EXHIBITS
In Between Open Fields: Allan Balisi
Blanc Gallery, Quezon City
Ongoing until November 28
Using the sparsest of effects – thinly applied paint with light subdued hues – akin to a film's ghostly and translucent quality or a whitewashed, overexposed photograph, visual artist Allan Balisi focuses on the obscure spots and ambiguous consequences happening between one point to another. With his latest series of paintings that look like old images, he aims to evoke a certain sense of nostalgia especially in this age where new technology allows almost anyone to capture every moment and create special effects.
Like in most of Balisi’s paintings, color is restricted to a certain scheme that is almost absent. But the meagerness is only but a carefully calculated application that involves an acuity for the characteristics of under-saturated and overexposed photographs. What his paintings lack in color, he makes up for in his use of light that is used to transform photo-based prints.
To know more about this ongoing exhibit, visit http://blanc.ph
I Put A Spell On You Because You're Mine
1/F Galleries, UP Vargas Museum, Quezon City
Ongoing until December 1
In his solo exhibit, Dominic Mangila explores the long-standing tradition of painting through the translation of four disparate, cryptic meta-narratives. The series of artworks aims to find answers on how painting is able to create a variety of expressions and ideas regarding our being in the world, and how it remains a recurring enigma in reflecting ourselves.
Mangila, through his assemblage of visual creations, invites his audience to look at the nature of painting and painting's depiction of its nature today by focusing on the unknown factor where the sphere of its coming into being is what lies beyond what we know of this art form. And this unknown sphere is what gives each piece its meaning. Hence, the paintings are mounted in the museum that make them look like a backdrop of the space.
For inquiries and more information, contact Vargas Museum at (02) 928-1927 or (02) 981-8500 loc 4024 or send an email to vargasmuseum@gmail.com. Check its website at http://vargasmuseum.upd.edu.ph
THEATER PLAYS
The Secret Garden
Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Makati City
November 20 to December 20
The Repertory Philippine is setting the stage to showcase another musical production before the year ends to delight young and old audiences. Directed by Anton Juan, the Rep is staging Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's adaptation of the classic story The Secret Garden.
Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the story revolves around the lives of two abandoned children: the mischievous Marry Lennox (played by Ashlee Factor, 12 and Ginger Karganilla, nine) and the headstrong Colin Craven (played by Daniel Drilon, 11; Albert Silos, 10 and Noel Comia, 11) who, through the power of love, begin to transform their spoiled and selfish ways for the better.
With experienced young cast, seasoned production, and the story's beautiful message and catchy music, the Rep is sure the musical play will enthrall the audience. The show runs simultaneously with the Rep’s staging of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The Secret Garden premiers on November 20 until December 20, 2015 at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt 1, Makati City. Ticket prices range from P500 to P1,000. For more details on the play, call Repertory Philippines at (02) 843-3570 and book tickets through TicketWorld at (02) 891-9999 or visit their website at www.ticketworld.com.ph