Anthony Fermin’s visual diary of Pinoy life
MANILA, Philippines - Anthony Fermin presents a visual diary of Filipino’s daily life in “Looking Through the Eyes of Joy,” which is on view at Galleria Lienzo, second floor, The Shops at Serendra, 11th St., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
“First Trip” is a congestion of passengers crammed together in a rickety tricycle. A day of devotion is reserved for Wednesdays as we trek through the throng of sidewalk vendors, seeking perpetual help in “Baclaran,” a shrine of a painting for which many prayers have been answered.
Fermin also pays homage to craftsmen who have remained loyal to their craft, like the “Shoe Maker.” But for sheer joy and exaltation of Philippine life, the series of works titled “Making Memories” translate the images that define us as a people. Indeed, while one can fake another artist’s work, joy is an emotion and experience that cannot be faked, emanating as it does from an inexhaustible wellspring of character of a race.
With several solo shows to his name, Fermin continues to harness his art with the visual device that works cumulatively in reinforcing the validity of his vision. The artist works in terms of visual vignettes. So to view his burgeoning body of works is to be treated to snapshots of Filipino characters and familiar places, mirroring for us the immediate world we live in, and the sympathetic, often humorous reflections of ourselves as a people.
For inquiries, call 874-5049.
