Gallery News: Leeroy New at Galleria Duemila

MANILA, Philippines - Leeroy New creates and recreates hybrid forms and images as a means of affirming a personal mythology in “Monstrosities,” which is on view until April 16 at Galleria Duemila, 210 Loring St., Pasay City.

For inquiries, call 833-9815, e-mail gduemila@gmail.com or visit www.galleriaduemila.com.

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Yolly Cabuco and Arlene Añonuevo at Galeria de las Islas

Yolly de Castro-Cabuco and Arlene de Castro-Añonuevo showcase pristine images and incantations of wonder in “Between Dream and Enchantment,” which is on view until April 19 at Galeria de las Islas, third floor, Silahis Center, 774 Gen. Luna St., Intramuros, Manila.

For details, call 527-2113 or e-mail galeriadelasislas@yahoo.com.

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Charlie Gomez at The Art Prints Alley

Charlie Gomez manifests his perspective as a self-professed “outsider looking in” to marvel at the hyper-reality of Tokyo and NYC in “New York to Tokyo: City(e)scapes”, which opens on March 19 at The Art Prints Alley, LRI Design Plaza, Nicanor Garcia St., Bel-Air II, Makati City.

For information, call 836-8799 or e-mail inquiries@oneworkshop.ph.

‘Riverscapes In Flux’ at Met Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila and the Goethe-Institut mount “Riverscapes In Flux,” which is on view until April 13 at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex, Roxas Blvd., Malate, Manila.

Seventeen artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines explore how people interact with water though art installations and intermedia, meditating on a life and world that is, like the river, constantly in flux.

Initiated by Goethe-Institut Vietnam, the traveling exhibition has been shown in Hanoi, Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh and now in Manila before moving to its last destination in Jakarta in June. The Manila run is curated by Claro Ramirez Jr. and features the works of Filipino artists Jon Romero and Christine Poblador among the 17 Southeast Asian artists.

For inquiries, call 708-7829, e-mail info@metmuseum.ph or visit www.blog.goethe.de/riverscapes.

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Esguerra, Flores and Francisco at vMeme Contemporary Art Gallery

VMeme Contemporary Art Gallery, in cooperation with Creating Space Inc., holds two simultaneous shows — Resty Flores and Billijin Carle Esguerra’s “Scene/Seen” and Gina Luz Francisco’s “Flourish,” — which open on March 23 at VMeme Contemporary Art Gallery, second floor, CK Bldg., 61 Visayas Ave., QC.

In “Scene/Seen,” Esguerra and Flores attempt to breathe a fresh understanding of the waxing and waning of our oral lores.

Francisco interprets her environment in a series of watercolor paintings in “Flourish.”

Both shows are curated by Randel Urbano and Crown Dolot.

For inquiries, call 964-5951 or visit www.vmemecontemporary.com.

Max Balatbat at Art Verite

Max Balatbat deconstructs and breaks down figurative forms hinting at construction and collapse in “Bahay Aliwan,” which opens on March 23 at Art Verite Gallery, 2C-05, second flor Shops at Serendra, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The show runs until April 7.

For details, call 915-1982.

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Fernando Sena at The Crucible

Fernando Sena showcases his landscape and still-life paintings in his solo show, which opens tomorrow at The Crucible Gallery, fourth floor, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. The show runs until April 7.

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‘Bodeg’Art@Emerald’ at Emerald Mansion Condominium

Mindanaoan artists Bienvenido Bones Bañez, Joel Geolamen, Rodney Yap, Mariano Catague and Salima Saway Agra-an hold “Bodeg’Art@Emerald,” which is slated from March 22 to 24 at Emerald Mansion Condominium, Emerald Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

The show is presented by the Emerald Mansio Condominium Association Inc. (Emcai).

For information, e-mail ph.ace@gmail.com.