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67 ီ஁ࢆgдኁ౶ b.1982 Marina Cruz

ช֜ᆴᑲၾͣڀ Sensual Ruffles with White Flowers
ذ੹ ೥̺ Oil on canvas
ɚ㖼ɓɞϋЪ 121.9 × 91.4 cm. 48 × 36 in.
Painted in 2018
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MARINA 2018€̸ɨ Signed in English and dated on bottom left
LITERATURE
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2021 ϋd་׌ၪܓ‘d๎ᔐߕஔ᎜dیҳdୋ Nantou, p. 18 and 129
18 ʿ 129 ࠫ
EXHIBITED
࢝ᚎ 26 Jun – 26 Dec 2021, The Poetic Realm, Yu-Hsiu
2021 ϋ 6 ˜ 26 ˚Ї 12 ˜ 26 ˚d˜་׌ၪܓ™d Museum of Art, Nantou
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Ը๕ Mind Set Art Center, Taipei
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ତԭݲӷɛᔛ࢕ٜટᒅІɪࠑԸ๕ collector from the above ီ஁ࢆgдኁ౶୚ߎᇞ‘dذ੹೥̺d
153 Ò 101.5 cmd2014 ϋЪdשርϓʹ
This work is accompanied by a certificate of ᄆ 525,000 ʩಥ࿆
ڝj̨̏τՙᖵஔʕːකͭʘᖵஔ࢕ፋᖦЪۜ
authenticity issued by Taipei Mind Set Art Center
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and signed by the artist
HKD 120,000 – 200,000
USD 15,400 – 25,600

Filipino artist Marina Cruz has been unfolding the poetic Under Cruz’s delicate and hyper-realistic brushstrokes, every
spaces of her inner self from a unique feminine perspective pattern and trace on the dress is amplified and revealed on
since she graduated from the University of the Philippines the canvas. Whether it’s the tiniest stain or the most intricate
College of Fine Arts in 2003. One day, while rummaging through stitch, whether it’s the subtle yellowing caused by time or the
her home, she accidentally stumbled upon over 100 small fine abrasions, they all unfold a grand visual perception from
dresses sewn by her grandmother for the younger ones, a microscopic perspective. Just as the title of the artwork
inspiring her to connect “memories, emotions, and history” in Sensual Ruffles with White Flowers suggests, the patterns
her creative thinking. In 2008, she won the Ateneo Art Awards in front of us become tangible and perceptible through each
in the Philippines for her work Embroidered Landscapes. In stroke and depiction. The texture and style of the dress slowly
the same year, she also won the first prize in the Philippines reveal the poetic dimension of sensory experience in the most
Art Awards and the Morris Awards, gaining attention from the warm and tactile way.
public. Since then, she has held solo exhibitions in Australia, The Path of Memories of Love
Beijing, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany and France, and other The clothing depicted by Cruz was all hand-sewn by the older
places, and has been active in the international stage. This women in the family. As the children grew up and the era of
time, she presents Sensual Ruffles with White Flowers in 2018, industrial production arrived, these old clothes were forgotten
which is a bold departure from her depiction of complete through the passage of time. Mothers folded and stored
clothing in the past, instead using a close-up perspective to them in the corners of time, hiding their unknown dreams.
explore the abstract texture and composition in a delicate and Now, the dresses are once again spread out before our eyes,
in-depth manner, revealing the landscape of life and the poetic showing the creases left by the years. They transmit the
warmth behind it.
artist’s personal experience and reflect the collective lives of
The Years Bloom like Flowers in the Picturesque Scene women, encompassing family, history, and the transmission
Like the pink sweet pea flowers depicted by renowned of love through time and space. As our gaze travels through
American artist Georgia O’Keeffe, in Sensual Ruffles with White the winding hems, it’s like walking down the path of memories
Flowers, Cruz magnifies the intricate patterns on the dress, once again. The vibrant pink represents childhood joy, the
skillfully creating an abstract beauty from tangible objects. delicate lace embodies the smiling face when wearing new
As we see the delicate petals unfold, resembling a corner of a clothes, and each white flower carries the deep affection and
dress, the closely clustered stamens form a floral ornament, expectations of the mother. Even if they have faded slightly,
with each embroidered white flower quietly blossoming. The the dense stitches captured in the light never fade away. In this
gentle and delicate brushstrokes overflow in the painting, like poetic and timeless scene, viewers seem to see the calm and
a soft and ethereal fabric, dancing with beautiful scenery, cherished gestures of the mother, her boundless love stitched
transforming the dynamic abstraction of British artist Cecily into every needle and thread, sparkling with eternal brilliance.
Brown into eternal tranquility and poetic sentiment.

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