The Varsitarian

IBA’T IBANG mga obra ng mga batikan at baguhang Tomasinong alagad ng sining ang ipinakita sa ikalawang pagsasama-sama ng iba’t ibang mga galeriya sa Pilipinas sa ManilArt 2010. Ito ay inorganisa ng Bonafide Art Galleries Association (BAGO) sa SMX Convention Center na idinaos noong Hulyo 29 hanggang Agosto 1.

Ang ginamit na piyesa bilang opisyal na larawan ng ManilArt 2010 ay ang obra ng UST Fine Arts alumnus na si Andres Barrioquinto na tinawag na “Crystal Gazer.”

Kabilang sa mga pintor na nagmula sa UST na sumali sa ManilArt ay sina Arturo Luz, Roberto Chabet, Lydia Velasco, Jomike Tejido at Anton Balao.

Lumahok din ang sikat na iskultor na si Ramon Orlina na kilala sa paggamit ng salamin bilang medium sa paggawa ng iskultura.  read more »

PANINGIN ang karaniwang ginagamit upang humusga ng kagandahan, ngunit ipinababatid ng Sensorium of Portraits: The Inner Connectedness of Everyone and Everything, isang tactile exhibit para sa mga indibidwal na hindi nakakikita, na ang diwa ng sining ay hindi lamang limitado sa mga kulay o guhit-balangkas.

Ang tanghal na ito ni Allison Wong-David ay matatagpuan sa Metropolitan Museum of Manila mula noong Hunyo 2009 at tatakbo hanggang sa katapusan ng taon. Ito ay parte ng programang Touch the Artist Vision na sinusuportahan ng UST Graduate School-Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics. read more »

DALAWANG mag-aaral mula sa College of Fine Arts and Design ang nagpakitang-gilas sa kanilang exhibit na tinawag na Ulap sa Lupa na ginanap sa Botong’s Up Bistro sa A. Venue Mall sa lungsod ng Makati mula Agosto 2 hanggang 20.

Tampok dito ang mga gawa nina Kevin “Gripo” Balboa at Frances Nicole “Biwan” Delos Angeles na kasalukuyang nasa kanilang ikaapat na taon sa kursong Painting.

“Ang konsepto ng aming mga gawa ay umiikot sa paghahanap ng mga simpleng pangyayaring nagbibigay kaligayahan sa mga tao, na kung minsan ay nakakaliligtaan ng nakararami,” ani Balboa at Delos Angeles. read more »

ISANG Tomasino ang pinarangalan sa katatapos na Ateneo Art Awards (AAA) 2010 na ginanap noong ika-12 ng Agosto sa Grand Atrium ng Shangri-La Plaza sa Mandaluyong.

Si Mark Salvatus, nagtapos ng kursong Advertising Arts sa College of Fine Arts and Design noong 2003, ay isa sa mga nanalo sa AAA 2010, kasama ang dalawang kapwa alagad ng sining na sina Leslie de Chavez at Pow Martinez. Siya ay pinarangalan para sa kaniyang “Secret Garden,” isang obra na itinampok sa Sangduan 5: Daloy ng Dunong sa Pambansang Museo. Ito ay gawa sa bote ng softdrinks na ginupit upang magmukhang halaman at inilagay sa look ng pader upang makita sa pamamagitan ng isang bintana. read more »

UPANG ipakita sa publiko ang kariktan ng papel, pitong alagad ng sining ang nagsama-sama sa exhibit na pinamagatang Pumapapel: Art in Paper na nag-umpisa noong ika-13 ng Hulyo at tatagal hanggang Nobyembre 16 sa Yuchengco Museum.

Bumida ang dalawang Tomasinong artist na nagtapos ng Advertising mula sa dating College of Architecture and Fine Arts na sina Tony Gonzales at Tes Pasola na piniling gamitin ang papel bilang materyal sa kanilang sining.

Kasama ng dalawa ang printmaker na si Pandy Aviado, iskultor na si Impy Pilapil, Joey Cobcobo, Wataru Sakuma at Asao Shimura at ang walong mag-aaral ng School of Fashion and the Arts (SoFA). read more »

VETERAN directors went indie in the 2010 Cinemalaya. For its sixth year, the annual festival of independent films introduced another competitive category, the Directors’ Showcase, featuring established directors. As in the New Breed, finalists in the Directors’ Showcase were given P500,000 to start of their movie projects, which should not exceed the three-million-peso ceiling for all Cinemalaya full-length productions. The result was indie cinema with sleek looks and glossy marketing.

Vision from the veterans

“Two Funerals” follows the tale of a mother journeying to recover the remains of her daughter who dies in a terrible accident. read more »

TOWARD the last months of his life, the actor Juan Marasigan Feleo, popularly known as “Johnny Delgado,” turned to painting to satisfy his craving for self-expression. The visual arts also offered him a form of therapy in his struggle with cancer of the lymph node.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), with Pixel Grain, held an exhibit to pay tribute to the actor-visual artist.

“Maskarang Totoo: the Works of Juan Feleo” was displayed July 10 to 20 at the CCP’s Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino Hallway. The event was on the sidelights of the recently concluded Cinemalaya Festival, where the actor was a member of the screening committee. read more »

THOMASIAN directorial flare was all over the 2010 Cinemalaya as veteran filmmaker Gil M. Portes and relative newbie Rommel “Milo” Tolentino were named best directors in the Director’s Showcase and Short Film category, respectively.

Portes won for his film “Two Funerals” which also got the runner-up Special Jury Prize. read more »

THOMASIAN visual artists set the agenda for the new administration through Pitong Salita: Paalala sa Bagong Administrasyon, an exhibit at the Sining Kamalig of the Gateway Mall in Quezon City last June 7 to 30.

Dominique Alfonso, Kevin Fernandez, Luis Hernandez, Darylle Cajucom, Jay Jamoralin, JR Urao, and Michael Zacari showcased their visual flair to depict social and political concerns that should preoccupy the new administration of President Benigno Aquino III. Enrico Manlapaz was the curator.

UST College of Fine Arts and Design graduates Jamoralin and Fernandez employed comic styles and rich symbolisms to portray social and political ills in the Philippines.  read more »

ANDRES Barrioquinto signals a shift in his trademark portraiture in Squalor of the Mind, running at the West Gallery on West Avenue, QC until July 17.

From cartoonish, nearly gothic close-ups of people, Barrioquinto’s portraits have become lifelike, almost photographic. And from the usual browns and neutral colors, the color palette has become more diverse, even bright and pulsating.

Which should not mean that the gothic mood has been discarded. The collection still reeks of dark pessimism. Although his art has become more photographic, Barrioquinto’s style remains expressionistic, his graphic and pictorial strengths serving to serve the ends of psychological depictions of alienation and estrangement.  read more »