Jul
29
2009
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOU
Performance tandem Costantino Zicarelli and Angelo V. Suarez continue
their investigation of space and language in their first two-man show
together, “The Suarelli Brothers Have Nothing to Do w/ Each Other.”
Billed as siblings whose surname is a conflation of their actual
surnames, Zicarelli and Suarez pair up to both interrogate and
celebrate the inherent violence of pairing: How do two things that
have nothing to do with each other — or people, such as themselves –
come together? The primary aesthetic (one can almost say ethic) or
technique that is apparent is juxtaposition: image against image,
person against person, praxis against praxis, system against system,
structure against structure. While the two profess no particular
allegiance to the Surrealist movement, one cannot help but be reminded
of the line by Le Comte de Lautreamont (considered a precursor of
Surrealism) in this emphasis on the notion of encounter: “Beautiful as
the chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting
table.”
True to their backgrounds, the artists engage the media that are most
familiar to them and they have become known for. Zicarelli, for
instance, in his focus on painting — with three well-received solo
exhibitions under his belt — makes use of large diptychs as a formal
strategy for interrogating couplings as varied as the somber and the
absurd, the clinical and the gritty. Suarez, on the other hand — with
three published books to his name — makes heavy use of words, finding
possibility for poetry that engages the site and materials it
inhabits, from photography as a means for documentation to mail not
just as medium for correspondence but as correspondence in itself.
“The Suarelli Brothers Have Nothing to Do w/ Each Other” opens
Saturday, August 1, at 6:00 p.m., and will at the blanc compound, 359
Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City. For more information, please call or sms
752-0032 / 0920-9276436, email info@blanc.ph or visit www.blanc.ph,
www.blancartspace.multiply.com
The exhibit will run until August 21, 2009.
Jul
28
2009
honey honey in the sunshine
“maria jeona and paola germar.”
This event is planned to start at 6:00 pm on Jul 21, 2009 at 4th Level Building A, SM Megamall.
Jul
28
2009
Enrique Tabuena 5th show.
University of the Philippines Visayas
Chancellor’s Committee for Culture and the Arts
presents
Abstract Women and a Rooster
a visual art exhibit
by
Enrique Tabuena
July 28, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
UPV Art Gallery U.P. Visayas, Iloilo City
For more details please check my
website: http://www.tabuenaartscentral.com
Jul
16
2009
MANILART O9, is the first international art fair to be hosted in the Philippines. It is participated in by the country’s leading art galleries and those of the Asian region. This is where art collectors and enthusiasts can view the finest examples of Contemporary Art today and gather together to exchange views and insights about the world of art.
The opening night, which is by-invitation-only, will serve as a preview to the entire art fair and will be held from 6 to 11 pm on July 16, 2009.
MANILART 09 will then open its doors to the general public from 11 am to 8 pm on July 17 to 19, 2009. Admission tickets are priced at Php200. or US$5.00 each.
BUY TICKETS HERE
Venue is the newly renovated NBC TENT perfectly nestled inside the country’s most progressive development to date – BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY.
VIEW SITE MAP HERE
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Jul
12
2009
Solo exhibition of CJ Tañedo entitled “COMPULSION” at Tala Gallery opens on July 12, 2009 at 7PM
Compulsion (/com·pul·sion/ |k?m p?l sh?n|, derivative of compellere, “to urge” in Latin): the state or action of forcing or being forced to do an act against the will and as an overwhelming recurring innate impulse to behave in a certain manner opposed to the preference of the individual.
The impetus for this exhibition, entitled “Compulsion,” is the seeming contradiction embodied in the fundamental meaning of the word itself. In this one-man show, CJ Tañedo invites us to trudge through a surreal universe illuminated by the artist’s recent works. As is characteristic of most of Tañedo’s oeuvre, the paintings in this exhibition are infused with a strongly yet subtly ambiguous atmosphere, evoking deeply-conflicting sentiments and emotions.
Opening reception for “Compulsion” is on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 7 p.m. at Tala Gallery, 100 Scout De Guia Street, Quezon City. The exhibition runs through August 3, 2009.
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