THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS ANNOUNCES WINNERS

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Announces Winners of Tanaw Art Competition
02.24.2011
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Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. and Dr. Jaime Laya, Chair of the BSP Cultural Properties Acquisition Advisory Committee, awarded the cash prize of P500,000.00 to Gary Custodio as the first prize winner of the BSP Tanaw Art Competition. From Kalibo, Aklan, Custodio bested 189 other entries, 158 from NCR/Luzon, 23 from Visayas and 8 from Mindanao, with his watercolor The Rebuilders. Second prize winner Melvin Culaba from NCR received P300,000.00 for his oil painting Unresolved while third place winner Brave Singh from Bantay, Ilocos Sur received P200,000.00 for his oil painting Pagsabay sa mga Hakbang ng Ating mga Pangarap.

Shown in photo before the winning piece are, from left, Dr. Laya; Gov. Tetangco; Custodio; competition judges Mercedes Lopez-Vargas of the Lopez Museum; Dr. Patrick Flores of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters; and Olivier Dintinger, former director of Alliance Francaise de Manille. Other judges are visual artist Nona Garcia and art connoisseur Paulino Que.

The three winning pieces and other finalists are on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila from 17 February to 30 April 2011.

Tanaw, BSP Art competition
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“Tanaw”, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) very first Art Competition, aims to support the development of Philippine contemporary art and give artists a new forum in which to display their talent. The competition challenges artists to strive for a higher level of artistic excellence and is dedicated to the recognition, encouragement, and support of contemporary art. It endeavours to enhance the BSP art collection by showcasing outstanding works of Philippine contemporary art.

The main goal of the competition is to encourage the development of Filipino artistic talent; also, to recognize artistic excellence and provide a platform for the exposure of Philippine art; To raise public awareness and appreciation of art and to recognize and honour the best Filipino artistic talent.
The competition is open to Filipino citizens who are at least 18 years of age as of 31 December 2009 and who have been declared prize winners, jurors’ choices, and honourable mentions in Philippine art competitions and those who have been invited by internationally recognized institutions and participated in international expositions including biennales or triennales.

Some of the Philippine art competitions and international expositions and institutions acceptable for purposes of eligibility in the 2010 Tanaw Art Competition are: Art Association of the Philippines, Art Petron, GSIS Painting Competition , Metrobank Art and Design Excellence , Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards , PLDT-DPC Viual Art Competition , National Shell Art Competition , Biennales , Busan Biennale in Busan, South Korea , Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA), Canadian Biennale of Contemporary Art , Dakar Biennale, Senegal , Florence Biennale , FotoFest, The International Month of Photo-related Arts, Houston, Texas , Istanbul Biennial, Turkey , Kitakyushu Biennial, Japan , Kwangju Biennale (also spelled Gwangju), South Korea , Liverpool Biennial, UK , and the Cultural Center of the Philippines 13 Artists Award to name a few.

The judges for this competition were Mercedes Lopez-Vargas, director of the Lopez Museum; Dr. Patrick Flores curator of the UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum; Olivier Dintinger, former director of Alliance Francaise de Manille; visual artist Nona Garcia and art connoisseur Paulino Que. The three winning pieces and other finalists are on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila from 17 February to 30 April 2011.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. and Dr. Jaime Laya, Chair of the BSP Cultural Properties Acquisition Advisory Committee, awarded the cash prize of Php500,000.00 to Gary Custodio as the first prize winner of the BSP Tanaw Art Competition. From Kalibo, Aklan, Custodio bested 189 other entries, 158 from NCR/Luzon, 23 from Visayas and 8 from Mindanao, with his watercolor The Rebuilders. Second prize winner Melvin Culaba from NCR received Php300,000.00 for his oil painting Unresolved while third place winner Brave Singh from Bantay, Ilocos Sur received Php200,000.00 for his oil painting Pagsabay sa mga Hakbang ng Ating mga Pangarap.

The winning artworks automatically become part of the BSP art collection. The rest of the submitted artworks will then be returned to the artists.

Last Updated (Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:36)