Non-objective art, more popularly known as abstract art, experienced its full flowering in the Philippines during the 60s to the 80s. It followed the rise of the Neo-Realists, the country’s pioneering postwar modernists who emphasized ‘plastic reality’ in the late 40s and 50s, and in many ways presented an antithetical parallel to the propaganda art of the Social Realists in the late 60s to the 80s.

‘Color Field’ is a reference to color field painting, a branch of abstract expressionism. In a larger sense, however, the term also encompasses the various strands taken by practitioners of non-objective art in terms of form and medium: a powerful visual spectrum that holds its own today.

Highlights of this exhibition and silent auction include an untitled 1970 Nena Saguil ‘crepuscule’ painting acquired directly from the artist by the Philippine cultural attaché to France; a 1975 Fernando Zóbel from his renowned Serie Blanca series – a view from his Cuenca studio; outstanding works by Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. and Justin Nuyda; a joyous pair of 1962 Arturo Luz graphites, a set of meditative Gus Albors from his Terminus series, and a 1974 HR Ocampo of sterling provenance. Other featured artists include Roberto Chabet, Ray Albano, Edgar Doctor, Rod. Paras-Perez, Marciano Galang, Cesar Legaspi, Alan Cosio, Rodolfo Samonte and Cesare Syjuco.