The contemporary art scene in the Philippines effuses a synergy of inventive images and intuitive ideas as espoused by young and established names in mainstream exhibition circuit. This accrual of incisive forays in fact is dizzying as it is engaging. Almost always, in the forefront of these pursuits are artists honed by and educated in […]
Rizal sa UP was installed in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Dr. Jose Rizal’s birth. This exhibition focuses on the connection between our national hero and the University of the Philippines. This exhibition employs the rather ambiguous and ambivalent relationship of UP and Rizal mostly manifested “between the texts” written over the past century. In this […]
This exhibit opens on 14 September at the Bulwagan ng Dangal at 5 PM. The exhibit highlights the role of the UP Presidency in the life of the University as gleaned from the individual visions of the august league of men and woman who steered the institution since 1908 when UP was established. The exhibit […]
At the prime of his career as an artist, Joya was hailed as “prophet avatar of Expressionism,” “exponent of pure painting,” and “pillar of Philippine art.” He was the Filipino painter. The eminent art critic Leo Benesa once chronicled, in the mid-60s, Philippine painting was a Joya painting. Joya, without doubt, is a household name […]
The exhibit featured Téqui’s works from the 1980s to early 2000. Titles of some of her masterpieces are: Tropical Baroque (1983, engraving on copper), Sudarium (1984, etching/viscosity colour printing), St. Ofelia (1984, etching/viscosity colour printing), Detail from the Sta. Ofelia Cycle (1985, etching/viscosity colour printing), Where Why How (1995, acrylic on rag paper), Ode (1996, […]
In 2008, the Philippine republic gifted UP, by way of an amendment of the very charter that created the institution in 1908, the status of being the national university in the Philippines for its trailblazing role in advancing the cause of higher education through excellent academic program, cutting edge research and exemplary public service. The […]
Abstract artist Norberto Carating shares his life story. Norberto Carating: Artist Collection in Retrospect opens July 5 at Bulwagan ng Dangal at the University Library in UP Diliman. The exhibition features the private collection of artist Norberto de Guzman Carating spanning 45 years of his painting career. An icon in Philippine Non-Representational Art, Carating is best […]
Tomas Javier Calvillo Unna responds to the complex and multivalent realities of our world in both his personality and intellect. An accomplished writer and poet, with works in his native Spanish translated to English and Filipino, one of his most recent collection of poetry “Filipinas, textos cercanos,” was published in 2010 during his second year […]
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