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Art in the city: Exhibits to catch this month
The bright days of summer are a great time to slip into an air-conditioned gallery in the metro and take in some art by talented Filipino artists. Here are just a few of what you can see this month.
'Ronald Ventura: Big and Small' at Ayala Museum extended to May 26
Acclaimed Filipino artist Ronald Ventura set a record for Southeast Asian contemporary artists when his 13-foot painting, "Greyground", went for $1.1 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong in 2011.
This current exhibition, however, features his earlier works, taken from the collection of Dr. Joel C. Mendez. On its website, the Ayala Museum noted that "the collection, in the truest sense, strips [Ventura's] art of its characteristic potpourri of imagery and reveals what lies at its very foundation: the human body and its language."
"Ronald Ventura: Big and Small" is on exhibit at the Ayala Museum in Makati City until May 26.
The Ronald Ventura: Big and Small exhibition is extended to 26 May 2015! pic.twitter.com/V6d8BDcwkZ
— Ayala Museum (@ayalamuseum) April 27, 2015
Ayala Museum on Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Tuesdays to Sundays.
Paul Pfeiffer’s 'Vitruvian Figure' at MCAD extended to 16 May
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde has extended visual artist Paul Pfeiffer's exhibit "Vitruvian Figure" to May 16.
The exhibit, Pfeiffer's first major solo museum show in Asia, includes sculptures, video installations, and photographs that seek to examine the role of mass media in shaping social consciousness.
The Hawaii-born Pfeiffer, raised both here and in the US, has exhibited in institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago; the Contemporary Museum of Honolulu; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin.
MCAD in the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts Campus at 950 P. Ocampo St., Malate, is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
'Cosmic Easy': Alrashdi Mohammad's universe-inspired art
"Where we are bewildered and mystified it is the terrain that Alrashdi Mohammad is most familiar with. Inspired by the universe, it is where he continues to understand and fathom reality and exploits his creativity. This series of artworks imagines the cosmos, randomness and insistent speculations through the lens of emotion and aesthetic thinking," according to the gallery in a release.
True to the title of his show, Mohammad takes inspiration from objects in the universe—planets, stars, galaxies—to create colorful abstract works.
The exhibit runs through May 6.
Ysobel Art Gallery is at Shops at Serendra, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. It is open from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every day. For more information, call 0928-5071117, 0933-2227952 or 576-4758.
'UP Naming Mahal' at Vargas Museum
An exhibit named "UP Naming Mahal" is best viewed at the University of the Philippines, so fittingly it is Vargas Museum that is presenting L. De Guzmán’s fifth solo show. It opens on May 5 at 6 p.m.
The exhibit features 22 medium-scale landscape acrylic depictions of UP Diliman's landmarks and scenery. According to the museum, the paintings are done in a style De Guzmán calls “Romantic-Impressionist”.
Despite being visually impaired, the artist is able to create works that "resemble actual photographs at first glance, but exude warmth and emotion," said the museum.
The exhibit runs through June 6.
The Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center at UP Diliman, Quezon City is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday. For more information, call the museum at 928-1927 (direct line) or 981-8500 loc. 4024 (UP trunkline); e-mail vargasmuseum@gmail.com; or check out the museum's Facebook page. — BM, GMA News
