In Derrick Macutay’s work Dream Flight of Icarus (2010, 36x24 inches, acrylic on canvas), the artist tells us “how the child in each one of us wants to soar free and high but due to limitations and restrictions, we can only live to fly in borrowed time.” Life is short and being human does not allow us to fulfill our desires, specially our fantasies. It is only in the mind that we can do so. As with all the creations of the artist, Macutay’s works “infuse humanness in techno,” using his own words. In my own words, it is a matter of putting back humanity in technology, because after all technology was invented by humans, for their own purpose.
Artis Corpus and Sining Kamalig present PlayGround of the Gods, featuring Odette Cagandahan, Derrick Macutay, and Noel Solis, in an exhibition of paintings featuring the child at play in its own invented mental kingdom. Opens 6pm Monday 6 September 2010 at Level 4 of Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. Runs till 29 Sept. For details, please email artiscorpusgallery@yahoo.com or sms 0920-9537426.
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