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Manila Art Blogger’s New Site 4 Oct 2011 | 01:07 pm
After three years, I thought I’d spruce things up a bit. Please check out my new site at http://www.manilaartblogger.com. Hope you continue to follow me as I chronicle Manila’s art scene!
Lyra Garcellano’s Epistolary 6 Sep 2011 | 10:36 pm
Lyra Garcellano, "Aria" After disappearing for a year, spending six months of 2010 in an Asian Cultural Council grant in New York, Lyra Garcellano has come back with wonderful new work. In Epistolar...
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s Hong Kong Intervention, Alfredo + Isabel Aquilizan’s Address, and Sandra Palomar and Nolet Soliven’s Flesh at UP Vargas 3 Sep 2011 | 03:38 am
Artists Sandra Palomar and Sun Yuan I’m a big fan of Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. Ever since I saw Angel, a hyper realistic sculpture of a dead angel splayed on the ground, I have sought to...
ManilArt 11: Art In The Dark 28 Aug 2011 | 12:03 am
Tatong Recheta Torres, "Untitled" at Art Informal The invitation said be there at six, and I thought I’d be fashionably late. I arrived close to seven pm, wondering if I could get away with not stri...
Pow Martinez Destroys Planets 24 Aug 2011 | 08:28 pm
Pow Martinez liberally throws around the word astig. He uses it nonchalantly, with a casual shrug. Pow Martinez, "Punk House #1", detail Exhibit installation view George Condo, the American artist...
Snippets from the Bacolod Art Scene 23 Aug 2011 | 04:05 pm
Gallery Orange Amidst wandering through marvelous old mansions, faded reminders of a genteel past, and overindulging in muscovado-laced delicacies, a cultural tour of Bacolod included glimpses of the...
Peewee Roldan and Maxine Syjuco at NOW Gallery 16 Aug 2011 | 12:22 am
Noberto Roldan, "What Is The Color of Beauty? 2" NOW OPEN! Pasong Tamo Extension just welcomed another art space. Now Gallery, a venture of collector Patrick Reyno, opened its doors last month. Tog...
Ateneo Art Awards 2011: Anatomy of Autonomy 12 Aug 2011 | 07:37 pm
I look forward to the Ateneo Art Awards every year. I believe that it does a credible job of recognizing the best works by young visual artists. I do not always agree with their Bembol dela Cruz an...
Romeo Lee and Pow Martinez Wreak Mischief and Mayhem 9 Aug 2011 | 08:23 pm
Romeo Lee and his mural The exhibit may have taken its name from Manuel Ocampo’s favorite wine, but Mischief and Mayhem perfectly suits the works of Romeo Lee and Pow Martinez. Those who follow the...
Brouhaha at the CCP 5 Aug 2011 | 03:41 am
At first I was inclined to dismiss the debate as a tempest in a teapot. But when my favorite daily read (www.artdaily.com) carried the story of the furor over Mideo Cruz’s piece, Poleteismo, at the C...
