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MANILA, Philippines -- This year’s ManilArt has seemingly lived up to its promise of bringing in more diversity and less fluff artwork-wise despite the reduced number of art galleries represented in the annual international art fair.
For one, exhibitions appeared to have been curated accordingly with some galleries opting to showcase a cohesive and thematic show instead of coming up with discombobulated booths. There are not more than five pieces per artist in the fair, ensuring that all exhibitors are given a fair share of space in their respective areas. Some galleries chose to only represent one artist and his works while others displayed one or two characteristic works of their roster of visual artists.
For an art junkie like me, the fair was a piquant maze of both familiar and surprising art pieces. There were paintings and sculptures I immediately recognized, particularly those which bear the artist’s signature style; and there were others that made me succumb to reading the artwork captions just so I may know who fashioned them.
Some pieces I easily recognized were those of Romulo Olazo, Ramon Orlina, José Tence Ruiz, Patricia Eustaquio, Zean Cabangis, Michael Cacnio, Luis Lorenzana, Leslie de Chavez, CJ Tañedo, Andres Barrioquinto, Olan Ventura, Soler and Mona Santos, Carlo Magno, Cesare Syjuco, Maria Cruz, Gus Albor, Shoko Mafune, Emmanuel Garibay, Leeroy New, Jason Montinola, Ivan Roxas, Melvin Culaba, Dominic Rubio, and Lao Lianben, to name a few.
Of course, I didn’t miss Elmer Borlongan’s pieces along with his wife Plet Bolipata’s wistful installation and prints in the Boston Gallery space as well as Borlongan’s collaboration with playwright, writer, poet, teacher, and essayist Vim Nadera in the Looking for Juan Gallery area.
There are several exhibits in this year’s art fair that have definitely caught my attention—most probably because I deemed them quirky, fresh, and engaging.
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The artworks and poems are presented in two ways—one in the traditional exhibition format and the other in the interactive medium. Following the traditional, Borlongan's pieces were displayed in a glass case and Nadera's tanaga (a poem consisting of
The poets in turn read their own poem followed by the translation by another poet into their language; for instance Northern Irish writer, Miriam Gamble's witty and romantic “Semi-colon”, was translated into Catalan by Maria Rosa Llabres Ripoli.
We had sent 130 bluebird houses with a little poem about wild creatures in each bluebird house several days earlier. When we arrived to do the program several days later, the leader sadly gave the poems back to us and said that since the 4-H camp was
Stanley teared up as she held Cindy's leash while Beth Crowley, a registered nurse in the hospital, read a poem from the plaque. “She is a very special dog, so for her to be recognized is very sweet,” Stanley said, holding back tears.
Constantine Cavafy's poem "Ithaca" speaks of a sailor's trip and return to port, nourished and wizened by the journey. Thematically, Hausmann's "Ithica" is about returning to the basics of his art, culture and identity as well as reverting to classical
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