EXHIBITS
Being
Big Room, ArtInformal, Mandaluyong City
Ongoing until February 6
In his first solo exhibit this 2016, Jacob Lindo showcases his current series of sculptures that, according to him, serves as a reflection of us as individuals and how we navigate our way into society. Lindo’s artworks show how we have evolved into social beings – interacting, agreeing, and rejecting the views of each other – in order to survive the grand scheme of life.
Each piece resembles human parts such as the armless overweight body and a hand on a head. Lindo says the overweight body is a metaphor for the self-gratifying nature of man for survival or for the pursuit of pleasure. The figures are arranged in such a way that they are interacting with each other, and their gestures imply the most fundamental “yes” and “no” signs to represent people’s varying views and biases.
To know more about this ongoing exhibit, visit www.artinformal.com
Hagiography
The Inner Room, ArtInformal, Mandaluyong City
Ongoing until February 6
Visual artist Jun-Jun Sta. Ana presents not a biography of saints but portraitures usually seen on the dating app for gay men called Grndr. The profile photos of these men showcase their most attractive features and angles – the smoldering gaze or the raging musculature – to make them appear, in one quick glance or scroll, sexually attractive and viable.
However, Sta. Ana attempts to present not just attractive faces and bodies but stories of their lives and arbitrary meanings as he put a layer of inscriptions on the images. The artist aims to put a depth on these photos, which may have objectified the people who posted them, and subjectifies them by offering different representations.
Visit www.artinformal.com for more details about this ongoing exhibit.
The Untamed Wall
Silverlens Gallery, Makati City
Ongoing until February 6
Conceptual artist and curator Gary-Ross Pastrana welcomes the year with his latest series of collages, which serves as his medium in shifting and entering into the more deliberate and confined nature of wall-bound, framed works. Each of his work is void of popular brands and icons, a contradiction of sorts considering his materials (magazines, books and posters) are teeming with these kinds of images.
Results of his cutting and pasting of papers include structures and edifices rising in empty yet vital spaces, the same way that growth arises from where it is needed. For more information, visit www.silverlensgalleries.com
Blueprints
Silverlens Gallery, Makati City
Ongoing until February 6
After seven months of immersing herself in the daily routine of the people on the street of Escolta, Manila, Issay Rodriguez presents her latest artworks made using cyanotype printing and graphite drawing. The combination of styles, which she calls “cyanophite,” is a synthesis in itself where various planes, layers and vantage points blend into one.
The exhibit showcases views from the McArthur Bridge, Avenida, and Carriedo, among others. The varying shades of cyan induce nostalgia, while the combination of analog and digital technology, manual and mechanical labor and historical and contemporary elements shed light on the possibilities and value of our heritage.
Visit www.silverlensgalleries.com for more details on this exhibit.
Unlimitext
Galleria Quattrocento, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
January 20 to February 2
Through jumbles of letters and numbers, visual and performance artist Sam Penaso exhibits how communication and technology can create art. These symbols, often underestimated in their powers to connect people, are given a new definition by connecting the abstract to the logical.
An art resident at the Art Hub in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Penaso’s works aim to portray his vision to create perfection in the absolute abstraction of symbols towards a logical pattern – the unification of language, science and mathematics through art.
The show opens tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.
CONCERTS
PPO 2016: Tetsuji Honna
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
January 22; 8:00 p.m.
The country’s leading symphony orchestra, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, opens 2016 with its January concert led by Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna.
Performing under the baton of Honna, the PPO, together with guest solo pianist April Dawnena Merced-Misa, will play Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and his monumental and memorable Symphony No. 3 “Eroica.”
Honna is currently the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted numerous orchestras including La Scala Phil, Filharmonia London, Hungary State Symphony, Arturo Toscanini Orchestra, and Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra. He has also worked with a number of soloists such as Martha Argerich, Elizabeth Leonskaja, Cecile Licad, Antonio Meneses, Christian Tetzlaff and Cyprien Katsaris.
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