One of the most highly acclaimed contemporary artists from the Philippines, Ronald Ventura has garnered enormous international attention in recent years. He is noted for paintings featuring complex layering, combining images and styles raging from hyperrealism to cartoons and graffiti — as well as for a significant body of sculptural work.
Ronald Ventura breaks world record in Sotheby’s art auction
Filipino artists Ronald Ventura, Andres Barrioquinto and Jon Jaylo stole the thunder from other Asian artists in the recently concluded Sotheby’s Spring 2011 sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings in Hong Kong.
Total sales fetched a stunning HK$108 million / US$13.8 million, tripling pre-sale estimates.
The star of the auction was the world record sale for any Contemporary Southeast Asian Painting at auction and for the artist Ronald Ventura. The thought-provoking piece – Grayground by the Filipino artist sold for HK$8.4 million / US$1.1 million.
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