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How independent creative spaces forge through lockdown
As quarantine restrictions persist, Filipino creatives discover new mediums to play with.
Manila on My Mind
From the City of Pines, Benjie Mallari reclaims and retells his youth in the City of Sunsets through illustration-inspired paintings. By Paolo Vergara.
The center lies in the fringe: Philippine Arts Month’s Independent Dark Horse
House of Mizrahi PH On its 6 th year, Fringe Manila continues to champion experimental art, daring all and baring all. Text and photos by Paolo Vergara Draper Startup House in Poblacion, Makati, witnessed the February 12 launch of Fringe Festival Manila 2020, the local yet independently-organized iteration of the international staging ground for uncurated,…
On its 6th year, Fringe Manila continues to push for art incubation
As the local art scene diversifies, established and emerging galleries and groups find ever-increasing collaboration. Text by Paolo Vergara | Photos courtesy of Fringe MNL The worldwide Fringe festival has come to represent the uncurated, the avant-garde, and the untested corners in the art world, serving as a staging ground for works that won’t be…
How a pair of discarded gloves led Pete Jimenez to tell the story of the people who make life easier
text and photos by Paolo Vergara Since graduating from the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Fine Arts in 1982, Pete Jimenez has made a name for himself as part of a loose collective – not yet a movement – of Filipino sculptors defying the common conventions of the genre. Jimenez’s most recent…
Recognizing The Talents of “Gallery Virgins” in First Base
Audience members take a close look at the artist profiles. Text by Paolo Vergara; Photos courtesy of Pineapple Lab It’s the usual Friday night at Población, Makati: neon-lit streets, booze-buzzed air, tipsy yuppies milling about, the odd Caucasian on the prowl, a hint of mischief here and there. A similar vibe wafts from within Pineapple…
Bulacan’s Hidden Gem for Art Lovers
On its 8th year, the Mandalá Art Festival continues as a bulwark for artists around Central Luzon Text by Paolo Vergara Pulilan, Bulacan is a setting straight out of an early Hidalgo arcadia: sprawling with clean brooks, breeze-swept fields, and trees bearing ripe fruit and cool shade – scenes unfamiliar to generations born in the centers…
The shape of water, according to Tammy de Roca
Untitled seascape, acrylic on canvas, 3x4ft, 2017 Courtesy of Mono8 Gallery Text by Paolo Vergara; Photos courtesy of the artist. | Art+ Online Exclusive There is something in our evolutionary blueprint that makes appealing the idea of teasing the boundaries of comfort, of acting on instinct, of facing the unknown, of travelling lightly. Perhaps it’s the subconscious imprint of…