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| Details on one of John Paul Antido's work |
Fortunate to have been in Manila on the weekend of Contemporary Art Fair this year. It was founded in 2013 as a platform for exhibiting and selling the best in modern and contemporary Philippine visual art. The fair managed to round up an impressive number of galleries. Heard good things about it from a friend, so decided to give it a go.
Hosted in a dressed up parking lot, the fair had a mix of understated, bold, whimsy, and satire. Took snaps of what disturbed, intrigued, fascinated, and those that remind me of things I want to remember. Personally curated, and sharing with credits to the artists. Revisiting my selection confirms that I am drawn to dark things, despite the sunburst tone I prefer in my own art. Censored a few pieces here which were a bit too dark -- I would hesitate to show those to my little ones.
Highly recommend flying over to Manila and checking out the vibrant art scene yourself! Will go and hunt down more of Marc Aran Reyes' work, which I've strangely not taken a photo of. Next year, Art Fest is going to be from February 18 - February 21, and fingers crossed, I might be in town again.
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| This piece haunted my dreams for a few nights. Artist to be identified. |
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| Virgilio Aviado |
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| Dexter Sy, 1335 Mabini |
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| Curioser and Curioser by Daniel Dela Cruz (Art Verite) |
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| Curioser and Curioser by Daniel Dela Cruz (Art Verite) |
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| Part of Egg Fiasco for Secret Fresh |
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| Evening Dress by Iya Consorio |
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| Winter Collection by Jonas Eslao |
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| Igan D'Bayan, Scream-inspired statues |
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| Spoilarium, nightmarish re-imagination of Luna's Spolarium, by Igan D'Bayan |
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| Unbearable Whiteness of Being by Norberto Roldan (Taksu Galleries) |
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| Norberto Roldan |
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| Dust to (saw)dust by Robert Feleo |
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| Biblical Violence by Ian Fabro |
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| Artist yet to be identified |
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| Maya Hewitt |
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| Don't Tell Them What's Under by Zean Cabangis |
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| John Paul Antido |
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| Steampunk Dreams by Iyan de Jesus |
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| Iyan de Jesus, Would have loved to bring this home |
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| Mayi Rasasvada |
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| Tokwa Penaflorida |
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