MAY 27 - JUNE 10, 2023
In The Order of Things , Foucalt analyzes the reciprocity of looking.
"We are looking at a picture in which the painter is in turn looking out at us. A mere confrontation, eyes catching on another's glance, direct looks superimposing themselves upon one another as they cross."
If the viewer as the 'I' is in turn also being looked at, then they are inevitably seen in more ways than one. They are constituted plurally as they are looked at and are looked upon.
An optical confrontation akin to ways of being in the world.
A view that crosses from there to here.
At a glance, painter Alfonso Recto’s works give a striking impression as seeming amalgamations of the 20th century Filipino cubist and abstractionist styles. With geometric abstractions, grunge-like brushwork, and dripping paint coming together in each composition, Recto’s distortions are both surreal and hypnotizing. Notably embedded in his geometric compositions are zigzag-like patterns evoking a distraught visual rhythm making Recto’s works almost synesthetic, perhaps owing largely to the musical inspiration he draws from in his artistic process.
Alfonso Recto
"Neo Leo"
2023
acrylic on canvas
36" x 33" (91 cm x 83 cm)
₱ 36,000
Alfonso Recto
"Byrne"
2023
acrylic on canvas
36" x 33" (91 cm x 83 cm)
₱ 36,000
Alfonso Recto
"Nomad"
2023
acrylic on canvas
36" x 33" (91 cm x 83 cm)
₱ 36,000
Alfonso Recto
"JoAT" 2023
acrylic on canvas
36" x 33" (91 cm x 83 cm)
₱ 36,000
Angelo Quintos is a visual artist who mainly works in the Neoexpressionist style, combining abstracted forms and the occasional hand-painted text recalling the works of American Neo-expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Referring to the forms in his work as ‘coded language,’ Angelo Quintos’ paintings emerge on canvas as organic lines overlaid on rough dabs of paint and scribbled figures. The palimpsest of abstracted forms and faces in Quintos’ works recalls the graphics of street art, but appears on canvas
as deeply raw and personal — almost diary-like. As grunge-like forms and organic lines naturally meld into each other, they seem to blur the boundaries between the public act of looking and the deeply private nature of Quintos’ work.
Angelo Quintos
"Or Down You Fall"
2023
acrylic on canvas
36" x 24" (91 cm x 61 cm)
₱ 24,000
Angelo Quintos "Unfoolish"
2023
acrylic on canvas
36" x 24" (91 cm x 61 cm)
₱ 24,000
Angelo Quintos "Long Way To Go"
2023
acrylic on canvas 36" x 24" (91 cm x 61 cm)
₱ 24,000
Angelo Quintos "Out Of My Reach"
2022
acrylic on canvas 48" x 36" (122 cm x 91 cm)
₱ 48,000
Anna Bautista is an emerging visual artist based in Manila known for her vibrantly contemporary vision in traditional painting. Owing much to her inclination towards fashion, Bautista’s subjects often feature the Philippine terno , the abaniko , and renditions of Maria Clara while also delving into the use of textiles. Although Bautista’s thick brushwork and choice of subjects indicate a deep sense of tradition, the use of vibrant hues and cleverly subtle references to popular culture situate her pieces in the contemporary — rendering each of Bautista’s pieces as time capsules simultaneously fraught with nostalgia and dynamism.
"I Like You"
2022
acrylic on wood
30" x 30" (76 cm x 76 cm)
₱ 40,000
A woman holding the fan vertically with her right arm would equate to her saying "I Like You".
This abaniko in the painting brings light to expressing one's interest in someone through the mode of social media as it surrounded by the Philippine Gumamela.
SYMBOLS HIDDEN: SWIPE RIGHT ON TINDER, FACEBOOK | BUMBLE | INSTAGRAM LIKE NOTIFICATIONS, LIKE | SUPER LIKE | BOOST ON TINDER
"Wait For Me"
2022
acrylic on wood
30" x 30" (76 cm x 76 cm)
₱ 40,000
A woman holding the abaniko on her lap with her right hand, and then her left one behind her would equate to her saying "Wait for Me".
This abaniko in the painting brings light to the notion of Waiting for something/ someone today, in hopes that one day it may have greater value. May it be waiting in context to long-distance-relationships, or waiting even in the context of cryptocurrency. Surrounded by Philippine Sampaguita.
