Pidge Reyes' Show at Avellana.. And other interesting things.

David Attenborough’s “Life on Earth” meets Gaudi’s Park Guell… Pidge Reyes’ creations may look out-of-this-world, yet seemingly their subjects are very much of this world. Once again, an artist draws from the greatest works of art. Just as Haeckel and Audubon and even Dr. Rizal were amazed by a world so real yet crafted in fantasy, this artist too appears to articulate nature in his works.

                In contrast to his stark works in concrete and steel from previous exhibits, “Inspired Clusters” is in more than one sense organic. The sudden shifts in color and patina recall Lichen growth on stone. The Hidden nooks and crannies that reveal shiny under layers retell experiences of searching among rocks and pools exposed by a low tide. 

On until Dec. 3 2011.

Location	2680 FB Harrison St., 1300 Pasay City, Philippines
Hours	:Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

	Phone: 8338357

Trapped Limpets

Kingdom Protista

Water Ballet

Reyes' works in concrete

"Amag" art

My muse!! wit wiww

" This is a foolish place to be... to inquire about the master of this dream. The conceit of the daytime residents is what the nighttime residents want. To come in carelessly is like a moth to a flame." -Dolls (in "Paprika", 2006)

More appropriately: WHO do you feel today?

From JUSTINJUSTINTIME:

What do you feel today?

Imbyernadette Sembrano - when one is filled with a distinctly vehement anger

GuTom Cruise - when one is hungry

Winner the Pooh - when one feels like a winner

Terrified Picache - when one is afraid or hesitant

Stress Drilon/ Stressie Tomas - when one undergoes intense workload

Chirita Corrales - when one is irritated

Haggardo Versoza - when one is haggard

Victoria Beckham - when one feels gay (happy)

Bitter Ocampo - when one feels unhappy with the outcome of their lovelife

Pagoda Tragedy - when one is tired

Afraidie Aguilar - when one is scared

Bobo Martin - when one feels like a fool

Truedis Liit - when one agrees absolutely with another person

Tamaui Taylor - a derivative of Truedis Liit, tama?

Late-on Meester - when one does not arrive on time

Jelly de Belen - when one gets jealous

Ignora Aunor - when one is ignored, or ignores someone

Done Zulueta - when one is finished with work

Paozzy Osbourne - when one loses one's voice or has a hoarse voice

KC Inception - for people who cannot move on, like when people cannot stop talking about the movie Inception

Sharon Cubeta - when one wants to go to the comfort room

Bed Failon - when one wants to sleep

Inez Veneracion - when one is feeling anger that is slightly less than Chirita Corrales or Imbyernadette Sembrano

Jhong Hilarious - when one thinks that series of events are funny

Serious Babao - when one is not in a joking mood

Sick Gordon - when one does not feel so good

Loveit Singson - when you feel like you're loving it, ika nga ng Mcdo, love ko 'toh

Epiphany Serrano - when one has a deep realization

Mahatma Ganda - when one feels beautiful, especially of the likes of Ate Len

Uhawee Severino - when one is thristy

Heart Evangelista - when one feels <3

Chos Groban - when one feels like a joke

Dennis Thrillo - when one is thrilled or ecstatic, but can also be used when one is watching a suspense thriller

Tearso Cruz III - when one is on the verge of crying

Soaring Legaspi - when one feels like they are able to fly

Asarah Jessica-Parker - when one is irritated less than imbyernadette sembrano but more than inez veneracion

Landi Misalucha - when one is feeling flirty or is flirty by nature

Lazy Torres - when one is in the mood for procrastination

Nanette Imbentor - when one makes up stories

Disgust Abelgas - when one does something that is not approved by others

Empress Shock - when one is suprised by a revelation

Tensie Tomas - when one is stuck in an atmosphere that is tense

Missya Barton - when you miss someone

Patayra Banks - when one feels lifeless

Waleya Salonga - when one is waley

Fierce Brosnan - when one feels like a model

Viewing human expression in the "Mini-stop" of visual arts.. SM Megamall

It's such a welcome molting, the regular and unsynchronized F5'ing of Megamall galleries. There will always be something nice. I know that for a fact. Of course, the baduyness is there in some galleries, but a lot get it right most of the time. Some hits from Gallery Row, and more.

I really REALLY like this painting. But the money trees have been harvested early this month. Congratulations to the new owner. ENJOY your art. don't just invest in it.

Met the Artist of my coveted painting, but didn't have a lot of time to talk about his work. He was nice enough to stand still for a photo. JR Urao. 

Peace.

One of my favorite works of art.. THE dinosaur mural. Most of the representations are now thought to be wrong, but as a little larval geek boy who read encyclopedia volumes like they were comics, these lumbering behemoths amazed me and kept me daydreaming in school.

