TEMPORARY ESCAPE
Escape with the immaculate pen work of Fernando Escora to his crowded fantasy depiction of Manila and its inhabitants. TEMPORARY ESCAPE showcases exclusively at Utterly Art Exhibition Space, 229A South Bridge Road (2nd Level), Singapore 058778 from Thursday 26th FEB to Sunday 8th MAR 2009. The opening hours are from Monday-Saturday: 12noon - 8pm and Sunday: 12noon – 5.30pm. We can be contacted at 6226 2605 (Kenneth or Keng Hock) or through utterlyart@pacific.net.sg. The opening reception is on Thursday 26th FEB 2009 at 7pm. Members of the press are most welcome to attend. Attendance at the exhibition is FREE.
Artist's Statement:
Imagine you are still a child, living a life without worry. You are free to explore and discover things without considering bigger responsibilities. Spending the day without serious routine and enjoying it to the fullest. All these things are temporary.
When responsibilities arise, we realize that we are grown up. Slowly we see our world composed of many facets to every movement. Our eyes open to the reality of life… that life is not easy, unlike when we were a child.
Unexpected complications arise, responsibility becomes apparent. We start to be conscious of being alive. Living, and finally involving ourselves in society. We see things around us, sometimes criticize, react and make a decision.
And sometimes we look for a temporary escape.
About the exhibition:
The grass always looks greener over in another pasture. In the teeming metropolis of Manila, amidst traffic jams, slums and pollution, many Filipinos dream of working overseas, breaking away for a short holiday or finding success elsewhere. But Temporary Escape is not just about fleeing poverty and the urban grime, the reality is that sometimes we need to escape our present situation to reach for our own happiness or to discover ourselves.
About the artist:
Fernando Escora obtained his Bachelor in Fine Arts degree with a Major in Painting at the University of the Philippines, Diliman in 1999. He has been a fulltime artist for fifteen years, and has taught, illustrated books and magazines, and participated in numerous exhibitions in Southeast Asia. Temporary Escape will be his fifteenth solo exhibition and third with Utterly Art.
Escape with the immaculate pen work of Fernando Escora to his crowded fantasy depiction of Manila and its inhabitants. TEMPORARY ESCAPE showcases exclusively at Utterly Art Exhibition Space, 229A South Bridge Road (2nd Level), Singapore 058778 from Thursday 26th FEB to Sunday 8th MAR 2009. The opening hours are from Monday-Saturday: 12noon - 8pm and Sunday: 12noon – 5.30pm. We can be contacted at 6226 2605 (Kenneth or Keng Hock) or through utterlyart@pacific.net.sg. The opening reception is on Thursday 26th FEB 2009 at 7pm. Members of the press are most welcome to attend. Attendance at the exhibition is FREE.
Artist's Statement:
Imagine you are still a child, living a life without worry. You are free to explore and discover things without considering bigger responsibilities. Spending the day without serious routine and enjoying it to the fullest. All these things are temporary.
When responsibilities arise, we realize that we are grown up. Slowly we see our world composed of many facets to every movement. Our eyes open to the reality of life… that life is not easy, unlike when we were a child.
Unexpected complications arise, responsibility becomes apparent. We start to be conscious of being alive. Living, and finally involving ourselves in society. We see things around us, sometimes criticize, react and make a decision.
And sometimes we look for a temporary escape.
About the exhibition:
The grass always looks greener over in another pasture. In the teeming metropolis of Manila, amidst traffic jams, slums and pollution, many Filipinos dream of working overseas, breaking away for a short holiday or finding success elsewhere. But Temporary Escape is not just about fleeing poverty and the urban grime, the reality is that sometimes we need to escape our present situation to reach for our own happiness or to discover ourselves.
About the artist:
Fernando Escora obtained his Bachelor in Fine Arts degree with a Major in Painting at the University of the Philippines, Diliman in 1999. He has been a fulltime artist for fifteen years, and has taught, illustrated books and magazines, and participated in numerous exhibitions in Southeast Asia. Temporary Escape will be his fifteenth solo exhibition and third with Utterly Art.
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