Arturo Luz and Maya Muñoz open solo shows at Manila Contemporary

Arturo Luz: Recent Paintings and Vintage Photographs

10 April – 12 May 2013

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Manila Contemporary is proud to present, in collaboration with The Crucible Gallery, the latest solo show by National Artist Arturo Luz. Juxtaposing forty new paintings and twenty never before seen vintage photographs, the exhibition showcase’s Luz’s command of form, design and passion for inventiveness. 

 

His highly recognisable style of line, geometry and shape unfolds across works inspired by temple architecture from the artist’s travels across Asia as well as recurring favorites such as musicians and performers. 

 

However, audiences will also experience for the first time, a series of rare still life photographs taken in 1993. Printed in 2012, after the negatives were kept in storage for twenty years, they reveal Luz’s keen interest in photography and admiration of Japanese design. 

 

Photographed using a Hasselblad camera, each black and white image features arrangements of Japanese kiri boxes (storage boxes for ceramics made out of kiri wood) and seashells from Luz’s personal collection of objects. Like his paintings they are deceptively simple, and represent the artist’s never ending search for the essential qualities of subject through a reduction of form and selective use of color. 

 

Creating a focused conversation around form and aesthetics, the exhibition therefore shares the unique vision and never ending pursuit of perfection by on the most respected senior Filipino artists working today.

 

Arturo Luz: Recent Paintings and Vintage Photographs is in collaboration with The Crucible Gallery.

 

Maya Muñoz: Poems for the Day 

10 April – 12 May 2013

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For her second solo exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery at Manila Contemporary, Maya 

Muñoz focuses on the documentation of time and place. Selecting and recreating her 

own versions of calendars, she produces abstract paintings, collage works and framed 

photographs that discuss how we situate ourselves within a particular experience 

and/or landscape. Austere and contemplative, the exhibition shares a concentrated 

approach to two dimensional space and mark making resulting in an intense visual 

experience. 

 

Arturo Luz: Recent Paintings and Vintage Photographs + Maya Muñoz: Poems for 

Days runs until May 12, 2013 at Manila Contemporary, Whitespace, 2314 Don Chino Roces Ave, Extension (formerly Pasong Tamo Extension), Brgy. Magallanes, Makati City.

 

For inquiries about this exhibition, visit the Manila Contemporary website or contact Eva McGovern | (02) 5765024 | e.mcgovern@manilacontemporary.org

Press release and photos from Manila Contemporary