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The body of work of Filipino-American artist Alfonso Ossorio (1916 – 1990) engaged in a formalism of color and space based on a structuralist study of the world, attributing or inscribing ideological meaning, questions of being, and transcendence to materiality. His imagery is deeply immersed in his Catholic faith and upbringing.

Born in Manila to affluent Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental, he received European and American education in the 1940s and 1950s, which placed him in the fortunate position of witnessing pivotal moments in Western modern art. A committed artist …