‘Garapata’ used to have hands
BEFORE its mischievous squint through manifold forms darted from bus seats, electric posts, tote bags and shirts, the signature character of visual artist Dex Fernandez had more limbs than just feet.
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BEFORE its mischievous squint through manifold forms darted from bus seats, electric posts, tote bags and shirts, the signature character of visual artist Dex Fernandez had more limbs than just feet.
ONE could easily sense the arrival of a luminary at a social event based on two things. First, the dissipation of the cacophony of murmurs into awestruck silence. Second, the gravitation of all eyes in the room toward a single direction, one turning head at a time.
ART multi-hyphenate Riel Hilario recounts being in the mountains in 2007. It’s 4 am and he’s in the wilderness chasing what he describes as “human-headed birds.”
THE legendary whiskey discovered under ice is now being served around it.
Visual artist Santiago Bose (1949-2002) eluded characterizations. In a critique of Filipino art, titled “Notes in Transit,” the late Baguio native wrote about how art critics conveniently applied the term “Philippine indigenous art” to all contemporary art practices outside Manila.
Run With Me X features five celebrity-led teams, each supporting partner beneficiaries in a charity race event. The fourth edition of the annual run will happen at the SM MOA concert grounds on August 25.
“What can happen in ten years?” Resorts World Manila kicked off the launch of its 10th anniversary celebrations with a question from RWM Director for Corporate Communications Joee Guilas.
IN a modern world where no social construct goes unchallenged, the concept of family is no exception.
Gallery Director Carlo Reyes has encountered countless artworks from years of working in the local art circuit. But as his knowledge of contemporary Philippine art grew from the rich exposure, so did concern: He noticed a dearth of truly original artworks.
WHEREAS most sink in melancholy at the sight of gray sky, the feel of a cold embrace by swooping winds and the ticking of raindrops against the pavement, graphic artist Ambie Abaño springs in peace.
FEW things are more individual than a dream, which is fabricated by the subconscious and crafted out of a memory, which in itself is subject to the inimitable perception of an event. These multiple filters render dreams as unique as a snowflake, or as exclusive as an interpretation.
“I paint flowers so they will not die.”—Frida Kahlo
AS a sickly child, while her friends ran and skipped and jumped, Sal Ponce Enrile stayed mostly indoors. The threat of having an asthma attack often kept her in a room, without a sweat on her face but a pen in her hand, as she chose to while away time sketching, drawing and painting.
Imagine the ocean with more plastic than fish. The United Nations Environment Program has warned that the scenario could be the reality thirty years from now if pollution levels continue at their current rate.
YESTERDAY marked the 448th anniversary of Manila’s proclamation as the capital of the Philippines. On June 24, 1571, Spanish colonizer Miguel Lopez de Legazpi transferred the seat of power of the Spanish colonial administration in the country from Cebu to Manila after learning of the northern city’s rich resources, which included strong Chinese economic activity in Binondo.
IT is almost by default that an exhausted soul craves for an escape—to the beach, for fresh air, for new experiences. A growing destination that offers much-needed respite to the weary or the simply curious is Iloilo.
VISUAL artist Lizanne Uychaco remembers the enduring advice of one her art professors. The true hallmark of an artist finding his or her niche, she was told, is when signing the artwork becomes redundant.
SEOUL, South Korea—The lightness and familiarity between Philippine and Korean cultures extend to the arts. As mentioned last week on this space, Seoul has over 100 museums and galleries, which is less a suffocation for non-art enthusiasts and more of a diverse catalogue for every visitor who steps foot in the nation’s vibrant capital.
SEOUL, South Korea—There are more birds than cars and people combined on this blooming spring morning at Cheongwadae-ro, the road that cuts through the nation’s former and current seats of power.
Artistic styles should not define artists. For 34-year-old visual artist JC Jacinto, looking at creators of art simply by their subject preference or color choices or brushstroke patterns is discounting the complexity of the artistic mind.
DUTCH curator Roy Voragen decided it was a good day to take a stroll.
A STRONG sense of nationalism characterizes the art of venerated visual artist Nemi Miranda, one that is only challenged by his words.
IN 2017, at just under three years of operations, Marco Polo Ortigas Manila became the first hotel in the Philippines, along with another brand, to win the highest honor from the gold standard of hotel star rating systems around the world: the Five-Star rating from the annual Forbes Travel Guide Star Award Winners. The brand’s general manager, Frank Reichenbach, humbly deflected the milestone victory to luck.
Kenneth Montegrande sits outside a row of restaurants at a Makati mall on a recent, humid evening. Loose in a plain white shirt and paint-tainted jeans, his casual ensemble saved me from guessing who among the crowd of diners was the visual artist I was meeting for an interview.
TIME hears no plea. There is no way to navigate it other than through its unforgiving linear progression; not backward to right a wrong, not forward to foresee the right. It can, however, be paused—captured, even—and preserved in the form of a memory.
IN anticipation to the much awaited eighth and final season of HBO’s epic fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (GoT), which premieres next week, Johnnie Walker launched a limited-edition blend inspired by the show’s millenniums-old icy race.
American author Joseph Campbell believed that stripped of masks and capes, all heroes are alike. These champions, these indomitable figures of inspiration, perseverance and all things good, standing up for all things right, essentially go through the same, cyclic formula he calls “The Hero’s Journey,” or monomyth.
ONCE picked up, it took hours before his brushes were laid down.
TWO years ago, Las Vegas resident Louis Alcantara brought his son to the Philippines for a visit. He wanted the child to know his roots, to meet his grandfather.
THE Manila production of Tony Kushner’s multiawarded masterpiece Angels in America takes flight tonight at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of RCBC Plaza in Makati City.
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