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Ana P. Labrador
Ana P. Labrador
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150 years of Gaudi
by Ana P. Labrador - September 7, 2002 - 12:00am
Many writers have already talked about and are still talking about our negligence of the country’s historic public buildings. One of these is the Metropolitan Theater, an Art Deco building with a colorful facade,...
High Art
by Ana P. Labrador - April 27, 2002 - 12:00am
Located on the 21st floor of the Corporate Center in an office block in Makati is a piece of haven for the eyes and soul. Izukan (pronounced I-shu-kan) is Mandarin for emotional responses to art. It is also an art...
Jon Pettyjohn: Kin and kiln
by Ana P. Labrador - March 16, 2002 - 12:00am
The lanky Jon Pettyjohn sits up after crouching at the side opening of the kiln. He takes one medium-sized, olive-shaped jar, shakes his head and sighs. "Anagama is teasing us," he assays, "as it...
Norman Dreo’s brilliant world
by Ana P. Labrador - February 11, 2002 - 12:00am
Norman Dreo paints from life. Having grown up in a community at the edge of the University of the Philippines’ Diliman campus, he emerged from this throbbing colony vividly interpreting its energy on his canvas....
That New York Spirit
by Ana P. Labrador - January 26, 2002 - 12:00am
I am writing this on Christmas eve and New Year is just around the corner. Yet, New York City (NYC) continues to throb with life even after the Sept. 11 tragedy at the World Trade Center (WTC). The 16-acre disaster...
A much bigger Drawing Room
by Ana P. Labrador - December 17, 2001 - 12:00am
The Drawing Room has a bigger exhibition space and it celebrates the opening of its new annex with one exhibit by three young artists. Despite the show’s title Depleted, the works of Eric Zamuco, Claro Ramirez...
Pintô: Opening doors for contemporary art
by Ana P. Labrador - December 1, 2001 - 12:00am
The split-level galleries and fountains around it reminded me of art spaces I have visited in Texas and New Mexico. But this was not in Southwestern United States or Central America. It was in a hilly subdivision...
Amazing Glaze
by Ana P. Labrador - November 19, 2001 - 12:00am
Seeing Bobby Castillo’s glassworks the first time I visited Avellana Galleries, I was immediately attracted with the way they have been manipulated to form remarkable geometric shapes. Many of those I noticed...
Carving a name in the art scene
by Ana P. Labrador - October 29, 2001 - 12:00am
It has been a hectic artsy few weeks with exhibition openings, performances and awarding ceremonies. The more outstanding of these were marked by fresh approaches to art and a defiant mood away from some of the...
House your art
by Ana P. Labrador - October 20, 2001 - 12:00am
The setting was not at all what I had imagined. Some of my friends who have been there mentioned that it is unlike any of the galleries we see around the country. The Avellana Art Gallery (AAG) is a converted...
Mona’’s hothouse blooms
by Ana P. Labrador - October 1, 2001 - 12:00am
Unusual flowers abound in the tropics. Philippine forests’ teem with blossoms of curious beauty that are full of textures and smell pungent at times. In Europe, botanists and horticulturists take pains to...
Penang: A past preserved
by Ana P. Labrador - September 29, 2001 - 12:00am
The train ride from Bangkok to Penang evoked charm reminiscent of those days when privileged colonials traveled for pleasure. It helped that the Bangkok train station, Hua Lumpong, had elements of Victorian architecture...
10 years of spilling ink
by Ana P. Labrador - August 27, 2001 - 12:00am
A series of exhibitions by members of Ang Illustrador ng Kabataan (INK) mark the group’s 10th year anniversary. An exhibit at the lobby of the EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Mall has just ended, while two more are still...
All this and heaven too
by Ana P. Labrador - August 18, 2001 - 12:00am
In the past, I had sought to convince National Artist for Sculpture Napoleon Abueva to allow The Philippine STAR to feature his workshop and home. One Friday morning, Abueva gave me a surprise visit and not only...
Waling Gorospe’s yarn
by Ana P. Labrador - July 30, 2001 - 12:00am
Telling a yarn refers to a shorthand way of saying that a story is made believable through an elaborate unraveling of an account. It could also mean embellishing the truth with details, obscuring or making long-winded...
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