The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presents the awarding ceremony and exhibition opening of the 2021 Thirteen Artists this month, featuring the works of Allan Balisi, Nice Buenaventura, Gino Bueza, Mars Bugaoan, Rocky Cajigan, Geloy Concepcion, Patrick Cruz, Ian Carlo Jaucian, KoloWn, Czar Kristoff, Lou Lim, Ryan Villamael and Catherine Sarah Young. The awarding…
Text and images by James Tana The numerous gallery openings during the first quarter of the year could be a good sign that art (and perhaps the art market) continues to thrive in a time of uncertainty. The galleries, considered as one of the support systems of the art world, play a crucial role not…
Appear Disappear 1/2 1/4 poster Text by James Tana; Images by the artist Back in Talisay for an artist-in-residence program this 2020, artist and printmaker Mars Bugaoan feels nostalgic about his solo exhibition in 2016 held at the Balay ni Tana Dicang, an ancestral bahay-na-bato. Bugaoan recounts that a lot has changed in Talisay, Negros…