Gallery News
‘Vintage Vitalis’ at Alliance Française
Alliance Française de Manille’s Total Gallery presents Macario Vitalis’ paintings and drawings from the ’30s to the ’60s in “Vintage Vitalis,” which opens on March 1, 6:30 p.m., at Alliance Française de Manille, 209 Nicanor Garcia St., Bel Air 2, Makati City. The show runs until March 31.
The exhibit is curated by Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi and Claude Tayag, who both knew Vitalis personally.
Vitalis never kept a “stock” of his own works. The paintings and drawings presented are mostly drawn from private collectors who had patiently sought them out in flea markets and auctions in France. Majority of the works are from the estate of art patron Camille Renault.
For information, call 895-7441. 895-7585, e-mail cultural@alliance.ph. or visit www.alliance.ph.
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‘CEB-MNL: An Exhibition’ at Ateneo
The Ateneo de Manila University Fine Arts Program and the seniors of the Art Management present “CEB-MNL: An Exhibition,” which is on view at the fifth floor, Ateneo Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan, QC. The show runs until March. 27.
The exhibit features four different shows — “The Inception of Deviation,” “A Route to Globalization,” “Breaking In, Breaking Out,” and “Salvaged Antiquity” — of contemporary Cebuano art featuring abstract expressionists Tito Cuevas, Karl Roque, Sio Montera, Vidal Alcoseba Jr., Ritchie Quijano, Russ Ligtas, and The Junks Collective.
The show is curated by JV Castro, Tanee Fong, and Gab Agila. Proceeds will benefit the Jesuit Communication Foundation, Alternative Contemporary Art Studio, and the Ateneo de Manila University Fine Arts Program.
For details, call or SMS 0917-8318353 or e-mail johnvincentcastro@yahoo.com.
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‘Handog ng Sining: Parangal kay Cory at La Salle Greenhills
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolutioin, the memory and legacy of the late President Cory Aquino, La Salle Greenhills — in cooperation with the Ninoy Aquino and Cory Aquino Foundation, the One La Salle Scholarship Fund, and Galerie Joaquin — presents “Handog ng Sining: Parangal kay Cory,” which opens on Feb. 24 at 11 a.m., La Salle Greenhills, San Juan.
Featured artworks are by National Artist Arturo Luz, Presidential Medal of Merit awardees Federico Alcuaz and Juvenal Sanso, Mario Parial, Dominic Rubio, Lydia Velasco, Daniel de la Cruz, Aldrino Abes, Jomar Delluba, Armenius Aralar, Karina Baluyut, Gil Corcuera, Aileen Lanuza, Vincent de Pio, PJ Jalandoni, Henry Ordona, Jaspher Penuliar, Jerry Morada, Juanito Torres and Amador Barquilla.
Guest of honor is Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, chair of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF).
The exhibit is for the benefit of One La Salle Scholarship Fund and the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation.
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Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi at BenCab Museum
BenCab Museum marks its second anniversary with Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi’s “Vessels,” which opens on Feb. 26 at BenCab Museum, Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio. The show runs until March 27.
The glazed stoneware on exhibit are Tequi’s initial experiments in coil and slab techniques, as well as various types of clay, sand, and glazing. The results are cups, bowls and other utilitarian objects in organic shapes that literally bear the artist’s fingerprints.
For inquiries, call (074) 442-7165, e-mail bencabartfoundation @gmail.com or visit www.bencabmuseum.org.
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“Suyo” by Mark Justiniani
‘Art Folio 2011’ at Nineveh Artspace
Nineveh Artspace presents “Art Folio 2011,” which is on view until Feb. 28 at Nineveh, 1st Ave., Sta. Cruz, Laguna.
The show features the works of more than 20 artists.
For inquiries, call (049) 572-6617, SMS 0927-9313951, or e-mail mcvien96@yahoo.com.
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Ong Tian Chuo at SM Art Center
Ong Tian Chuo presents his watercolor and oil paintings in his solo show, which opens on March 6 at the SM Art Center, SM Megamall A, Mandaluyong City. The show runs until March 20.
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Sam Kiyoumarsi at Mo_Space
Sam Kiyoumarsi offers a glimpse of Philippine contemporary society between 2005 and 2010 through a slightly misanthropic lens in “A History of Bad Ideals,” which is on view until March 20 at Mo_Space, Bonifacio High Street, Taguig City.
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‘Hiraya through the ‘90s’ at Hiraya Gallery
Hiraya continues its 30th anniversary celebration with “Hiraya through the ’90s,” a retrospective of artworks by some of the artists who emerged during the ’90s, which is on view until March 4 at Hiraya Gallery, 530 U.N. Ave., Manila.
