-textured, flat without illusion and banks on the interaction of side by side monochromes. To quote American Hard Edge abstractionist Frederick Hammersley, structure, “is of prime importance…Until this is right, nothing further can be done. After the picture works in line, the shapes ‘become’ colors.”
Notable at this stage in the evolution of Aguinaldo’s \ aesthetic is his total abandonment of the vigorous gestural brushwork of his Abstract Expressionist years. In a 1972 interview, Cid Reyes comments: “Your most recent paintings had a very limited range of colors…” Lee Aguinaldo answers: “It’s a good discipline. It’s like Zen exercise.”
In Pink Circulation No.4, Aguinaldo’s art has grown and matured and declared color as its source of sensation. He has reduced his art to the basic sensation of abstraction that provides dramatic impact via a singular vast area of pure color.
Lee Aguinaldo: Pink Circulation No. 4
Lee Aguinaldo (1933-2007)
Pink Circulation No.4
signed, t i t l e d , and dated 1975 (in verso)
acrylic (aqua-tec)
24” x 24” (61 cm x 61 cm)
Opening bid: P 300,000
Lot 33 of the Leon Gallery / Asian Cultural Council auction on 20 February 2016. For more details, please go to www.leon-gallery.com
Pink Circulation No.4 expresses the power of pure color — and does so in the manner of hard edged abstraction. The paint is even and non-textured, flat without illusion and banks on the interaction of side by side monochromes. To quote American Hard Edge abstractionist Frederick Hammersley, structure, “is of prime importance…Until this is right, nothing further can be done. After the picture works in line, the shapes ‘become’ colors.”
Notable at this stage in the evolution of Aguinaldo’s \ aesthetic is his total abandonment of the vigorous gestural brushwork of his Abstract Expressionist years. In a 1972 interview, Cid Reyes comments: “Your most recent paintings had a very limited range of colors…” Lee Aguinaldo answers: “It’s a good discipline. It’s like Zen exercise.”
In Pink Circulation No.4, Aguinaldo’s art has grown and matured and declared color as its source of sensation. He has reduced his art to the basic sensation of abstraction that provides dramatic impact via a singular vast area of pure color.