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Mayabong signed and dated 2016 (lower right) oil and acrylic on canvas 48" x 36" (122 cm x 91 cm) PROVENANCE: Blanc Gallery, Quezon City A juxtaposition of breathing flesh and outlines of flora, Anton Mallari’s work is a surreal representation of the female portrait luxuriating in the space of a dream or the throes of passion. Wearing a diaphanous white dress that exposes her arms and décolletage, the woman reveals a startling confidence in her body as she is bathed with a pale light. While her face is abstracted with lineation of flowers, her bodily expression is at once a study of openness and vulnerability, as though, just like the flora around her, she is simply waiting for her moment to bloom. This is a captivating painting, one that reveals deftness of hand and subtlety of feeling. (J.D.)