The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) invites the general public to a series of participative free public programs. These are in line with the ongoing exhibition, maria taniguchi: body of work, the first survey show of the internationally acclaimed visual artist.
The museum presents Maria Taniguchi’s renowned ongoing series of brick paintings, which started in 2008 and has now expanded into 200 canvases. Central to the production and development of her practice, the artist speaks of the brick paintings as the conceptual scaffold which frames her other projects of sculptural drawings, video works, and objects.
On Saturday, March 15, artist Lesley-Anne Cao headlined the third installment of With Eyes Peeled, a slow art activity which leads the participants to a deeper appreciation of art by looking at it more intently and just a little bit longer. Cao, whose practice explores the interplay of materiality, language, and artmaking, provided prompts and insights on materials, processes, and the senses.
On March 22, Karilyo, a group of visual artists from the college’s Culture and Arts Unit (CAU), will conduct a shadowplay workshop entitled Hugis at Hubog. Inspired by the Maria Taniguchi exhibition, it is set to delve into basic geometric shapes and forms and their possibilities for visual storytelling. This session welcomes curious 16-year-olds and above. It will be held at the Ideation Room of the Atrium @ Benilde from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
On March 25, Dr. April Lynne Say-awen, an associate professor from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the De La Salle University, will facilitate Patterns Without End: Mathematical Tilings and Maria Taniguchi’s Brick Paintings. The expert will discuss the symmetry of tilings of a plane, with a special focus on the artist’s brick pattern paintings. She will likewise present notable examples of tilings which, despite lacking translational symmetry, show order. The expert is scheduled to impart her very own constructions developed in collaboration with fellow researchers. The lecture is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the Learning Commons of the Benilde Design + Arts Campus.
maria taniguchi: body of work, which brings together some of the artist’s largest canvasses to date, as well as key video works, objects, and a site-specific commission of her Runaways, is available on view until March 30.
MCAD is located at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Design + Arts Campus, 950 Pablo Ocampo Street, Malate, Manila.
Interested participants may email mcad@benilde.edu.ph. For more information, visit facebook.com/MCADManila or mcadmanila.org.ph/.