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Re-viewing Rodriguez
November 27, 2009 – December 31, 2009
The fine art of print re-emerged as a form of artistic expression in the Philippines in 1962 with the return of artistic avatar Manuel Rodriguez Sr. (b. Cebu City, 1 January 1912) from a Rockefeller Foundation grant in the United States. The grant provided Rodriguez the opportunity to work with South American printmaker and woodcut artist Mauricio Lasansky in Iowa and to hone his skills in various graphic media at the Pratt Institute in New York.
The almost selfless dedication that characterized Rodriguez’s crusade to restore the glory of printmaking in the country and introduce modern attributes towards the art form earned him recognition as the “Father of Filipino Printmaking.”
Write-up from What’s Up? (November-December 2009 Issue)