Friday, January 11, 2013


Wednesday, 9 January 2013
430 pm
ArtSpeak : Beauty as a Possibility of Painting
Kevin Power

Kevin Power is a critic and curator. He is the chair of American Literature at the University of Alicante and former deputy director of the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. He has curated exhibitions on Julian Schnabel (Carmen, Sevilla),James Lee Byars in Valencia and Granada, Eco: Contemporary Mexican Art (Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid) Políticas de la Diferenica on Latin American contemporary art (MALBA, Buenos Aires, Museum of Contemporary Art in Recife, Brazil),While Cuba Waits (Track 16, L.A.) among many others. He has also authored numerous articles and books such asPoética Activa: La Poesia Norte American pos 60New Cuban Art: A Critical AnthologyPolke’s Postmodern Strategies;Geometría y Visión: Una Conversación con Pablo Palazuelo etc.


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Saturday, 12 January 2013
3 pm
Performance by David Medalla and Adam Nankervis
as part of the exhibition Tuloy Po Kayo, Welcome!
430 pm Artists’ reception
The exhibition runs from 27 November 2012 – 30 January 2013.


Wednesday 16, January 2013
3pm
ArtSpeak : Video Artworks in Transnational Narrations
Monica Carballos

430 pm
ArtSpeak : The Biennial
Kevin Power

Mónica Carballas was an exhibition co-ordinator at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid in 2000-07. She was awarded a fellowship by the Fundación Marcelino Botín for Curatorship in 2007 for her work on Brazilian Experimental Art. She has curated exhibitions such as Experimental Rio: Beyond Art, Poetry and Action, 2010 at Fundación Botín in Santander; Labyrinth of Visibility: Experimental Audiovisual works during Dictatorships for the Trienal de Artes Visuales in Santiago de Chile, 2009; and Activar una historia, that formed part of the program of the Valencia Bienal, 2007. She also co-ordinates the publishing project Pisueña Press, in Spain, that publishes the series White Wine Press.



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Wednesday 16, January 2013
6pm
Artists’ reception to celebrate the 2011 Ateneo Art Award Winner Return Shows

Not My Ordinary Day
Bembol dela Cruz

Buwaya
Kawayan de Guia

The exhibitions run from 27 November 2012 – 30 January 2013.



Wednesday, 26 January
2pm
ArtSpeak : On David Medalla
Purisimma Benitez- Johannot
Editor, The Life and Art of David Medalla

Purissima Benitez-Johannot is a Lecturer in the Department of Art Studies of the UP, Diliman. For the last thirty years, she has worked in the field of art: at the Museum of Philippine Art and Ayala Museum in Manila, in the Center (now Museum) for African Art, Independent Curators Inc., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva. She has edited and written chapters in Sièges d’Afrique noire, Unfolding Half a Century: The Lopez Memorial Museum and Library, Land of the Morning: The Philippines and Its People,Paths of Origins: The Austronesian Heritage and The Life and Art of David Medalla. She was English edition editor of Arts & Cultures, a magazine published in Switzerland on the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.




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Thursday, January 3, 2013



The whole month of February of every year, the Philippines celebrates the National Arts Month (NAM). Since 1991, when Presidential Proclamation 683 was signed declaring February as National Arts Month, the National

Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the country’s prime agency for the arts and culture, has been spearheading its celebrating, initially with activities centering around the National Capital Region until they spread out to the regions. Now, NAM activities are being held all over the country. 

The different NAM activities of the NCCA were consolidated and given a certain format in 2007, coming up with the Philippine Arts Festival (PAF). Now, the PAF is mainly comprised of the flagship projects of the seven committees of the NCCA’s Subcommission on the Arts—architecture, cinema, dance, literature, music, theater and the visual arts.

Once again, the NCCA is gearing up for the upcoming Philippine Arts Festival, laying out events and activities to highlight the artistic brilliance of the Filipinos. With private and government agencies as partners, PAF 2013 promises to be a fulfilling feast for the senses and the soul with workshops, exhibitions, forums, performances and many others participated in by numerous artists to which the public is highly encouraged to join in.

Under its chairman Felipe de Leon Jr., and executive director Emelita Almosara, CESO 4, the NCCA has taken the theme “Celebrating Icons” for next year’s PAF. Activities will highlight the different cultural icons of the country, emphasizing their enriching roles in our lives and identity as a people.

The seven committees of the NCCA’s Subcommission on the Arts are preparing a rich repertoire of activities and events. 

The National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts, headed by architect Gerard Lico, will be holding several exhibitions, conferences, lectures and competitions on Philippine architecture and allied arts, collectively called Achi (types/texts) 2013, anchored on the theme of Filipino icons. 