One of my favorite works of art.. THE dinosaur mural. Most of the representations are now thought to be wrong, but as a little larval geek boy who read encyclopedia volumes like they were comics, these lumbering behemoths amazed me and kept me daydreaming in school.

Source: "Right Some Good"

"Zallinger's "Age of Reptiles" Mural

If you were a nerdly, dinosaur-crazed child in the 70's odds are you remember this:



This is an image of the world famous "Age Of Reptiles" mural painted by Rudolf Zallinger for the Peabody Museum in the 1940's. Looking at it now, the creatures, although still totally majestic (and well, awesome), look oddly stilted. That vintage T Rex looks mighty stumpy. At the time though, this was the top of the line conceptualization of dinosaurs.
Here's a pic of more of the mural:



"In April 1942, before beginning on the actual mural, Zallinger undertook 6 months of studies with Yale and Harvard scientists, and then 18 months of preliminary art work. Zallinger painted The Age of Reptiles mural from 1943 to 1947. For this magnificent achievement he received a Pulitzer Award for Painting in 1949."





Even though we have more realistic, souped up versions of dinosaurs these days, it's easy to see the magic these murals contained, igniting wonder about the prehistoric world in a million young squirming minds. You can see what an updated, more scientifically correct mural would look like now. (While cool "art wise" I have to say I prefer the look Zallinger's! The colors on the new one make me think of an extreme sports drink.)"

An Excerpt from "Panitikang Filipino.." bekimonized.

Panitikang Filipino sa Iba’t ibang Panahon

 

ni G. Francis Rodolfo M. Marcial Jr.

(Isinalin sa Bekimon gamit ang Bekimonizer)

panahon ng katutubetch

 bagetch pa roksit dumating ang mgatchi kastila satchi pilipinas chenelin, mayroon nang sining at panitikan ang mgatchi sinaunang pilipinetch.

karamihan sa mga panitikan nila’y yaong mga pasalin-dila gurla ng mga bulong chenes, tugmang-bayan chorva, bugtong chenelin, epiketch, salawikain at awiting-vayan na anyong patulatchi; mga kwentong-bayan chorva, alamat at mitetch natchi anyong tuluyan at ang mga katutuvong sayaw at ritwal ng babaylan bilang pinakaunang anyeklavu ng dulatchi sa bansatchi.

karamihan satchi mga panitikang itechi ay pasalin-dila. may mga panitikan ring nasulat sa mga pirasetch ng kawayan chorva, matitibay natchi kahoy at makikinis na bateklavu. ngunit iilan natchi lamang ang mgatchi natagpuan ng mga arkeologetch (archeologists chorva) sapagkat batay sa kasaysayan chenes, pinasunog at pinasiratchi itechi ng mga prayle nang dumating julams sa bansatchi sa paniniwalang ang mga itechi ay gawa ng demonyeklavu.

Chorva

Artist Feature: Froilan Calayag

I have no words

Guest-starring Nonoy Marcelo's Ikabod

"Chase the Candy" ..One of my favorite Froilan Calayag paintings.. I don't know where it is now.

mmmmm... secretions..

The Artist's Renaissance Influence shows in this painting. I love the presence of water.

"Love Me! Heart Eater"

This is the world I see behind my eyelids.. Where odd creatures exist, and live off each other, and evil is rigid and angular.

Chaos+Color = Fun

I enjoy staring at the transparent, gel-like bear hat on the boy's head.

There's an amphibian called the Surinam Toad that deposits its eggs on the skin of its back. these slowly sink into the skin, creating large holes. In these holes, the eggs hatch and the tadpoles metamorphose inside these holes, emerging as miniature versions of their parents.

Another creature with Surinam Toad features..

Froilan's Prizewinning rendition of Jose Rizal's Terra Cotta Sculpture

Makes me want to run, too..

This is an Allusion to something i forgot. sorry.. But isn't it great? "Everything Turns Impressionism When You're Hungry"

The very first Froilan Calayag work i saw online. That moment, he became my favorite Filipino Contemporary artist. Even more so now having seen more of his work and having learned the experiences and emotions behind the layers of paint.

Bosch brews some Angel's Trumpet Tea with the Chapman Brothers

A take on the old fable

Characters come to life and become not just believable but familiar.

Very Deja-Vu for me.. I had one of those magnetic fishing games when I was smaller. I loved how the little fishes would open their mouths then you'd try to get them to latch onto the magnetic "lure". It's a very close simulation of what you feel when fishing for real fish.

Froilan Calayag is Awesome

Photos from: Artist's own Facebook Page, Gallery Bohemia, Tala Gallery, ClicktheCity, Sensico.edu.pe,Flickr, WhenInManila.com, VinylonVinyl and other very forgiving and generous sources.