Singapore showcases Filipino Artists
Posted on November 10th, 2009 under Art & Living Achievements
Filipino artists are scheduled to hold separate shows in the city-state of Singapore starting November, according to the Philippine embassy in Singapore.
The annual Philippine Art Trek in Singapore opens in November with the anchor exhibit In the Eye of Modernity: Philippine Neo-Realist Masterworks from the Ateneo Art Gallery at the Singapore Art Museum, from 14 November 2009 to 14 March 2010.
Co-organized by the Philippine embassy in Singapore, Manila-based Ateneo Art Gallery, and the Singapore Art Museum, this major exhibit showcases the seminal paintings and sculptures from the 1950s to the ‘60s that helped revolutionize Philippine visual arts.
Philippine Art Trek III will feature six exhibitions organized by six galleries in what has become the largest annual exhibitions on Philippine art overseas. Philippine art specialists Artesan + Studio, Galerie Joaquin Singapore, Sunjin, Utterly Art, Valentine Willie Fine Art galleries, and the Ateneo Art Gallery will take viewers on a dazzling visual journey, as they unveil in six separate but related exhibits, new and iconic artwork by Filipino masters and contemporary artists.
The six exhibitions to open throughout November 2009 at various locations island-wide are:
- The Chinoy Connection, organized by Utterly Art, presents the works of young contemporary Filipino artists J. de Juras, J. Vicente. J. Mangobang Jr., M. Bonayog, R. Ambagan, and R. Adeva Jr. 4-15 November 2009 at Utterly Art Gallery.
- Valentine Willie Fine Art showcases the new works of young artists Constantino Zicarelli, Dex Fernandez, Electrolychee, Ferdz Valencia, John Torres, Maria Jeona, Mark Salvatus, Martha Atienza, Mica Cabildo, MM Yu, and Tatong Recheta Torres in the exhibit Forever and Ever and Ever and Ever. 6-29 November 2009 at ARTSPACE@Helutrans.
- Sunjin Galleries will feature the works of Clairelynn Uy in the exhibit System Revisited. 7-21 November 2009 at Sunjin Galleries.
- Artesan Gallery + Studio features Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep), new paintings by Lyra Garcellano. 20 November – 2 December 2009 at Artesan.
- Celebration is Galerie Joaquin Singapore’s salute to the Filipino Neo-Realist and contemporary masters. 25 November – 9 December 2009 at the BMW Perfomance Motors Showroom Event Hall.
The Philippine Art Trek is an island-wide fiesta of exhibitions showcasing Philippine visual arts. Organized by the Philippine embassy in Singapore, the annual art extravaganza encourages leading cultural institutions such as museums and art galleries to feature Philippine art at a particular month of the year.
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