(Cyber) Mystiq Tiger
Video Room, Finale Art File, Makati City
Ongoing until April 1
Eccentric visual artist Jeona Zoleta has always been interested in the future of funny, scattered and clueless feelings. For her, paintings may mean several different things but still ordinary. Zoleta uses oil, acrylic and polaroids to present her thoughts and idiosyncrasies that are as interesting as they are uncanny.
According to Zoleta, she believes she is, in a certain degree, a “fantasy witch makeup kit exploding like my new iPhone 6.” And her artworks on display are “my 2D printed soul part 2 of 69.” Her latest series of works is a result of her inner ramblings that wanted to come out and meet the world, or in her words: “[It] feels gangster blood boiling hot in my veins and spamming. There is no mystery in anger, it just shows like bubbles and rainbow.”
To know more about this ongoing exhibit, visit finaleartfile.com.
They Call Me Conceptual But I’m Just an Esoteric Loser
The Big Room, ArtInformal, Mandaluyong City
Ongoing until April 16
German artist Timo Roter exhibits his latest series here in the Philippines. Roter, who is based in Hamburg and also lives in Manila took lessons in art history and ethnology in Germany, after which he studied the Filipino culture and language, subsequently joining group shows and exhibiting solo here in the country.
Roter showcases oil paintings and handwoven works of art in his latest solo exhibit in Manila. In his presentation, he quotes another German artist, the late Martin Kippenberger who was known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media. Kippenberger said: “I can’t cut off an ear everyday. Do the Van Gogh here and the Mozart there. Anyway it’s exhausting enough always having to check up on what one is really doing!”
Visit www.artinformal.com for inquiries and more details on this ongoing solo show.
What’s So Wrong If You’re Wrong
Silverlens Gallery, Makati City
Ongoing until April 23
In a world where inanimate objects take a life of their own – quietly in the background – and replace the regular functions of our lives, a visual artist tries to illustrate the way these things would look like should they happen.
Gene Paul Martin portrays the haunting condition of a world filled with the uncanny exchange between the inanimate and the imaginary that repeats the mime of everyday existence in search of their own meaning.
Using his trademark styles, Martin’s latest series of paintings on display frames his ideas without being trapped by the conventions of a certain aesthetic movement. The exhibit offers a fresh point of view of what could be an alternative artistic discourse to the representation of cultural identity sans the need for tired clichés. In one of his paintings, for instance, Martin draws out essential reality in the middle of a wasteland. In another one, he transforms the living room into a “sentient space” assuming furniture has gotten smart like today’s electronic devices.
For inquiries and more details on this show, call (02) 816-044 or email
info@silverlensgalleries.com.
Fun and Purpose
Green Sun Hotel, Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City
April 1 to 3
The Saturday Group of Artists, student artists and special needs artists come together for an art exhibit for a cause. Zambawood, an enclave in San Narciso, Zambales meant to be a place where people who have special needs can enjoy and find their purpose, has launched this initiative to fund the construction of a Community Art Center. The Art Center will be a venue for working and vocational learning for the special needs adults and people from the community.
This project aims to demonstrate that integration and inclusion of the special needs people into the community is possible.
Tickets are priced at P1,200, inclusive of dinner, musical entertainment by a seven-piece string ensemble and a talk by guest speaker Dr. Francis Dimalanta who will talk about empowering individuals with special needs.
For tickets and more details, text 0927-6730827 or email artcenter@zambawood.com.