NEW DISTORTED PHASE
Benedict Abigan
Ral Arrogante
Leopoldo Aguilar
Aaron Bautista
Buds Convocar
Vic Dabao
Eric Epistolo
Armida Francisco
Ediefer Gutierrez
Maia Magpantay
Leanderel Miranda
John Paul Olivarez
Carlo Ongchangco
Rey Punelas
Rommel Ramota
Dick Jose Santos
Fritz Silorio
and JCrisanto Martinez.
Opens on May 18, 2008, 6pm
LUNDUYAN ART GALLERY
88 Kamuning Road, Quezon City, Philippines
(02) 441.02.61
(632) 915.789.64.17
The realities of this world are not served on a platter ready for viewing, though they may often seem so. Nor just reality take just one form or appearance – what seems to be one thing can prove on closer look, or when viewed from another angle, to be something else. Often perception is not a simple matter of looking, but of pursuing the object’s essence or truth through tunnels and labyrinths, peering into folds and crevices, unraveling tangles. Sometimes what is needed is merely the shedding of presumptions and biases, to reveal what is simply staring the viewer in the eye.
To be able to discern in order to represent what is, artists do not take things at face value or limit their viewing from one spot and to one stance. They distort themselves so as to look from every possible angle; they turn contortionists to be able to be able to fit into the passages and interstices that their pursuit of insight may bring them into. This can be a painful and painstaking process, requiring not only imagination but also diligence and hopefulness.
In this exhibit with which we birth Lunduyan, we pay tribute to the artist’s humble contribution to life – a redemptive vision, a vision that liberates and leads to new beginnings, a vision achieved only because the artist had chosen to undergo this “new distorted phase.” [Ely Maniquis]
Benedict Abigan
Ral Arrogante
Leopoldo Aguilar
Aaron Bautista
Buds Convocar
Vic Dabao
Eric Epistolo
Armida Francisco
Ediefer Gutierrez
Maia Magpantay
Leanderel Miranda
John Paul Olivarez
Carlo Ongchangco
Rey Punelas
Rommel Ramota
Dick Jose Santos
Fritz Silorio
and JCrisanto Martinez.
Opens on May 18, 2008, 6pm
LUNDUYAN ART GALLERY
88 Kamuning Road, Quezon City, Philippines
(02) 441.02.61
(632) 915.789.64.17
The realities of this world are not served on a platter ready for viewing, though they may often seem so. Nor just reality take just one form or appearance – what seems to be one thing can prove on closer look, or when viewed from another angle, to be something else. Often perception is not a simple matter of looking, but of pursuing the object’s essence or truth through tunnels and labyrinths, peering into folds and crevices, unraveling tangles. Sometimes what is needed is merely the shedding of presumptions and biases, to reveal what is simply staring the viewer in the eye.
To be able to discern in order to represent what is, artists do not take things at face value or limit their viewing from one spot and to one stance. They distort themselves so as to look from every possible angle; they turn contortionists to be able to be able to fit into the passages and interstices that their pursuit of insight may bring them into. This can be a painful and painstaking process, requiring not only imagination but also diligence and hopefulness.
In this exhibit with which we birth Lunduyan, we pay tribute to the artist’s humble contribution to life – a redemptive vision, a vision that liberates and leads to new beginnings, a vision achieved only because the artist had chosen to undergo this “new distorted phase.” [Ely Maniquis]
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