Category: exhibition text
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Shara Francisco – ang mga bagay ay nakakaramdam
May 17-24, 2025First United Building Community MuseumEscolta Street, Manila In this sensorial investigation, Shara Francisco began with a hypothesis: “objects can feel” (or as the exhibit title declares in Filipino: “ang mga bagay ay nakakaramdam”). Carrying her experience with visual programming and their interactions with sound artists, she then asked: “how?” More than anthropomorphizing (“how…
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Jershon Pagilagan and Fort Molina – The World We Made
November 23 – December 6, 2024First United Building Community MuseumEscolta Street, Manila In the depths of the forest, beneath its towering trees, a world we often overlook quietly thrives: the forest floor. This layer of life is teeming with mosses, ferns, and small plants, each playing a quiet but important role in the ecosystem. Conservationists…
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Mae Aguinaldo-Mapa – Taghiyawat Na Naging Nunal
November 9-30, 2024First United Building Escolta Street, Manila For children, imagination is second nature. As we grow older, we learn that not everything is possible. Our aptitude to imagine boundlessly eventually finds corners and walls as we get acquainted with reality. “Taghiyawat Na Naging Nunal” is an attempt to bring back our childlike way of…
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Alvin Zafra – Miragen
October 17 – November 14, 2024ArtinformalMakati, Metro Manila In the depth of encompassing darkness, light persists in varying degrees. At times, it bounces faintly on surfaces; once in a while, it pierces brightly as a source. What can be seen is not only at the whim of what was made visible by light, but also…
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Julius Redillas – Word on the Street
May 4 – June 1, 2024Art Cube GalleryMakati, Metro Manila Word on the street whispers of the return of Julius Redillas’ sinewy enigmatic figures. In this latest collection, Redillas draws inspiration from the myriad details of everyday life that surround him. Within the sanctuary of his own home, the figures of the Virgin Mary and…
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Christian Gonzales – Sonata
October 21-November 20, 2023Fifty One Collective Art HausMandaluyong, Metro Manila Music marked Christian Gonzales’s passage back to his childhood passion: painting. In 2015, he flew to Europe to sing for a company event. This vocal performance allowed him to express his creative spirit amidst the humdrum of his corporate day-to-day work. Four years after his…
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Paulo Vinluan – Parabola
August 12 – September 5, 2022Finale Art FileMakati, Metro Manila Paulo Vinluan wants to tell two stories: an Aesop fable on one canvas and a Greek myth on three spheres. Fabricated within A Fabled Still Life is “The Crow and the Pitcher,” while the Objects for Sisyphus, the titular character. There’s also a hidden narrative…
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Judelyn Villarta – Never Ending Joy
January 14 – February 4, 2022Finale Art FileMakati, Metro Manila Davao-based artist Judelyn Villarta is no stranger to festivals in Mindanao. She has been an avid attendee since she was in high school, finding joy in the general atmosphere energized by people coming together to celebrate their culture through performances, costumes, and parades. Sparked by…