The National Committee on Cinema, headed by Dr. Miguel Rapatan, will be holding Cinema Rehiyon 5 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Laguna, with screenings and forums that focus on the film productions from the regions. The NCCA partners with pelikuLAB and the UPLB Foundation Inc. for Cinema Rehiyon, which has the theme “Cinemas of Home” and will run from February 5 to 8, 2013. Independent filmmakers from the provinces of Baguio, Pangasinan, Naga, Bacolod, Cebu, Davao and others will showcase their latest films. Film curators, festival programmers and film enthusiasts will also be in attendance. 

The National Committee on Dance, headed by Ms. Shirley Halili Cruz, will be presenting Sayaw Pinoy, the longest-running NAM project with a full house audience in every performance. It is a touring dance concert showcasing the different dance forms (folk, ballet, hiphop and contemporary) by various dance companies to perform back to back with upcoming dance groups. Now on its tenth year, Sayaw Pinoy will be spreading the beauty of dance in key areas all over the country. Sayaw Pinoy will have central focus highlighting the dance icons in the major venues of the event in the different cities in luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Dance workshops and artists dialogues will be participated in by visiting and local dancers, choreographers, directors and SPA teachers from the different regions. Sayaw Pinoy 2013 wil have 30 performances in 30 different venues with at least 30 dance groups. The National Committee on Dance will also be preparing a video documentation of 25 dance icons from the different regions. Sayaw Pinoy 2013 will be another colorful showcase of the diverse culture in the country through DANCE.

The National Committee on Literary Arts, headed by its Vice Head and Festival Director, Christine Godinez-Ortega, will mount the literary arts festival Taboan 2013: Philippine Literary Arts Festival, to be held in Dumaguete City. Taboan 2013: The Philippine Writers Festival will gather writers, teachers and students for forums, lectures, a book fair, literary readings, performances, food and arts and crafts exhibits, a cultural tour, satellite projects in 11 sites across the country, a literary contest for flash fiction and poetry, an awards ceremony for outstanding writers from the regions, and a closing program highlighting the Bisayan literary traditions, culture and arts.

The National Committee on Music, headed by Prof. Felipe de Leon, Jr., will be staging the Tunog-Tugan: First International Gongs and Bamboo Music Festival in Dipolog City, Iloilo City and Baguio City. The rich variety of music in this genre will be fully explored and promoted. It will gather local and foreign gongs and bamboo ensembles for performances, lectures and workshops. It will feature new works for gongs and bamboo of local artists and interaction with international musicians.

The National Committee on Dramatic Arts, headed by Mr. Lutgardo Labad, will be holding the Tanghal 2013, highlighting the works and achievements of community and university-based theater groups from Marikina, Albay, Bohol and Cagayan de Oro City.

The National Committee on Visual Arts, headed by Mr. Nemesio Miranda, will be holding the Philippine International Visual Arts Festival (PIVAF) in the island province of Camiguin with a lineup of activities including conferences, exhibitions, competitions, workshops, painting sessions, tours, and many others.

Besides these, there are other components of PAF. The opening ceremony at the Quezon City Memorial Circle is not to be missed because it is a rousing start of the colorful celebration with a grand performance and other activities that affords attendees a foretaste of the seven arts and their sumptuous offerings.

Also of importance is the Likha Asya: The First Asian festival and Conference on Community Theater, Creative Industries and Community-Based Tourism for Sustainable Livelihoods, a cross-cultural exchange of experiences and expertise in the creative industries and cultural tourism between Lihok Bisaya, a cultural association of seven community-based cultural groups in the Visayas region, and similar groups in Asia striving for sustainable livelihoods. It will held in the island province of Bohol from February 22 to 26, 2013.

Always the unsung heroes, artists and cultural workers will be honored on this month with the Ani ng Dangal. 

Held at the Malacañang Palace, The Ani ng Dangal awarding ceremony has served as one of the culminating activities of the PAF since 2009. It honors Filipino artists who are recognized with top honors in international awards, competitions and festivals.    

It may be the shortest month of the year, but expect February to be brimming of wonderful happenings with the Philippine Arts Festival.

For more details on the activities and schedules, contact PAF Media Director and NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) head, Rene Sanchez Napeñas at (632) 527-2192 or at 0928.5081057. Log on to www.ncca.gov.ph or email

ncca.paio@gmail.com

Silverlens will be at Booth D1-05 

at Art Stage Singapore 2013
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
24- 27 January 2013

Silverlens will be bringing works by GERALDINE JAVIER.

For more inquiries please email marga@silverlensgalleries.com

Monday, December 31, 2012

It's a brand new year and I thought, I miss writing about the Arts. And last night, I decided that I would revive this blog. Only difference is that I will no longer just write about the Arts here in the Philippines. Since I've done a lot of travelling in the past year, I thought why stop. I should be writing about the galleries I visit in other parts of the world, talk with artists, and feature photos of practically any form of art I come across.

