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Bathers
signed (lower right)ca. 1970
oil on canvas
38" x 38" (97 cm x 97 cm)






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Zalameda's Portraits of WomenFor a Woman WriterBathers shows Oscar Zalameda’s brilliant manipulation of shapes and planes. One of the most renowned Filipino cubists of the 1960s, Zalameda portrays a sophisticated image of the aforementioned swimmers. His signature “soft” cubist style is paired with a harmonious color palette, creating a distinct image despite the abstraction. At the forefront lounges a woman, arm over her head and hip jutted out. Behind her is another woman kneeling and, if one squints, another figure mid-dive. It speaks highly of Zalameda’s talent that he can tell an instantly recognizable story in abstract form; he possesses a personal style that saddles the line between abstract and representational, creating a highly harmonious canvas. (Hannah Valiente)