Low Tide
August 7 to 27, 2007
In Juan Alcazaren's "Low Tide" opening on August 7 at the Finale Art File, the artist discloses his interest on objects and creatures hidden from plain sight and yet existing independently from the commotion transpiring on the surface. "Some of the strangest , most interesting, most disgusting, wondrous, beautiful and dangerous things reveal themselves to the atmosphere breathing world at low tide," he says. "This is a metaphor for my process and how I see how things can be engaging once out of their element or safety zone."
The work "Ladrones," for example, is a community of screws in various sizes driven, though not totally, on a piece of metal. They betray their torques, those spirals that make screws bore effortlessly in any surface. Instead of purpose, the artist shows us the mechanism of what is generally perceived as a simple object. Clustering and constellating, the screws create the syntax of their meaningfulness, asserting that the utilitarian could provoke, and that function does dictate the form.
"Low Tide" is on view until August 27.
Juan Alcazaren
Born 1960, Philippines
Lives and works in the Philippines
Art Studies
1983 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Awards
2000 Thirteen Artists Awardee, Cultural Center of the Philippines
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2003 Familiarity Breeds, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
1995 FRNAUT, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
1992 Arthropophilia, Cukltural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 O-O, Brix Gallery, makati City, Philippines
1998 Illumined Passions, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
1998 Grace Period, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
1997 Doll, Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines
1996 Painting by Numbers, Cultural Center of the Philippines
1995 Square One, Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City, Philippines
1993 Facts and Figures, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
1993 Large Animal Surgery, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
1992 Source: Manila, Museo Iloilo, Iloilo, Philippines
August 7 to 27, 2007
In Juan Alcazaren's "Low Tide" opening on August 7 at the Finale Art File, the artist discloses his interest on objects and creatures hidden from plain sight and yet existing independently from the commotion transpiring on the surface. "Some of the strangest , most interesting, most disgusting, wondrous, beautiful and dangerous things reveal themselves to the atmosphere breathing world at low tide," he says. "This is a metaphor for my process and how I see how things can be engaging once out of their element or safety zone."
The work "Ladrones," for example, is a community of screws in various sizes driven, though not totally, on a piece of metal. They betray their torques, those spirals that make screws bore effortlessly in any surface. Instead of purpose, the artist shows us the mechanism of what is generally perceived as a simple object. Clustering and constellating, the screws create the syntax of their meaningfulness, asserting that the utilitarian could provoke, and that function does dictate the form.
"Low Tide" is on view until August 27.
Juan Alcazaren
Born 1960, Philippines
Lives and works in the Philippines
Art Studies
1983 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Awards
2000 Thirteen Artists Awardee, Cultural Center of the Philippines
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2003 Familiarity Breeds, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
1995 FRNAUT, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
1992 Arthropophilia, Cukltural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 O-O, Brix Gallery, makati City, Philippines
1998 Illumined Passions, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
1998 Grace Period, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
1997 Doll, Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines
1996 Painting by Numbers, Cultural Center of the Philippines
1995 Square One, Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City, Philippines
1993 Facts and Figures, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
1993 Large Animal Surgery, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
1992 Source: Manila, Museo Iloilo, Iloilo, Philippines
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