The late great Onib Olmedo paved the way for a once-marginalized genre into mainstream art, depicting the world as he saw it—spontaneously, instinctively, uniquely. JACK TEOTICO pays a tribute to the man who played by his own rules and inspired a whole generation of artists to do the same.
Untitled, 1982. 63 x 48 cm, Oil on board
From the Jose Y. Quiros Collection.
National Artist Fernando Cueto Amorsolo’s images might reflect now-unfamiliar scenes of a long-gone era, but, as Reuben Ramas Cañete writes, the maestro was truly way ahead of his time.
Fernando Amorsolo's "Planting Rice with Mayon Volcano", 1949, 70 x 100.5 cm, Oil on canvas
From the Del Monte Collection
Image courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Manila
With a new show called Dawnscapes in the offing, Juvenal Sanso explains a process he used called reverse painting, and why an inclination for going against the grain has propelled his career into a long, illustrious one.
WORDS TARA FT SERING
Juvenal Sanso's "Waves of Gold", Acrylic on canvas
READ MORE
Each sculpture by Gabriel Barredo is a striking bravura performance of the artist’s hyperactive and surreal imagination, obsessive craftsmanship, and a host of unlikely media—from carved rubber, to bed springs, to shoe polish locks. And unlike his works, the reason why he does what he does is surprisingly simple.
By Tara FT Sering
Photographs by Nicky Sering
Detail of Gabriel Barredo's "Setting Angels Free"
