Saturday, August 18, 2007
GOING WITH THE FLOW
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This whole exhibition seems to tell a story by the manner that these art pieces were hung on the walls. Considering the fact that I haven...
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Right after the gallery talk the guests proceeded to the lobby of Blaisdell Hall for some refreshments. There I had the chance to talk to t...
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The artpieces situated right on the entrance of this gallery say something about the digital age (DIGITAL DREAMS) now and how we are connec...
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But as we go into the main gallery section we will have a chance to feel how it is to live in the midst of a very modern and advance city wh...
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As you move to the next artwork, imagine this time that you got hold of your son's telescope and you zoomed-in a bit towards those dista...
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Zoom a little bit farther now, or better yet use an x-ray telescope/camera, and HIGH RISE HIGH PRICE will attempt to reveal the reality tha...
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ASIAN MOUSETRAP is just like doing the daily chores of tidying-up the house and returning all your kids' toys into their boxes. And tha...
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Ah, yes…your kids. This time you think about how to care for them, how to raise them up in this city and how to prepare them for the world. ...
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Maybe your small, expensive flat is not the right place for contemplation even if you started to pray each night for your own salvation and ...
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Once you find solace in this place and become rejuvenated mentally, physically, psychologically and most of all spiritually you are strong e...
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After reading the paper and accepting reality you are somehow much equipped now to return to the city and a lot bolder to face the future re...
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And as you go out of this gallery, passing by the rest of the other artpieces depicting the digital age that you first saw when you entered ...
Thursday, August 2, 2007
ONE COOL MORNING IN BORACAY
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For a young professional working from nine to nine and earning hard for early retirement, a two- week vacation on a beach is relaxing. No ce...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
TWO LANDSCAPES, TWO CHILDHOODS
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When I was young I had the luxury and freedom to walk or run around our yard and our neighbors' yard, climb trees and play with my sibli...
ASIAN MOUSETRAP
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Gone are the days, most probably, when kids had the chance to produce their own handmade toys. The process of making these things are fun in...
MORNING PAPER
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Despite the Internet's offer of delivering information and news quickly, still people are excited each morning to read the newspapers. A...
JOB VACANCY series
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Painted on top of layers of newspaper daily headlines and stories that I directly transferred from old newspaper to the canvas surface are b...
HIGH-RISE, HIGH PRICE
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As families were forced by circumstances to flock to materially promising crowded cities, the need to cope-up with its lifestyle has put pre...
STORIES IN STOREYS
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Living in high-rise buildings means that being confined in those box-like dwellings placed one on top of the other gives one a feeling of cl...
Sunday, July 29, 2007
MANICURED CANYONS AND THE HOWLING WINDS OF HOMESICKNESS
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The Grand Canyon is no doubt one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. It even inspired British artist David Hockney to do a lar...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
HIGH-RISE BLUES
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Cities that are deprived of vast land areas have no way to expand but vertically. This means that dwellings are constructed like boxes piled...
PRY, BUZZ, SEE (privacy)
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The advent of cellular phones, computers and all those digital gadgets allowed people to communicate more and to be easily connected. To be ...
DIGITAL DREAMS in different versions
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When someone asked me why I gave this title to this series of new works I jokingly replied with a question, "Are our dreams digital or ...
FREE FLOW: going with the flow
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KOA ART GALLERY floor plan There were 12 artworks in FREE FLOW exhibition some of which were sets of several artpieces combined. They were...
Friday, July 27, 2007
FREE FLOW: the gallery talk
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I was introduced to the public during the art talk attended by students, the faculty, the university president, and the people of Pittsburgh...
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