SYMBOLS HIDDEN: AIRPLANE (LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS), LOADING LOGO, CLOCK ICONS OF CRYPTO CURRENCY (ETHEREUM | CARDANO | SOLANA | BITCOIN | SMOOTH LOVE POTION)
"I See You Platonically"
2022 acrylic on wood 30" x 30" (76 cm x 76 cm)
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A woman holding the left side of her fan with her left hand would equate to her saying "I See You as a Friend or Sibling" or "I See you Platonically".
This abaniko in the painting highlights platonic relationships and even the idea of what it means to be friend-zoned today, surrounded by the Philippine Sampaguita.
SYMBOLS HIDDEN: FAMILY TREE, FRIENDZONE ICON, FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK, REWIND ON TINDER
"I Want To Talk To You"
2022 acrylic on wood 30" x 30" (76 cm x 76 cm)
A woman touching the ribs of her abaniko in front of her would equate to her saying "I Want to Talk to You".
This abaniko in particular features the Philippine Sampaguita surrounded by symbols of technological means of communication.
SYMBOLS HIDDEN: MESSENGER, VIBER, WHATSAPP, ZOOM & TELEGRAM
Enzo Razon is a multimedia artist whose works range from video, photography, painting, and illustration. Having exhibited his first solo shows Fur on Fire and the Children of the Corn in 2017 and Songs in 2021, Enzo Razon is driven towards a critical and artistic examination of human affect and embodied connections. As he draws heavily from a background of filmmaking, Razon’s experimentations in multimedia result in works that utilize the aesthetic experience by evoking multiple bodily senses and making manifest the relations among ourselves.
"The Editing Table is A Gurney"
2023
Edition 1/3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 20" x 32" (51 cm x 81 cm)
₱ 46,000
"Split Screen House" 2023
Edition 1/3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 20" x 41" (51 cm x 104 cm)
₱ 60,000
"Petrified I" 2023
Edition 1/3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 20" x 52" (51 cm x 132 cm)
₱ 75,000
Among the founders of artist collective Fotomoto is Gio Panlilio , a Manila-based photographer whose works are akin to visual studies on the complexity of space and the bodies that occupy and interact within them. Spaces and connections seem to figure largely in Panlilio’s works as the photographic contrast in Panlilio’s photos seem to induce a sense of quiet affect. Having exhibited View in 2021, a collage series of multiple images shot from his window over the course of the pandemic, Gio Panlilio continues to experiment with the digital and the photographic to unravel the complexities of spaces and bodies which, in the artist’s lens, espouse a life and dynamism even as they are captured in time.
"Ice I"
2023
Edition of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
16" x 20" (40 cm x 51 cm)
₱ 40,000
"Ice II"
2023
Edition of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
16" x 20" (40 cm x 51 cm)
₱ 40,000
"Ice III"
2023
Edition of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
16" x 20" (40 cm x 51 cm)
₱ 40,000
"Ice IV"
2023
Edition of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
16" x 20" (40 cm x 51 cm)
₱ 40,000
Gio
"Ice V"
2023
Edition of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
16" x 20" (40 cm x 51 cm)
₱ 40,000
"Ice VI"
2023
Edition of 3
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
16" x 20" (40 cm x 51 cm)
₱ 40,000
Having debuted in 2016 with a hand-painted mural commissioned by Cartoon Network, Ian Anderson would become most known for his “micro art” style rendered in his signature medium of pen and ink.
The works are characterized as meticulous and extremely labor intensive hand drawn art on two or three dimensional objects. It mixes the abstract and the figurative, weaving characters and text to create distinct visual narratives. Puzzles, mazes, games and whimsical figures are playfully integrated into the themes.
Anderson has exhibited in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Jakarta, Oslo, and most recently a solo exhibition in Leon Gallery International Manila.
Kim Cruz is a visual artist who finds her muse in the female figure. Opting to depict female bodies in dainty, careful strokes in acrylic, pastel, charcoal, and oil, Cruz veers away from erotic depictions of the nude figure, rendering the soft vulnerability of forms instead. What emerges on canvas is a dream-like and ethereal abstraction of figures— a gossamer of fleeting bodies embracing its own ephemerality instead of holding on to any solid sense of permanence. As Cruz’s figures revel in their own sense of fleetingness, they leave the viewer with what is but an impression of figurative forms, graceful even as they fade into the soft light of paint.
Kim Cruz
"Nami" 2023
acrylic on canvas
30" x 24" (76 cm x 61 cm)
₱ 48,000
Kim Cruz
"Kojika" 2023
acrylic on canvas
30" x 24" (76 cm x 61 cm)
₱ 48,000
Celina C. Sta. Ana
Roberto Maramba
Angela Tiausas
G/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
G/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines