REFLECTIONS 1
KORA DANDAN-ALBANO
Practice/Praxis
oil on canvas
Artists create in order to make sense of this fragmented world. For the artist, the creative process is an eternal act of putting things back together again. When we create, we tap into the divine to build artifacts that make life worth living.
ALDY AGUIRRE
Bulong at Sigaw
watercolor on acid free paper
Maliban sa muling pagkilala sa sarili at pag-iisip ng mga bagay bagay, muling lumilitaw ang mga kadalasang isinasa isang- tabing pag-uusap at alam ng mga bulong na iyon na may sapat nang oras ngayon, na pwede na akong maupo at makipag-usap. Mga bulong na lumalakas, nakakahanap ng daan palabas at nagpapapansin, gusto ko rin naman silang mapansin. Gaya rin ng sa iba, hindi mabilang na mga bulong, ngayon ay mga higanteng hiyaw, lahat gusto ring marinig, naghahanap ng pansin. Ang ilan ay walang laman, ingay na may lason, may dulot na pagkabulok kaysa sa sakit na kinatatakutan, nakakahawa at inaagnas; ang ilan ay nalunod na lamang sa lahat ng ingay, mga mahinang sigaw, hindi napapansin, mas desperado at nangangailangan ng kagyat na pagkakaligtas; at may mga alingawngaw na bumabalik, kasama ang mga parehong bulong. May sapat nang oras ngayon, tumayo ka na.
RV BASCO
Eaters of the Dead
acrylic on canvas
Eisenhower warned the public of America’s powerful military-industrial complex. An elite group of sophisticated cartels, or Cabals, who profits from war and oil extraction; further more, the deprivation of exotic energy - That warning comes almost 60 years ago.
Today, as the we begin to overlap to the 4th industrial revolution, we see one of the largest economies create more enemies then ever, influential military contractors pushing to privatize wars and huge fundings from banking institutions for offshore drilling and fracking. But nature responds like a thief in the night; After all, the coronavirus is the perfect storm for those who feed off the dead.
BETH PARROCHA
As I Am, Arising
gouche on paper
Sometimes, the true portrait can be seen from within.
JOMIKE TEJIDO
A Portrait of Happiness
acrylic on canvas
Midcentury modern forms bring me a sense of happiness when creating them. In lieu of a facial portrait, I am showing an abstracted face of happiness using lines, color, and forms that are playful from balloons, sunshine dow n to the smallest blade of grass.
NINa garibay
Cut and Paste
oil on canvas
Collage can be applied to both my work process and character building. We are a product of nature and nurture. It is from our environment that we select which parts we want to attach to ourselves and through self-reflection that we attempt to improve those that we dislike.
rachel anne lacaba
Tinitira ang Natitira
acrylic on canvas
Bilang isang pintor, naniniwala ako na responsibilidad ko ang ikwento ang mga nangyayare sa aking paligid, gamit ang aking obra. Maganda man o hindi.
Sa obrang ito, Dalawa ang kwento, pero iisang mundo. Una, ay ang pagsira sa kalikasan na nagiging sanhi ng unti unting pagubos ng mga puno at ng mga hayop. Pangalawa, ay ang maling pamamalakad ng gobyerno lalo na ng presidente na naguutos sa pagpatay sa kung sino nalang ang natitira, dahil pati tayo at nauubos na. Dalawa ang kwento, pero iisang mundo.
JANELLE TANG
Non Essential
acrylic on canvas
This pandemic caused an awakening beyond its size. How can something microscopic hit harder than calamities we thought set back and pulled us down. Priorities are set to prevent and control the damages it can further do. But what is really essential? Food? Facilities? Money? How about going back to normal? School?Work? Gatherigs? Relationships?If this is nature's way to restore itself,are we even worthy of saving? What we are left with are uncertainties that keep us wondering and waiting to wonder and wait again.
angelo cinco
May Pagasa Pa
oil on canvas
Isang portrait ng isang ina na tulala, malayo ang tingin, malalim ang iniisip at magulo ang isip. May pag-asa pa kaya sa gitna ng pandemya?
Meron pa. May pag-asa pa.
jim orencio
At the Forest Edge
acrylic on canvas
Reminiscence of my childhood days, when fireflies are plenty. Today, fireflies are fast disappearing because of logging. Let us be reminded to protect and save the trees, to save the fireflies. Fireflies mean a balanced environment.
JAYVEE DAVID
Do I Ever Want to Wonder Forever?
oil on canvas
My work is about the global news on why or how people having more vivid dreams in the time of pandemic and lockdown. And asking myself why is it even possible to dream? When you don’t even make memorable memories and just sleeping on it all away.
ALELIA ARIOLA
Ikaw, Ako, Tayo: Rebolusyunaryo
oil on canvas
Sa panahon ng pang aabuso, tayo ay babangon. Hawak ang Ibat-ibang sandata, kapit bisig, magaganap ang pag sulong. Magkakaisa sa modernong himagsikan... ikaw, ako, tayo ay rebolusyunaryo.
marko bello
Sometimes You Do Not Need Eyes to See
oil on canvas
Sa ating buhay dumarating ang mga pagkakataong bumulag sa ating mga mata upang makita ang tunay na nangyayari sa ating mga buhay.
Ang akala nating maganda sa ating paningin ay siya palang sumisira sa ating pagkatao, kung kaya minsan kailangan nating pumikit at magnilay nilay upang makita natin ng masmaayos at masmalinaw ang mga totoong paangyayari sa ating buhay na nagdudulot ng pagkakawatak watak ng mga sa loobin ng bawat isa. Kung kuya Minsan ay Di natin Kailangan ang ating mga Mata upang Makakita.
norlie meimban
Papano na Ang Dating Normal?
acrylic on canvas
Sanay ba tayo sa new normal? Papano na ang dating Normal na buhay natin? Saan patungo ang pandemic na ito.. Ito ang mga katanungan NG bawat tao na nakakaranas NG matinding pandemic ngayon panahon... Sana ay magbalik na ang dati natin nakaugalian o nakasanayang na gawin sa buhay at muling bumalik ang tamang normal NG buhay.
aiya balingit
Narayan
oil on canvas
My artwork displays my emotions and struggles to attain my dream role – to be one of the naneries transcending the pangs of material existence, free from the entanglement with the material world, focused on the philosophical search for the Absolute Truth, and endeavor to go back to the Supreme Personality – the real mission of life.
bam garibay
Survival Instinct
oil on canvas
Wu wei all the way.