Untitled
signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
30” x 24” (76 cm x 61 cm)

Considered to be among the most important modern Filipino painters in the local contemporary art scene, Marcel Belleza Antonio received much acclaim both from critics and aficionados for his unwavering penchant for grand narrative figures conveyed through acrylic or oil on canvas.

Even in this sleeping nude, the viewer sees Antonio’s symbolist genius working through what has been compared to Lee Strasberg’s quiet, method acting through space without the need to emote. Indeed, subtlety is the secret to Marcel Antonio’s Strasbergian scenes, and ultimately, to Antonio’s dramatic expression as a whole.