With that said, it should be an exciting year for this blog. :) Happy 2013!

Love 2013

Monday, April 20, 2009

RAUL G. ISIDRO, a multi-awarded painter in Philippine contemporary art will open his 50th solo exhibit of recent acrylic paintings to be presented by Yellow Door Gallery at R1 Corridor, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, Makati, at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009 and will run through April 30, 2009. Just last year, Isidro held his 40th Retrospective Exhibit at the Main Gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) which showcased a series of artworks done by the artist since 1968.

CCP President and Artistic Director Nestor O. Jardin wrote, “…As a leading and influential artist of our times, Raul Isidro’s unstinting devotion and dedication to his craft, coupled with his single-minded advocacy for the preeminence of the Filipino talent became an inspiration to aspiring young artists. To this, we pay tribute to a man whose exceptional talents and achievements exemplify the true Filipino artist…” Corporate and private art collectors here and abroad who speculate on the works of Isidro recognize its appreciation equally in aesthetic and investment value per se.

As a former member of the academe, Isidro was appointed as one of the youngest directors of the PWU’s College of Fine Arts in 1975. in 1979 was chosen as “The Outstanding Young Man of the Philippines (TOYM)” in the field of fine arts for his achievements and contribution in Philippine art and in 1997 received the Araw ng Maynila “Patnubay ng Sining at Kaliningan” award. The University of Santo Tomas has awarded him “The Outstanding Thomasian Award for Visual Arts” in 2006. In 1981, Isidro was given a Cultural Grant by the Australian Foreign Affairs and he lectured about Philippine art at selected universities in the cities of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. In 1972, his two entries in the National PAP Print Competition won him both the Grand Prize and the First Prize. Isidro has joined and won in the 1968 AAP Outdoor Sculpture Competition for the Luneta Park and in the painting competition of AAP in 1969 and other major art competitions in the country.

He was selected in 1983 as president of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP). From 2001 through 2006, he became president of the Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP). During his term as PAP head, Isidro with a team of artists conducted hands on exposure on the diverse techniques in the art of printmaking to the local communities of artists in more than 20 provinces and likewise lectured on art in certain universities in Metro Manila.

As a Visayan artist himself, Isidro was invited to the prestigious Cebu VIVA Excon (Visayas Visual Artists) in 2008 as one of the exhibiting artists. Earlier this year, he lectured on art at the Cebu Convention Center during the One Visayas Cultural, Tourism and Trade Convention, composed of delegates from 16 provinces of Eastern and Western Visayas.



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Pixel Perfect – The Exhibition
by Henry Bateman
Opening Reception 6pm to 9pm Tuesday 21 April 2009

Following the publication of his third book of photography, Pixel Perfect, photographic artist Henry Bateman will exhibit the works from the book at Sining Kamalig Art Gallery from April 21 to May 12 2009.
Pixel Perfect – The Exhibition, will show case the eight works in the book which are comprised of 45 digitally abstracted photographs. Made over the three year period, 2006 to 2008, these photographs explore Bateman’s coming to terms with the culture shock of emigrating from Australia to the Philippines.
Inspired by the Philippines, its land and its people, Bateman uses his camera to investigate his reaction to the scenes that surround him. From his first Christmas in these Islands in the triptych “Seasons Greetings” to dealing with government bureaucracy in “2 416 329 X” Bateman looks beneath the surface appearance of his photographs to explore the “why” of his camera captures.
By investigating the basic digital structure, the pixel, of his photographs he abandons the surface appearance by digitally abstracted them. And like abstract paintings, Bateman’s photographs extend beyond the limitations of the representational. Each of his photographs is printed as an archival inkjet on canvas and displayed as a series to make a work that explores an idea or theme.
Bateman has been working with digital photography for only nine years, prior to that he was a painter and a theatrical set and lighting designer. But in this relatively short time his work has gained international recognition with an exhibition at the Australian National University in 2007 and an invitation to exhibit his work at the 2009 Florence Biennale in Italy in December.
Pixel Perfect – The Exhibition, will be Bateman’s third solo show in the Philippines and although published in book form it will be the first exhibition of these photographs as cohesive works of art. Each photograph measures 20”x 48” which makes the 12 photographs of the “Broken Spaces” work a massive 80”x144” exploration of the adoption of a new cultural identity.
Pixel Perfect – The Exhibition is on show at Sining Kamalig Gallery, 4th level, Gateway Mall, Arenata Center, Cubao, Quezon City from the 21 April to 12 May. The opening reception will be from 6pm to 9pm on Tuesday 21 April.


For more information visit
http://auspat.blogspot.com/2009/03/pixel-perfect-exhibition-fact-file.html

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