They are Gabriel Barredo, Mary Shelley, Noel Cuizon, Jojo Legaspi, Mario de Rivera, Brenda Fajardo, Charlie Co, Dindo Llana, John Frank Sabado, Mark Justiniani and Dennis Ascalon.
For inquiries, call 523-3331, e-mail hiraya@info.com.ph or visit www.hiraya.com.
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‘Ako’ at Mendez Big & Small Art Co.
Aleah Angeles, Anton Mallari, Chester Calayag, Cyril Turao, Dante Perez, Demosthenes Campos, Dr. Joel Mendez, Edwin Martinez, Froilan Calayag, Jayar Olase, Jay Torres, Jayson Cortez, Jessie Mondares, Joel Quiñones, John Marin, Kim Jerome Santiago, Pedro Garcia, Reynold dela Cruz, Ronald Ventura, Ryan Rubio, Sydney Valdez, and Vladimir Grutas showcase their self-portraits in “Ako,” which is on view at Mendez Big & Small Art Co., fourth floor, SM Megamall A, Mandaluyong City.
For inquiries, call 566-2640, 687-7425 or SMS 0917-8482691.
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Jay Tablante at The Crucible
Jay Tablante holds “Les Femme Fatales,” a cosplay photography exhibit, which opens on Feb. 22 at The Crucible Gallery, fourth floor, SM Megamall A, Mandaluyong City.
The show features female characters from various comics, movies, and video games. Each character is meticulously recreated for the camera with detailed costumes, and expansive sets. Models include the country’s “Cosplay Queen” Alodia Gosiengfiao, GMA Artist Center talents Barbie Forteza, Bianca King, Rhian Ramos, and Solenn Heusaff, among others.
Proceeds will go to the Vincentian Missionaries Social Development Foundation.
For details, call 635-6062 or e-mail info@thecruciblegallery.com.
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“Dew” by Mariano Ching ‘Revolution Revisited’ at Ayala Museum
In celebration of the Edsa People Power 1, Ayala Museum, in partnership with Edsa People Power Commission and the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF), hosts “Revolution Revisited,” which opens tomorrow at the second floor, Glass Wing of Ayala Museum in Makati City. The show runs until March 5.
The show features photographs of American photojournalist and San Jose University professor Kim Komenich. Komenich will hold a lecture on Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. also at Ayala Museum.
Komenich was a photographer for the San Francisco Examiner during the period leading to the People Power Revolution. Fourteen of the photos he took during his assignment in the Philippines were granted the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.
Sixty of Komenich’s photographs will be featured in the exhibit.
After its run at Ayala Museum, the exhibit will tour a number of malls in Metro Manila, provinces as well as universities.
For inquiries, call 757-7117 or e-mail museum_inquiry@ayalafoundation.org.
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Redd Nacpil at Finale Art File
Redd Nacpil presents a complex world that is untranslatable into words in “Super Pilosopo,” which is on view at the Upstairs Gallery of Finale Art File, Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound, Gate 1, 2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City.
For information, visit www.finaleartfile.com.
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Mariano Ching at SLab
Mariano Ching showcases his portrait series in “Even Bad Days are Good,” which opens on Feb. 16 at SLab, Silverlens Gallery, second floor, YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati City. The show runs until March 19.
Each painting is a portrait of human-like beings, whose faces have a world of their own.
For details, call 816-0044, e-mail manage@silverlensphoto.com or visit www.silverlensphoto.com.
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“Raptus” by Lui Medina Lui Medina at Manila Contemporary
Lui Medina absorbs the religious landscape around her but translates this iconography into more abstract and ambiguous works that mark beauty as a by-product of the sublime in “Raptus,” which is on view until March 27 at Manila Contemporary, Whitespace, 2314 Chino Roces Ave., Brgy. Magallanes, Makati City.
“Raptus” is the Latin term for “rapture” or “ecstatic delight.”
For information, call 844-7328, e-mail info@manilacontemporary.com or visit www.manilacontemporary.com.
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Vincent de Pio and Aileen Lanuza at Galerie Raphael
Artist-couple Vincent de Pio and Aileen Lanuza explore the mystery of women in “(un) Robed,” which opens on Feb. 26 at Galerie Rafael, Unit 2C-06, second floor, The Piazza, Serendra Mall, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The show runs until March 10.
For information, call 856-3034 or SMS 0916-1518464.
