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MIRRORS: Gromyko’s Framed Mysteries[1]

Anyone who has an interest with the mysterious, with the intricacies of the human mind, and with the spiritual things, will fall in love with Gromyko Semper’s works easily; and it includes this author. Semper, a 25-year old artist from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija (a province in Central Luzon, the biggest island of the three [ READ MORE ]

BAWAL/FORBIDDEN

Rebuke is unique not because of its theme; but due to the diversity of the ideas on how to present the art of correction or reprimand, in a canvas or any other medium[ READ MORE ]

MIRRORS: Looking at the Face of Injustice in the Philippines

On the last note, let everyone—every spectator—reflect on each “mirror” hanging on the walls of the exhibition area and to examine the facts being reflected in there and assess if they do really replicate the events happening in the Philippine society today or this is just a bunch of propaganda. And everybody must say, Amen. [ READ MORE ]

Doon Po Sa Amin… A look into Bladimir C. Usi’s art

"Bata pa lang ako ay nakitaan na agad ako ng aking mga magulang at mga kakilala na may talento daw ako sa pagguhit. Kaya elementary graduate ako nuon na may honor bilang "artist of the year" (akala ko, artista na ´ko). At nasundan pa nung high school ako. Marami kasi ang tamad mag-drowing sa mga klasmeyt ko, kaya nagpiprisinta ako na ako na lang ang magdrowing, kapalit ay pera (I was very young when my parents and some colleagues saw my talent in drawing. That's why, when I've graduated in elementary, I was conferred with the "Artist of the Year" Award, I thought I was already a star! (He said, jokingly). Then I entered high school. My classmates are too lazy to draw [school projects and assignments], so I offer them my drawing services for a fee), says Filipino cartoonist Bladimer C. Usi. [ READ MORE ]

Then They Rise…

Sometimes, the artist has to be reborn or awakened from his or her tight sleep in order to unleash the power of his or her art[ READ MORE ]

Sharing Camille’s Moods and Moments

The last time I had a look at Camille de la Rosa’s works was five years ago. And it was all gardens, landscapes. Nothing was moving but the clouds, the flowers being blown by the soft summer wind or the dancing shadows of the trees that were captured so vividly that you seemed to be looking at photographs instead of paintings. In her 15th solo exhibition in the Renaissance Gallery in SM Megamall, which opened last Aug. 22, De la Rosa, 25, has gone one step further. She has now proved to the world that she is a well-rounded artist, mastering not only the command of the brush but the craft of capturing every subject that she desires to paint[ READ MORE ]

When a Woman is More Than a Woman

Babae: Buhay at Kalikasan is Isla-Contreras’ attempt to show the Filipina in her different roles: the mother, the economist, the guide, the guard, the preserver of nature, the observer, the cantadora or the singer-storyteller of the ancient history of her society where she is not separated but connected, and as the representation of Mother Nature herself[ READ MORE ]

Camille de la Rosa Invites Viewers to Find the Chalice of Knowledge

Enchanted with the surreal, Camille de la Rosa now prepares to introduce the philosophy of the surreal movement in the Philippines through her new work. And she is hoping that everyone will welcome this development[ READ MORE ]

Beauty in Morbidity: Young Camille de la Rosa Swims in the Sea of the Surreal

If the saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is universally acceptable, it can thus be said that there’s real beauty in the “morbid” canvases of the young painter in bloom, Ms. Camille Jean Verdelaire D. de la Rosa[ READ MORE ]

Halt! And hearken the messages!

Camille de la Rosa's Halt! And Hearken the Messages! suggests to the audience, there is a need to reflect, meditate and realize that life is difficult, as M. Scott Peck said in the introduction of his book, The Road Less Traveled; however, this difficulty cannot be eased up by elusive solutions but facing the reality that we are more than flesh and blood. [ READ MORE ]

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