Roland ‘Olan’ Ventura is one of the celebrated Ventura ‘Three Rs’ Art Brothers in the Philippines – Ronald, Roland and Roldan – all of whom are gaining a lot of traction with their divergent art, especially the eldest brother Ronald, who holds the auction record for a work in the Philippines . Here, ‘Olan’s work depicts a kimono-clad women but with the flesh in photo-negative tones, the face etched only by the eyes, nostrils and lips gap. A cartoonish decal of a samurai on horseback hovers above and a skull lies under where she is seated. The backdrop is studded with a nondescript shape, probably a dragon fruit. Olan graduated in Fine Art from the University of the East in 1998. His younger brother, Roldan, was also from the same university, but Ronald received his BFA in Painting at the University of San Tomas. Olan was featured in the Toy Box solo at Kuala Lumpur Taksu in 2009.