Marcel Antonio
Male, Person
1965 –
Who is Marcel Antonio?
Marcel Antonio is a Filipino painter once considered one of the most promising in Philippine contemporary art. A graduate of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts, Antonio has produced a distinctive collection of narrative and pseudo-narrative figurative paintings influenced by modernism and 1980s postmodernism.
As one of the Philippines' young painters most proficient in the expressionist genre, Antonio is currently considered a prize of collectors in the Manila art market, which following granted the painter mainstream gallery success. Since Antonio's career started, art dealers have indulged the painter an unending series of sold-out exhibitions.
Antonio's works involve a clear expressionism with mysterious themes, often utilizing fabular images that combine myth with reality. Seeming stories behind his paintings have also captured mainstream gallery-goers' attention.
Philippine critics also regard Antonio as one among the most important contemporary Filipino painters, bestowing on the artist a number of critical acclaim for his magnetic narratives in oil and acrylic.
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