Lot 71
140 x 180 cm
oil on canvas
signed lower right
JOEL WELBART BARTOLOME《关门时间》2010年作 油彩 画布
款识：Welbart 2010（右下）
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Notes:
Filipino artist Joel Velbart Bartolomé is known for his strong visual style of critical realism. He is good at using symbolic and theatrical images to deeply question social structure, collective consciousness and individual destiny. "Closing Time" was created in 2010. It is the artist's heavy response to industrialized society, human alienation and spiritual dilemma, and is also one of his representative political allegorical paintings.
In the center of the picture, a row of naked men climb the falling rope in different postures, with a dull industrial plant and billowing black smoke in the background, and the sunset is dim in the haze. They wear masks symbolizing "silence", their bodies twisted and struggling, as if in an endless escape or passive rise, metaphorically representing the struggle of human nature in modern society that is suppressed by the system, consumer culture or industrial process. Above the picture, a green decorative curtain symbolizing "nature and dreams" hangs, and a female face with closed eyes droops like an icon in the middle - this "ideal/maternal" image forms a sharp contrast with the dark reality below.
Bartolomé uses realistic techniques to render human texture, combining the holy composition of religious paintings with modern ruins, making this work full of visual tension and metaphorical space. He places the collective body in the ruins of the building, forming a visual experience between the religious altar and the court, inspiring the viewer to reflect on power, order and the meaning of survival.
Closing Time is an important creation of the artist in the context of social criticism, with both visual shock and symbolic depth. It occupies an important position in the context of contemporary figurative art in Southeast Asia and is also highly concerned by collectors and curators.
菲律宾艺术家乔尔·韦尔巴特·巴托洛梅以其批判现实主义的强烈视觉风格著称，擅长通过象征与剧场化的画面构建，对社会结构、集体意识与个体命运展开深刻拷问。《关门时间》创作于2010年，是艺术家对工业化社会、人类异化与精神困境的沉重回应，亦是其代表性的政治寓言式绘画之一。
画面正中，一排裸体男性以不同姿态攀爬垂落的绳索，背景为沉闷的工业厂房与滚滚黑烟，夕阳在灰霾中黯淡无光。他们戴着象征“沉默”的面具，身体扭曲挣扎，仿佛在一场无尽的逃离或被动的升起中，隐喻了现代社会中被体制、消费文化或工业进程压制的人性挣扎。画幅上方，一幅象征“自然与梦境”的绿色装饰帷幕垂悬，其间一张宁静闭目的女性面庞如圣像般低垂——此一“理想/母体”形象与下方的黑暗现实形成强烈对比。
巴托洛梅采用写实技法渲染人体肌理，将宗教绘画中的圣洁构图与现代废墟相结合，使本作充满视觉张力与隐喻空间。他将集体身躯置于建筑废墟之中，形成一种介于宗教祭坛与审判场之间的视觉感受，激发观者对权力、秩序与生存意义的反思。
《关门时间》是艺术家社会批判性语境下的重要创作，兼具视觉震撼力与象征深度，在东南亚当代具象艺术脉络中占据重要位置，亦深受藏家与策展人关注。 - Condition: The work is overall in good condition. No sign of restoration and retouching on this work. The work is framed.
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