EXHIBITS
In the Absence of Struggles
The Inner Room, ArtInformal, Mandaluyong City
Ongoing until March 12
Visual artist Jason Montinola lets go of his traditional approach and desire for perfection to create his current series of paintings that evokes freedom and attempts to reveal the truth. Known for being particular with every tiny detail in his works, Montinola made a paradigm shift in order to promote accessibility and initiate dialogues with his audience.
According to the artist, the artworks on exhibit are void of flawlessness – no polished lines and perfected strokes. Montinola instead embraces bared anatomies, exposed canvases, scumbling strokes, broken lines and drips of turpentine to show an individual true to his work. Imperfect as they may, the pieces are done in the absence of his rules and struggles.
To know more about this ongoing exhibit, visit www.artinformal.com.
Transnational Narrations: Paperworks
Bulwagang Juan Luna and Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
Ongoing until April 17
The traveling exhibition featuring artworks on paper made by artists from different parts of the globe has arrived in the Philippines. The group show focuses on bringing the public closer to the creative act – the skill and the presence of the artist’s hand that are required in using paper as canvas.
Curated by Spanish curator Mónica Carballas, the Philippine run features the works of Ignacio Alcántara (Dominican Republic), Francisco de Assis Almeida (Brazil), Javier Arce (Spain), José Bedia (Cuba), Chema Cobo (Spain), Abraham Cruzvillegas (Mexico), Marcel Dzama (Canada), Curro González (Spain), Mondongo (Argentina), Lauren Kelley (USA), Abraham Lacalle (Spain), Robert Langenegger (Philippines), Miki Leal (Spain), Manuel Ocampo (Philippines), Carlos Ricafort (Philippines), Carlos Rivera (Puerto Rico), Lazaro Saavedra (Cuba), Laurie Steelink (US), Taller Popular de Serigrafia (Argentina), and David Griggs (Australia).
Contact the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division, Production and Exhibition Department at (02) 832-1125 loc. 1504/1505 or email ccp.exhibits@gmail.com for inquiries and more details.
Periphery
Artery Arts Space, Quezon City
March 3 to April 2
Landscape becomes the main area of reflection and investigation in this duo exhibit, as the two featured artists use space as their medium for re-imagination.
Fine Arts graduate and Ateneo Fine Arts Program faculty member Alfred Marasigan makes installations that redefine the visualizations of subjectivity and orientation of time and place towards an emerging consciousness of environment and occupant. Meanwhile, Jem Magbanua, who has exhibited in Singapore, creates lyrical compositions of landscape drawings stylized in the manner of architectural renderings bathed with the flourishes of abstraction that are cut, rearranged, de-territorialized and re-examined to bring fresh perspectives on history, society and self.
Visit www.arteryartspace.com for more information on this upcoming exhibit.
CONCERTS
A Kaleidoscope of Austrian Music
Ballroom, New World Makati Hotel, Makati City
March 2
The Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines Foundation, Inc. stages a fundraising concert featuring Austrian music to benefit various projects and programs here in the country.
Internationally renowned concert pianist Raul Sunico is performing with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra to be conducted by eminent Austrian conductor Ernest Hoetzl. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, Johann Strauss II’s Emperor Waltz, and Franz Lehar’s Gold & Silver Waltz.
Funds raised are earmarked for projects of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Psychological Center at Marillac Hills for abused children and girls, and the Mother and Child project of Virlanie Foundation for abandoned children and medical and educational needs of indigent children.
THEATER PLAYS
Adarna in the City
School of Design and Arts Theater, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila
March 1 to 4; 7:00 p.m.
The classic Filipino epic Ibong Adarna gets an urban twist as the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Romançon Dance Company presents its modern retelling written by Christine Crame.
In this version, the story is set in a highly industrialized future metropolis that is inhabited by a mother and her three sons. Through a series of contemporary dance pieces, Crame tells this popular tale on the search for the Adarna.
The production is part of the ongoing Lasallian Arts Month that celebrates the pool of talents within the DLS-CSB community, as well as stimulates the artistic interests of the students and exposes their craft to a bigger audience.
Tickets are priced at P150. For inquiries and ticket reservations, call James Pebenito at 0997-2284975 or email culture.arts
@benilde.edu.ph.
WORKSHOPS
Creative Entrepreneurs Summit
Commune Cafe, Polaris St. Makati City
March 5 ; 1:00 p.m.
To help creative professionals who are eager to take the first leap to start their creative enterprise, and perhaps quit their regular day job, Writer’s Block Philippines’ founders Ana Santos and Nikka Sarthou-Lainez gather successful creative entrepreneurs to talk about making a decent living out of the thing someone’s passionate about.
Together with Santos and Sarthou-Lainez, CraftMNL founder Marielle Nadal, fashion photographer Niccolo Cosme and performance artist Carlos Celdran will give participants insights and inspiration in this four-hour workshop.
Entrance fee to the workshop is P500, inclusive of coffee and snacks. For more inquiries, email writersblock.ph@gmail.com.
