Cash Flow

Charico M. Cruz launches solo exhibition “Cash Flow”

Text courtesy of Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea
February 3, 2023

Altro Mondo Art Contemporanea is proud to present Cash Flow, a solo exhibition featuring the works of Charico M .Cruz at the Altro Mondo at the Picasso gallery (3rd Floor Art Gallery, The Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences, 119 L.P. Leviste St., Salcedo Village, Makati City, 1228 Philippines). The exhibition will run from 21 January to 18 February 2023.

Money can be both a lifeline and a curse, and visual artist Charico M. Cruz is well aware of this. In his solo exhibition "Cash Flow," Cruz attempts to portray the nuances of our financially dependent society and the intricacies of the way money weaves itself into every facet of our lives.

Through a collection of digital artworks, Cruz renders images of local currency with meticulous lines rippling and undulating like waves in different directions, capturing its fluid, inconstant nature–valuable one day, worthless the next.

Cruz believes that you can tell a lot about a culture by analyzing their currency–based on what they value to who they choose to immortalize onto something as ubiquitous as legal tender. This unpredictability excites Cruz, who seeks to capture this dynamic energy through this exhibit, at least before the tides change yet again.

Charico M. Cruz is a visual artist based in Manila. He has been a freelance photographer specializing in travel photography. His works attempt to uncover stories that are overlooked at first glance, collecting narratives in different, unlikely places, and bringing them to light and lens.

Cash Flow will be on display at Altro Mondo at the Picasso until February 18. Gallery hours are daily, 10am to 7pm. For inquiries, please contact us on Facebook (@altromondoart) or Instagram (@altromondoart). You may also message us on Viber or WhatsApp at +63 929 709 0396 or call our landline number (02) 8563 6752.