Exhibits
Black Maria
Local Affairs, Makati City
Ongoing until May 28
In her first solo exhibition, visual artist Christine Torregosa Sioco mounts her recent works of mixed media and sculptures inspired by the Black Maria.
Black Maria is a slang for the police wagon used to transport prisoners. Sioco uses this metaphor to relate to the body as a vehicle that holds the soul as prisoner or transports it to different places. Through her artwork, she illustrates that our soul is infinite, unbroken, limitless and holds the universe within but is always limited and hindered by our flaws. The exhibit focuses on the human capacity to carry or contain his soul, because at the end of the day, we are all different prisoners inside our own Black Maria.
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Terratorial Pissings
Main Gallery, Vinyl On Vinyl, Makati City
Ongoing until June 4
Twenty artists, hailing from a loose group that chooses to traverse the city on bicycle, and some, on skateboard, come together in this group exhibition to map out their psychogeographies. Psychogeography refers to an approach to geography that emphasizes playfulness and “drifting” around urban environments.
It is said that cycling is an engagement with terrain that seemingly verges on psychogeographic. And it is through their favored media that Brisa Amir, Vic Balanon, Argie Bandoy, Gino Bueza, Zean Cabangos, Buboy Canafranca, Lena Cobangbang, Mike Crisostomo, Bembol Dela Cruz, Ranelle Dial, Erick Encinares, Rico Entico, Kurt Gloria, Jacob Lindo, Pow Martinez, Richard Tuason, Ferdz Valencia, The Weather Bureau, MM Yu and Vin Zafra will illustrate their different perspectives of the city in transit.
To know more about this exhibit, email info@vinylonvinylgallery.com or
visit www.vinylonvinylgallery.com.
Homage to the Masters and Recent Works
ArtistSpace, Ayala Museum, Makati City
May 18 to 31
In this collective exhibition brought by L’Arc en Ciel Atelier and ArtistSpace, four artists will pay tribute to their local and international influences by showcasing their latest series of contemporary paintings rendered in the techniques of the masters.
Alfred Galura, who’s known for his exquisite still life tableaux of porcelain, flowers and laces, will showcase landscapes featuring his home province of Pampanga and its environs. Stella Kim returns to Manila after further honing her skills in San Francisco, to present her oeuvre from her two-year stint in the Sadie Valeri Atelier. Meanwhile, Sky de Leon, who’s currently based in Florence, Italy, pays tribute to Fra Filippo Lippi with his interpretation of the Madonna. Finally, Connie Quirino paints three tributes to Vincent Van Gogh, one of her favorite impressionist masters.
Call gallery coordinator Lorraine Datuin at (02) 759-8288 or email
artistspace@ayalafoundation.org
for more information on this show.
Kohler Bold. Art. Exhibition
The Gallery, Greenbelt 5, Makati City
May 18 to 24
Twelve art pieces made by artists from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam will be exhibited in this seven-day show brought by Kohler’s arts program.
In 2012, Kohler brought its Arts/Industry program to Asia, first introducing it in China. Since then, different programs and projects to promote the arts in Asia have been organized by Kohler, and this year, it continues to put emphasis on its commitment to the arts and support of Asian artists through this exhibition.
Featured artists include Ahadiat Joedawinata from Indonesia, James Seet from Malaysia, Thomas Cheong from Singapore, Sudsiri Pui-Ock from Thailand, Nguyen Ngoc Lam from Vietnam, and Hadrian Mendoza from the Philippines. The six explore the theme “Asian Contemporary Art: Rooted in the Past; Looking into the Future” from their own cultural and personal point of view.
For more inquiries and more information on this show,
visit www.blog.kohlerboldart.com/about.php.
Concerts
Pamamaalam
Engineering Theater, University of the Philippines, Diliman
May 22, 6:00 p.m.
The award-winning UP Concert Chorus, the official choir of the University of the Philippines, is set to raise the Philippine flag once again to bring the concept of choreographed chorale, or “choreo’capella” which it pioneered in the Philippines, to the Americas.
But before the UPCC flies for its three-month tour, it will first stage a send-off concert that will showcase the tour repertoire before it graces the stages of the United States, Latin America and Canada. Leading the UPCC is its artistic director and conductor, mezzo soprano Janet “Jai” Sabas-Aracama.
Included in the chorus’ theatrical performance are Ryan Cayabyab’s sacred work “Gloria,” and Vytautas Miskinis’ motet “Diffusa est gratia,” as well as upbeat numbers like the Donna Cruz hit “Kapag Tumibok ang Puso,” the iconic Mexican song “Besame Mucho,” and Clean Bandit’s “Rather Be.”
Visit www.upconcertchorus.net to know more about the choir – its history, its members and its past and upcoming performances.