AC Automotive features works of four Filipino artists at Art Fair 2018
AC Automotive featured four Filipino visual artists at the recent Art Fair Philippines 2018.
AC Automotive is a member of Ayala, under its industrial technology arm, AC Industrials. It has four strong brands in Honda and Isuzu (dealership networks), Volkswagen (distribution) and KTM (manufacturing and distribution). It has nearly 30 years of industry experience and 24 wholly owned dealerships.
The four visual artists were Reg Yuson for Honda, Dan Raralio for Isuzu, Art Lozano for Volkswagen and Pete Jimenez for KTM, who showcased their re-imaginations of contemporary automotive architecture by rendering and defining the “melding point” of science, art, machine, humanity and technology.
Sculptor Yuson’s “Fear or Desire” presents Honda as the perennial toy for speed enthusiasts, using the aggressive front fascia hood and grille of the new Civic to depict a full-scale toy model kit in a box, signifying the childlike, albeit ageless, appreciation to the Japanese marque.
Painter-sculptor Raralio’s “Abstract out of Concrete” assembles Isuzu truck parts embedded in concrete blocks, representing the artist’s creative fingerprint traversing the figurative to abstract, classical to modern, interspersed with subtle word play.
Baguio native Lozano translates his 18-year love affair with the Volkswagen Beetle into a depiction of “Urban Progress,” a multi-hued three-dimensional painting using an actual Beetle hood and parts of Volkswagen vehicles, capturing the tumultuous yet captivating process of industrious love being born.
Jimenez’s “Racing Heart” focused on the KTM big bike’s orange frame, pounding it into the shape of a heart and encasing motorcycle parts into it — the sculptor’s visual gem of a pun.
For information, visit Hondamakati. com.ph, Isuzuautodealer.com.ph, Volkswagen.com.ph and Ktm.ph