F O R M S ROSARIO
BITANGA
THE AGE OF
ABSTRACTIONS
Born in 1934, Rosario “Charito” de Lara Bitanga-Peralta's creative work was predominantly inspired by the 1950s Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism, a form of painting that explored notions of spirituality and the sublime. She is a pioneering modernist painter and arts educator, who originally hailed from Laoag, Province of Ilocos. Bitanga first finished law at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), when she decided to pursue a career in fine arts in the same university, and continue her master’s degree at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, USA. Very active in the Visual Arts community, Bitanga has been an officer of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP), the Pontiac Society of Artists and Bloomfield Art Association in Michigan, the Christian Art Society of the Philippines, the Partuat Iloko Group of the Philippines of the National Museum, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Committee of Visual Arts. Being a stalwart in the Philippine Art scene, Bitanga would nurture the next generation of artists by teaching and eventually becoming the dean of the Fine Arts Department of the Philippine Women’s University (PWU). Although presently retired, Bitanga continues to paint, and even promote Filipina artists to this day. R. Bitanga is iconic as the Philippines' first and foremost woman abstract artist. ROSARIO
BITANGA 21ST CENTURY
OF METAL
TESSERACT I CONCEPT OF SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM THE FOURTH DIMENSION STAINLESS STEEL AND MARBLE 14 X 5 X 5 INCHES 1994
ELIPSE TRIUMPHANT STAINLESS STEEL AND RESIN 13 X 7 X 5 INCHES 1997
TOMBE EXUBERANT POISE
MUSICIANS WHEN MUSIC BINDS
BRONZE 10 X 7 X 7 INCHES 1957
BRONZE 14 X 6 X 5 INCHES 1957
SWIRL SHEER HAPPINESS AROUND STAINLESS STEEL AND RESIN 26 X 18 X 12 INCHES 1997 SPIRAL JOY IN WHIRLING LEAP STAINLESS STEEL AND RESIN 21 X 20 X 12 INCHES 1997
STANDING MOBILE RESTRAINT OF MOTION TERRACOTTA, RESIN AND STAINLESS STEEL 35 X 27 X 30 INCHES 1995
DANCE SWIRLING OF A DANCE STAINLESS STEEL AND RESIN 34 X 20 X 8 INCHES 1997 DEWDROP MORNING FRESHNESS ON A LEAF REGATTA ETCHING 6 X 7 INCHES 2006
STAINLESS STEEL AND RESIN 6 X 6 X 6 INCHES 1997
OF TERRA COTTA
CARABAO WADING HAPPINESS IS THE PLEASURE OF WATER TERRACOTTA AND RESIN 7 X 12 X 6 INCHES 1997
RECLINING FATHER AND INFANT INFANT BLENDED IN FATHER TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 10 X 8 X 5 INCHES 1995
RECLINING MOTHER AND CHILD INFANT BLENDED IN MOTHER TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 5 X 14 X 6 INCHES 1995
ADAM AND EVE STATURE OF ADAM AND EVE TERRACOTTA AND MARBLE 14 X 4 X 4 INCHES 1992
MY GIRL GIRL IN A MELANCHOLY
BABY IN ARMS WHERE WE ALTOGETHER BELONG
TERRACOTTA 7 X 4.5 X 7 INCHES 1992
TERRACOTTA AND RESIN 15 X 6 X 6 INCHES 1992
SEATED MOTHER AND INFANT INFANT WHEREEVER MOTHER-BLENDED TERRACOTTA AND MARBLE 8 X 5 X 3 INCHES 1995
CANDELABRA HOMELINESS IN CANDLES
CONVERSANT CHILD FAMILY IN DIALOGUE
TERRACOTTA 12 X 5 X 5 INCHES 1995
TERRACOTTA 10 X 4 X 5 INCHES 1987
GINA III THIRD STAGE IN THE ABSTRACTION OF GINA, BALLET DANCER TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 7 X 6 X 8 INCHES 1993
GINA I BALLET DANCER TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 8 X 7 X 10 INCHES 1993
GINA II SECOND STAGE IN THE ABSTRACTION OF GINA, BALLET DANCER TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 8 X 7 X 10 INCHES 1993
TRIAD I
TRIAD II LEANING ON THE STRONG
TTRIAD III FAMILY IN RESPONSE
TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 17 X 5 X 6 INCHES 199
TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 17 X 5 X 6 INCHES 199
TERRACOTTA 11 X 4 X 5 INCHES 1987
HORSE HORSE IN MY MIND TERRACOTTA 12 X 8 X 3 INCHES 1987
MOTHER AND GROWN CHILD CHILD IN ARMS TERRACOTTA AND WOOD 12 X 4 X 5 INCHES 1987
ROSARIO
BITANGA 21ST CENTURY
STRAINING CARABAO RELENTLESS AGAINST UNYIELDING FORCE TERRACOTTA 9 X 9 X 7 INCHES 1997