About the exhibition:
Perhaps arising from his history in sculpture and assemblages, Juan Alcazaren’s paintings take place against a backdrop of shadowy three-dimesional forms, some decipherable, others mercurially evolving. With a bent towards the mechanical and the scientific, Mixed Signals continues Juan’s fascination for television test patterns, but with a greater emphasis now on colour. As he puts it, “I’m nostalgic for how technology of the pre-digital past was so much more tactile and prone to generating beautiful accidents. I love the way that even the faintest and fuzziest TV images still engage me.”
About the artist:
Juan Alcazaren (b.1960, Quezon City) graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) with a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture in 1983. He lectured in the UP College of Fine Arts from 1993-1995, and was an animator / director of his own company from 1989-1997. His video ‘Vexations’ won second prize in the Gawad CCP (Cultural Centre of the Philippines) for Video in 1996, and has been exhibited in several international film and video festivals. He has a Juror’s Choice award for sculpture in the Art Association of the Philippines’ Annual Competition in 1993, and in 2000, was awarded the Thirteen Artists Award by the CCP. He has exhibited extensively in the Philippines, and also in Singapore and Spain. Mixed Signals is his 22nd solo show and first overseas.
Perhaps arising from his history in sculpture and assemblages, Juan Alcazaren’s paintings take place against a backdrop of shadowy three-dimesional forms, some decipherable, others mercurially evolving. With a bent towards the mechanical and the scientific, Mixed Signals continues Juan’s fascination for television test patterns, but with a greater emphasis now on colour. As he puts it, “I’m nostalgic for how technology of the pre-digital past was so much more tactile and prone to generating beautiful accidents. I love the way that even the faintest and fuzziest TV images still engage me.”
About the artist:
Juan Alcazaren (b.1960, Quezon City) graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) with a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture in 1983. He lectured in the UP College of Fine Arts from 1993-1995, and was an animator / director of his own company from 1989-1997. His video ‘Vexations’ won second prize in the Gawad CCP (Cultural Centre of the Philippines) for Video in 1996, and has been exhibited in several international film and video festivals. He has a Juror’s Choice award for sculpture in the Art Association of the Philippines’ Annual Competition in 1993, and in 2000, was awarded the Thirteen Artists Award by the CCP. He has exhibited extensively in the Philippines, and also in Singapore and Spain. Mixed Signals is his 22nd solo show and first overseas.
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