MY MACHIAVELLIAN MANIFESTO ALA ALA
Anna Varona Jim Orencio
Boston Gallery
18 April – 8 May 2009
Visual artists Anna Varona and Jim Orencio will be holding back-to-back solo shows at Boston Gallery, entitled My Machiavellian Manifesto and Ala Ala respectively, from April 18 to May 8, 2009.
My Machiavellian Manifesto, an exhibition of Varona's figurative ceramic sculptures at Boston 's Lower Gallery, explores the concept of human individuality vis a vis socially and culturally-shaped norms, expectations, and roles. Clay as a medium is malleable, yet capable of drawing out qualities unique to every single work.
Varona explores how clay as a medium best draws out the message of creating, shaping, and molding our own destinies as human beings. “In this show, my sculptures deal with how man who was made from the same mold turns out different. What binds us all is everyone has trials and that we have our own passions. All of us are seeking our purpose in life and trying to fulfill it,” Varona says in a statement.
There is a symbolic significance to Varona's particular choice of sculptural media. “The material for my works are mainly in clay. The material from which man is made and from which man will also dissolve into,” the artist adds.
Ala Ala, a show of Orencio's acrylic-based paintings of Philippine historical images and structures, will also be on view at Boston's Upper Gallery. In this exhibition, Orencio strives for authenticity and faithfulness towards capturing the details of historical images sourced from original archival materials, such as photographs of Old Manila.
In the works, Orencio's painting process involves exploring configurations of collages, sourced from magazine cut-outs of historical images, and layerings of acrylic washes, resulting in an interesting confluence of texture, transparency, and color.
“With our culture and structures rapidly changing, it is always important to look back and be reminded of our pasts, to understand the contrast of how and why we are now,” Orencio says.
My Machiavellian Manifesto and AlaAla will open simultaneously on April 18, Saturday 6pm. at Boston Gallery, located at #72 Lantana Street , Cubao, Quezon City . For inquiries, please contact the gallery at telephone no. 7229205
Anna Varona Jim Orencio
Boston Gallery
18 April – 8 May 2009
Visual artists Anna Varona and Jim Orencio will be holding back-to-back solo shows at Boston Gallery, entitled My Machiavellian Manifesto and Ala Ala respectively, from April 18 to May 8, 2009.
My Machiavellian Manifesto, an exhibition of Varona's figurative ceramic sculptures at Boston 's Lower Gallery, explores the concept of human individuality vis a vis socially and culturally-shaped norms, expectations, and roles. Clay as a medium is malleable, yet capable of drawing out qualities unique to every single work.
Varona explores how clay as a medium best draws out the message of creating, shaping, and molding our own destinies as human beings. “In this show, my sculptures deal with how man who was made from the same mold turns out different. What binds us all is everyone has trials and that we have our own passions. All of us are seeking our purpose in life and trying to fulfill it,” Varona says in a statement.
There is a symbolic significance to Varona's particular choice of sculptural media. “The material for my works are mainly in clay. The material from which man is made and from which man will also dissolve into,” the artist adds.
Ala Ala, a show of Orencio's acrylic-based paintings of Philippine historical images and structures, will also be on view at Boston's Upper Gallery. In this exhibition, Orencio strives for authenticity and faithfulness towards capturing the details of historical images sourced from original archival materials, such as photographs of Old Manila.
In the works, Orencio's painting process involves exploring configurations of collages, sourced from magazine cut-outs of historical images, and layerings of acrylic washes, resulting in an interesting confluence of texture, transparency, and color.
“With our culture and structures rapidly changing, it is always important to look back and be reminded of our pasts, to understand the contrast of how and why we are now,” Orencio says.
My Machiavellian Manifesto and AlaAla will open simultaneously on April 18, Saturday 6pm. at Boston Gallery, located at #72 Lantana Street , Cubao, Quezon City . For inquiries, please contact the gallery at telephone no. 7229205
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