KASALUKUYAN
Banner Project 2022
D-M Artists
Facade
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Edrick Daniel
"Facade" grapples with the idea of our national identity being held captive by our colonial past. The ruined walls bear our colonizer's architecture that echoes through our psyche. Our sense of identity affects and reflects our choices as a nation.
Bagong Pag-asa o Bagong Paasa
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Boni De Guzman Jr.
Ito ay para sa mga kabataan na sana'y matupad ang kanyang mga pangarap, sa kabila ng anumang pagsubok at hirap. Hindi sana humantong sa paasa ng mga taong nangako para sa kanyang kinabukasan.
Blueprint
40 x 30
Acrylic serigraph on canvas
Demetrio Dela Cruz
It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
Nagpuyo
40 x 30Oil on canvas
Michael Delmo
We breathe, we eat, and we sleep with nature.
Pangitain
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Noel Elicana
Sa mga pagiisip na mula sa mga pangitain sa gabi, pagka ang mahimbing na tulog ay nahuhulog sa mga tao, Takot ay dumating sa akin, at panginginig, na nagpapanginig ng lahat ng aking mga buto. Nang magkagayo'y dumaan ang isang espirito sa aking mukha. Ang balahibo ng aking balat ay nanindig. Tumayong nakatigil, nguni't hindi ko mawari ang anyo niyaon; isang anyo ang nasa harap ng aking mga mata: tahimik, at ako'y nakarinig ng tinig, na nagsasabi.
San mo nakuha ang impeksiyon?
Paikot-ikot ang direksyon
Tila sugat na di gumagaling
Dahil paulit-ulit na kinakamot
Patuloy na humahapdi
Patuloy ding nakakalimot
Lumalalim nang lumalalim
Impeksyon
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Mac Eparwa
Nasaan si Pepe?
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Mark Lester Espina
"Nasaan si Pepe?" Yan ang tanong sa panahong kasalukuyan. Marahil ay nararapat lang na ang bawat isa sa atin ay maging isang Jose Rizal sa mumunting paraan, para makialam sa mga nangyayari sa ating lipunan, lalong lalo na sa panahon ng pandemya kung saan nagkalat din ang mga mapagsamantalang namumuno sa ating gobyerno.
My works focus on materiality and process, maximizing their capacity or execution.
King of Kings
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Orland Espinosa
Cansion Ed Labi
30 x 22
Watercolor on paper
The night is my dearest companion, she drapes her wonder on me. As I am blanketed in splendor, I eagerly wait for the dawn's tender kiss.
Danielle Florendo
Alas
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Alee Garibay
sa pagkagat
ng dilim
umiindap
mga bituin
nalulusaw
ang pagitan
ng kahapo’t
bukas
Bahala na
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Bam Garibay
Bahala na si…ako.
Wake Me Up When September Ends
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Nina Garibay
The present could always use some improvement. It is healthy to acknowledge feelings of disappointment and dejection, but the world goes on, and while we live, we need to make the most out of it. Take a break, but set the timer.
Red Flag Passage
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Sarah Geneblazo
I've been waking up really late for the past months because of my medications. Time for me has been warped. I've been fixated on chasing time during these late hours. I think of what I miss out on in the morning. How time goes by slowly and what fresh pandesal tastes like.
A Calendar, two shapes resembling a clock, the plant outside grows
40 x 30
Collage, pen, and ink on tracing paper
Lui Gonzales
Sa Muling Paghilom
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Darwin Hara Guevarra
Hither now, I'll picture the frailty
So hither, someday, I'll remember
Bothered and trembling, as we roll down
As the needy gets killed, and it's no fun
All Time Low
40 x 30
Oil and acrylic on canvas with artist hand-made wood frame with clay
Tita Halaman
Feeling Blessed
40 x 30
Oil graphite on canvas
Philipp Ines
Karton at lapis bilang metapora: Mahinang pundasyon at madali ring mabura. Sa bagong kumpisalan, ito ang Social Media.
Madaling dayain, marami ring naniniwala kaya nakakatawa. Makapagpa-impress lang sa iba, "feeling blessed," ika nga.
Beyond Existence
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Joseph Ingking
Power Move
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Rodel Jacintos
Athletes are heroes of this generation. What I love about them is their disciplined mindset and their focus to achieve a great goal.
Sikap
40 x 30
Charcoal and soft pastel on repurposed tracing paper on canvas
Jonathan Joven
Mainam na sikaping maging maligaya sa sarili, sa tahanan na kasama ang mga mahal sa buhay, sa kapwa at sa lipunan. Taglay ang karunungan at mga mithiing magiging gabay at sandata sa ating mga lakbaying may saysay para sa hinaharap. Ito ang magiging tanglaw sa panahon ng ligalig at kadiliman.
Tag, You’re It
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Rachel Anne Lacaba
Carpe Diem
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Dante Lerma
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
Sunod sa Agod
40 x 30
Pen and ink on canvas
Jonathan Madeja
Sa kasalukuyan, ang bawat daan ay may kaakibat na unos. Minsan kailangan ding sumunod sa agos upang ang bawat pagsagwan ay malumanay. Ngunit ang bawat unos ay may iniiwan ding pinsala. Mahalagang maging laging handa sa bawat hampas ng alon.
I’m Exhausted Right Now
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Lui Manaig
I made the decision to move to Laguna, where I was born and raised, because my current circumstances are so uncertain in various ways. My small haven of tranquility is in Laguna.
Surpresa
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Maralita
Isa dalawa tatlo,
Sinurpresang totoo,
Pagmulat ng mata,
Wala nang kataka-taka,
Lupa'y inararo upang tamnan ng panibago,
Ang lumang binhi ay tuluyan bang lalaho?
Tahimik ang saksi sa gitna ng parang,
Sumunod sa kumpas ay ganon na lamang,
Habang maghapong bilad sa init ng araw,
"Ooongggaaa!" Ang taging sambit ni manong kalabaw.
The Nest
40 x 30
Oil on wood, epoxy
Alexis Marga
They say the nest, in time, becomes a cage.
I fear I’ve stayed here far too long,
the cage has become a sanctuary.
All this time, I have been growing wings
I’ve grown afraid to use.
Here, Just Making My Day
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
John Marin
These days, most people spend hours looking at their phone screen. And most of the time, it affects their mood for the rest of the day.
And Now We Party
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Pow Marin
Salawang Mukha ng Kapayapaan
(Katotohanan o Pangarap Lang)
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Nicole Meimban
Ang tunay na kapayapaan ay nagsisimula sa ating sarili. Ang pagmamahal, pag-asa, at pagtulong sa kapwa ay simula ng kapayapaan.
Bigat ng Alaala ng Pagdurusa
39.5 x 30
Dengcoy Miel
My painting "Bigat ng Alaala" seeks to quantify the calamitous experience of our martial law past. We have hardly forgotten the dark apotheosis of this man and his handiwork, now inherited by the son, that opens up a surfeit of fresh, shadowy motives.
Hotdog
40 x 30
Oil on canvas
Roger Mond
Alab ng Puso
40 x 30
Acrylic on canvas
Chad Montero
