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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Loven's Manila Exhibit Opening

Loven had a succesful opening of his exhibit at iiidea gallery. Lots of special people came. I wish I was there but work tied me up. Sayang...

Loven with a client.

Alfredo Roca of Fuego, Loven, Fate and a friend.

Elaine, a friend and Loven

I think that's the owner of the gallery with Fate, Loven and Daphne

CVS, Jeroen, Loven, Fate, Daphne, Patrick

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Photographs at McDermott

I like this one but i forgot the artist

by Filipino snapper, Wawi Navarossa. She won something in an Australian awards thingy.

Dominic Route

Dominic Route. He takes photographs and accumulates it for years. Then he digitally combine the photos to produce his pieces, like works gathering dust.

some more party goers

Masquerade at Mcdermotts

John, the host.

Dominic Rouse's exhibit entitled 'Philosopher's Tomb'

His pieces are gothic flavored.

KC, Dave, his friend and Loven

Chetra

moi

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Ok, the runnng theme of the exhibit is identity. This piece of folded paper is nice and all but I don't get it how a Naga (mythical snake creature) relates to identity. It's so very Issey Miyake that's why I like it. hehehe

And then you get this painting of a pot or vessel. This one is seriously ugly. And wala din sa identity theme. Hay...

But then you get this traditional portrait, well sort of. It's kinda popular here that type of rendering. The twist is the consumerist take where the dress is filled up with the packaging of a soap brand. Brand+identity.

Pixel drama. Glass shots with colored milk inside. Mother chuva concept. Pwede na.

Di ko na-gets.

But i like the cool pencil shaving media.

This one i like. Very simple pero avant. He made a drawing of Cambodia on the wall. For each province he placed a transitor radio and tuned it to a particular station. What you get is cacophony of sounds. He likens it to what is happening in Cambodia, theres a confusion of what to listen to.

The artist dressed up into certain Cambodian archetypes and had himself photograped in a regular photo shops. The concept is okey but the execution I don't like.

The artist's mother died when he was very young. The only memory he has left of her is 3 photographs. He rendered them in pencil and stacked it together. He said that even though he doesn't know her mother, she is still part of her identity.

The 'blackhole' picture.

But actually it's a shot of cooking oil in a pan. The artist comments on environmental issues, our connection to the stars, our ways and how everything is interelated.

This piece is also nice and well conceptualized. Cracked mirror reflects the video images of Cambodian pop culture. Khmer Rouge propaganda slogans were remixed to Khmer hip-hop music.

The whole set-up. I'm impressed. He totally gets the identity concept.

Nice, a comment on Buddhism. Gold leaf details and installation of those ceremonial bowls. Di ko nagets masyado ang meaning.

This one is wonderful! The video is about the artist showing pictures of their flags and asking them what the flags meant to them. He embroidered flags on the side. Ang ganda, super. I did get his identity concept here. So simple yet so profound.

Winner ang embroidery.

Tracy Emin isdatchu? Hay naku nagpaka-British ang artist na ito. I hate this piece. Kakainis.

Spoon sculpture detail

I also love this piece. The artist photographed through a rolled paper, so the image that you see is partially obscured. It's a collection of everything about her. The artist was the only girl in the group. Basta gets ko sya.

Reyum Gallery Opening

Reyum is an art institution that is funded by several art oriented groups from around the world. They try to develop and nurture the growing artists in Cambodia. This latest opening gathered several artists who attended a workshop about contemporary art. The outcome of the workshop is this exhition.

Utensils and metal chair sculpture.

Lots of people cramped in the small gallery

I kinda like it. Our current exhibit by Loven Ramos has exactly the same materials of utensils and ready-made items from the market. What a coincidence.

I was impressed by this photo. It looks like a shot of a nebula or a black hole. It's actually a shot of cooking oil in a pan. A very environmental face but clever. I love it!