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Article Keyword: arts

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Jose Tence Ruiz: Of those unspoken things

    By R.C. Ladrido  |  Aug 23, 2023 11:22 AM

    An exhibit titled Litanya: 1972-1922 shows the works of Jose Tence Ruiz at the Ateneo Art Gallery until September 2, 2023. It marks the artists’s 50 years “from inception and attraction” to art at age 16.

    art exhibit, Jose Tence Ruiz, Litanya

  • Perry Sevidal
    Categories Arts & Culture

    The dance odyssey of Perry Sevidal

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Jun 30, 2023 11:52 AM

    Perry Sevidal Ballet on its 29th Year presents: A Day of Dance on July 1, 2023, 11 a.m. at Dancing Queen Studio in Makati Cinema Square, Makati City.

    ballet, Perry Sevidal

  • Jon Pettyjohn
    Categories Arts & Culture

    When clay meets fire: The ceramic magic of Jon Pettyjohn

    By R.C. Ladrido All images courtesy of Silverlens Galleries and ArtFairPH2022  |  Jun 22, 2023 7:54 AM

    Steps is Jon Pettyjohn’s third solo ceramics exhibition at the Silverlens Galleries, running until 8 July 2023. In this exhibit, the artist’s pursuit of individual expression comes to the fore in the context of working with clay and its traditions for over 45 years.

    ceramics exhibition, Jon Pettyjohn

  • Malas Hierbas- Lantana Camara plate
    Categories Arts & Culture

    The Manila Galleon: Antoni Muntadas weaves new interconnections

    By R.C. Ladrido. All images courtesy of the Ateneo Art Gallery  |  Jun 12, 2023 7:52 PM

    Muntadas identified three traded objects or presentés —the mantón de Manila or Manila Shawl, medallions and coins, and ceramics —as his subjective interpretations of connecting with the past and the present of the Philippines.

    Antoni Muntadas, Ateneo Art Gallery

  • Thumbnail UP Vargas Print Exhibit
    Categories Arts & Culture

    Celebrating the printmakers: Steadfast in their art

    By Text and images by R.C. Ladrido  |  May 29, 2023 7:30 AM

    New printmaking approaches have been created by the artists that include a textile print of a dilapidated house hanging like a giant lantern, using termite soil rubbings to wall print installations.

    printmakers

  • Masarap Ba, 1974
    Categories Arts & Culture

    In black-and-white: Dark memories of martial law

    By R.C.Ladrido. All images courtesy of the Ateneo Art Gallery.  |  May 18, 2023 2:05 PM

    For the younger generation who have not experienced this dark period in Philippine history, the images “are attestations or historical narratives of atrocities committed to individual, families, and communities.”

    Ateneo Art Gallery, Edgar Doctor, Martial Law, Rick Rocamora

  • Self-Portrait, undated
    Categories Arts & Culture

    Santiago Bose: Unravelling an artistic world

    By R.C. Ladrido. All images courtesy of Silverlens Galleries.  |  May 06, 2023 8:11 PM

    Overall, Bose’s work expressed a strong sense of Filipino roots, particularly its indigeneity and folk sensibilities.

    Santiago Bose

  • Left: Los Pintados Visayans Boxer Codex and Right: Igorot Burik Tattoo Drawings, 1896 by Hans Meyer.
    Categories Arts & Culture

    Batok (traditional tattoos): A revival here and elsewhere

    By R.C.Ladrido. Images courtesy of the National Museum Philippines, Analyn Salvador-Amores, and Vogue Philippines.  |  Apr 26, 2023 6:00 PM

    Among young Kalingas, the practice of having traditional tattoos has declined ages ago. In contrast, local and international visitors have made the remote village of Buscayan, Kalinga a hot spot for getting a tattoo from Whang-ud, considered as the last and the oldest mambatok in Kalinga.

    Apo Whang-ud, Batok, Cordilleras, Traditional Tattoo

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Bulawan: Early Philippine Gold and Imprints of Hindu-Buddhism

    By R.C.Ladrido  |  Oct 27, 2022 9:10 AM

    Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan’s chronicler, described Butuan as a place where “pieces of gold, of the size of walnuts or eggs” were found.

    Bulawan, Butuan, Butuan craftsmen, gold, hindu-buddhism, National Museum Eastern-Northern Mindanao

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    Tapayan, Gusi, or Martaban: Tales of Stoneware Jars in the Philippines

    By R.C Ladrido. All images courtesy of the National Museum of the Philippines.  |  Jul 01, 2022 5:17 PM

    Through the EYG Resource Collection, Filipinos today can rediscover and establish a precious connection with the aesthetic and functional gaze of early Filipinos.

    gusi, martaban, Philippines stoneware jars, tapayan

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