Gallery News: Elmer Borlongan at Pinto Art Museum
Elmer Borlongan portrays individuals in everyday instances of play and repose in “Labyrinth of Kinship,” which opens on Feb. 1 at Pinto Art Museum, Sierra Madre St. Grand Heights, Antipolo City, Rizal.
Pinto Art Museum also features “Wear Abel,” a fashion program — in cooperation with Gameng Foundation of Ilocos Norte — that highlights the use of the Ilocano abel cloth in new and varied ways of application in clothing as well as furnishing; and the opening of the new Museum of Indigenous Art.
For information, call 697-1015 or email pintoartmuseum@yahoo.com.
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Three shows at Artinformal
Artinformal presents three simultaneous shows — “I Went to the Forest to Live Deliberately” by Catalina Africa, Martha Marietta Atienza, Genevieve Chua, Lena Cobangbang, Patricia Eustaquio, Nona Garcia, Lou Lim, Lui Medina and Issay Rodriguez; “Blue” by Olivia d’Aboville; and “Pocket Universe” by Veronica Pee — which open on Jan. 14 at the Main Gallery, The Big Room and The Inner Room, respectively, of Artinformal, 277 Connecticut St., Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City. The shows run until Feb. 15.
For information, call 725-8518.
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Rick Armando at Arte Pintura
Rick Armando holds his second solo show “Sining Biswal sa Panahon: Noon at Ngayon,” which is on view until Jan. 24 at Arte Pintura, The Address at Wack Wack, Wack Wack Rd., Mandaluyong City.
For inquiries, call 631-0898 or email artepinturagallery@yahoo.com.
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Fernando Modesto at Mo_Space
Fernando Modesto presents a body of work that is colorful, witty, irreverent, naughty, humorous and at the same time, pensive and full of melancholia in “Rewind,” which opens on Jan. 14 at Mo_Space, third floor, Mos Design Bldg., Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The show runs until Feb. 15.
For inquiries, call 85-7915 or visit www.mo-space.net.
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Ben Cruz at Kaida Contemporary
Ben Cruz lends contemporaneity to the usual portrayal of women — with layered textures suggesting corrosion, fine squiggles and slashes of lines that meld into his paintings — in “Mga Etchura ni Maria,” which opens on Jan. 18 at Kaida Contemporary, 45 Scout Madrinan St., South Triangle, QC.
For details, call 709-0289 or email kaida529@yahoo.com.
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Sam Penaso at Altro Mondo
Sam Penaso holds “Metalscape,” which is on view at Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea, third floor, Greenbelt 5, Makati City.
For details, call 501-3270 or email info@altromondo.ph.
