Father -daughter exhibit at Vocas honors IP

BAGUIO artist Ged Alangui and 10-year old daughter, Sakura is set to stage an exhibit dubbed “Sin-Ama,” meaning father and child which pays homage in celebration of the Indigenous People’s Month this October.

The show, which opens September 30, will run until November 10 at the Victor Oteyza Community Art Space (VOCAS) with OMG Artist Café as cohost and sponsor.

For Ged who started in the visual arts in the 1990s as a self-taught artist, Cordillera heritage and culture has been a lifelong inspiration for him and, since then, has exhibited in so many places— including Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, Australia, Hawaii and England.

It has been a personal crusade for Ged to document a proud heritage and a cultural past that he thinks has defined the Igorot identity.

Alangui passes this crusade to his child as both of them dedicate this art exhibit to the indigenous people of the Cordillera. Included in this show are some of his early works and a few recent ones.

Ged’s latest project was the Pasig River Art for Urban Change by the Metro Manila Development Authority and the British Council Manila.

On the other hand, daughter Sakura Alangui, the fourth of five siblings, started drawing and painting at an early age. She feels lucky to have an artist for a dad, whose studio has been a playroom for her and her siblings, fortunate they are enough to have their dad’s art materials at their disposal.

Currently a grade five student at the University of Baguio Laboratory Elementary School, she loves listening to music, reading, watching anime, drawing and painting on weekends.

“It sure is handy to be able to draw instead of cutting pictures from magazines,” says Sakura.