Art&Culture Questioning perfection
A winner’s first showcase
FRESH from winning in the annual Metrobank Foundation’s MADE (Metrobank Art and Design Excellence) grand prize for oil/acrylic category, Paul John Cabanalan showcases his talent in his first solo exhibition, Dorog, which is currently on view. A licensed architect, the Ilonggo artist also joined other art competitions including Shell National Student Art Competition, Vision Petron, Philippine Art Awards, GSIS Art Competition, among other art contests. Art Verité Gallery is at 2nd floor Serendra, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. The exhibit runs until Jan. 18
Gayborhood cabaret
FILIPINO-BRITISH Sam Reynolds, Pineapple Lab’s artist-in-residence — a live artist and alternative cabaret performer in London — will be hosting a series of workshops entitled, Gayborhood
Cabaret (T)werkshop and Showcase on queer performance, bringing together a group of artists to devise their own individual cabaret pieces which can be playful, provocative, political, or just downright fun, culminating in a charged variety-style showcase. Everyone — drag artist, burlesque artist, circus artist, or art enthusiast — is welcome to attend the four-day workshops on Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 10, and 11. The workshops are for 18-year olds and above, and all genders and sexualities are welcome. Mr. Reynolds is Pineapple Lab’s first Artistin-Residence of 2018. Pineapple Lab is at 6071 Palma Street, Brgy. Poblacion, Makati City.
Group show at Picasso
ON VIEW until Jan. 21, artists Karl Sandoval, Karl Tan, Ku Romillo, Maria Margarita Aurora Chavez, Ralph Layaon, Sara Concepcion, and Trisha Silo show us their different points of view of what
Primal Instinction means. Altro Mondo Picasso is at the The Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences, 119 L.P. Leviste St., Salcedo Village, Makati City.
WHAT is the best art? Should it rejoice in its simplicity or it must be complex? Is there a perfect art or every artwork is a product of chance? These are the questions the curator Tony Godfrey asks of the eight artist in Chance, Perfection, Simple, or Complex on view until Jan. 27. The artists on exhibition are Pablo Capati III, Nona Garcia, Kawayan de Guia, Nilo Ilarde, Geraldine Javier, Donna Ong, Christina Quisumbing Ramilo, and Zhao Renhui, show us the meaning of art while exploring their imagination and senses on what, how, and why art is more than meets the eye. Curator Mr. Godfrey came from Britain to Asia in 2009 and now lives and works in the Philippines as teacher, writer, and curator. For many years he ran the MA (Contemporary Art) at Sotheby’s Institute London. Artinformal Gallery is at 277 Connecticut St., Mandaluyong City.
From actor to artist
FROM MODELING, fencing, acting, and trying local politics, Richard Gomez has also gotten himself in visual art. In his first solo exhibition, Surface, on view until Jan. 18, he showcases his abstract paintings that use freehand, and paint splatters and drippings, among his techniques. The exhibit is about more than what you see on the surface, or on screen as Mr. Gomez lends his artistry to the audience. The proceeds of his show will go to the children of Ormoc City. Pintô Art Museum is in 1 Sierra Madre St., Grand Heights, Antipolo, Rizal.
Water-based abstractions
THE EXHIBITION of three female artists Monica Delgado, Michelle Perez, and Atsuko Yamagata titled
Form out of Material, Material out of Form, is extended until Jan. 15. Curated by Nilo Ilarde, the new breed of artists take their canvases up a notch to make engaging abstractions that thread new grounds. They are different, but the artists share the same preference for water-based mediums like ink and acrylic. Galleria Duemila is at 210 Loring, Pasay City. For more information, v is itwww. galleria due mil a.
com/beta, call 831-9990 or 833-9815 or e-mail art@galleriaduemila.com.
Multiplicity of meanings
A GROUP exhibition that aims to subvert the ideas of “counterfeit” and “monochromes” with a conscious poker face that leads to multiplicity of meanings is what Counterfeit Monochromes is all about. The disciplines and techniques of the 19 artists challenge how a medium should be treated, celebrated, and looked at. Curated by Carina Evangelista, the group show is on view until Jan. 14 at MO_Space. The participating artists are Poklong Anading, Martha Atienza, Ringo Bunoan, Felix Bacolor, Bea Camacho, Roberto Chabet, Lena Cobangbang, Pardo De Leon, Carina Evangelista, Marc Gaba, Nilo Ilarde, Sol Lewitt, Paul Mondok, Mawen Ong, Gary-Ross Pastrana, Yola Johnson, Gerardo Tan, MM Yu, and Alvin Zafra. MO_Space is at MOs Design Bldg., B2 9th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.