Free Radicals
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
60" x 66" (152 cm x 168 cm)
Accompanied by a certificate signed by the artistconfirming the authenticity of this lot

EXHIBITEDWest Gallery, Color Combo Phantasma, Quezon City,October 30 - November 29, 2014

In his 2014 exhibition titled Color Combo Phantasma, to which the work at hand belongs, contemporary artist Louie Cordero plays with the full potential of color in juxtaposition with its main subject to engender what the artist referred to as “the incoherence of forms against the incoherence of the imagination.” In Wasak: Filipino Art Today, Cordero’s art is described as having “an air of ambiguity” where “a world that is often described as bizarre or riotous, and sometimes even grotesque or abject” is the commanding element of the entirety of the canvas. In addition, foremost art critic Alice Guillermo describes Cordero’s works as “corrosive candy pop.” Guillermo expounds: “Louie Cordero follows in the wake of Ocampo, although he has worked before on his own. More importantly, he has devised his own style out of the possibilities that have been opened. His art springs from an explosive mélange of dada, surrealism, pop, comics and Japanese manga; familiar idioms, yes, but in his hands taking an astonishing turn.” (A.M.)