Tags: Paintings, Visual arts
By KC Santos
TAGUIG CITY, METRO MANILA – This year’s Philippine International Art Fair promises to become the mother of all exhibits for art junkies.
“We promise a more diverse and vibrant art exposition and viewers shall witness a groundbreaking event—the simultaneous opening of various art exhibitions during gala night,” says MANILART 2011 Director Delan Robillos.
MANILART 2011, the country’s biggest gathering of art galleries, will be held on August 24 to 27 at the NBC Tent in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
“Exhibitors will not simply be showcasing the works of artists they represent but each gallery shall be presenting a conceptualized art exhibit,” adds Robillos.
In 2009, Onib Olmedo’s iconic jeepney painting served as the image of the first ManilArt while Andres Barrioquinto’s “Crystal Gazer” was the face of last year’s art fair.
This year, ManilArt shall be graced by Elmer Borlongan’s “Batang Edsa”, which shall also be translated into modern dance during the launching gala by premiere contemporary dance maven and Dance Forum founder, Myra Beltran.
The Filipiniana opening night will also feature a fusion of indigenous and modern music by Banda Malaya. The award-winning Fatima University Chorale shall also render a performance.
To celebrate the 400th year of University of Santo Tomas, the fair will also pay tribute to outstanding Thomasian visual artists during the August 26 program.
This year’s MANILART lecture series includes “How we turn paintings into Bicycles: Lessons in Art, Law, and the Internet,” by lawyer Gigo Alampay and “Semiotics in Visual Art” by Dr. Oscar Campomanes.
Award-winning poet, fictionist, playwright, and essayist Vim Nadera will deliver a talk titled “Visuals on Rizal Today” in commemoration of national hero’s 150th birth anniversary.
The fair also aims to expose young ones to art. RepubLikha Executive Director and former preschool teacher, Carisse Escueta will perform a reading of the “The Rocking Horse”, which features paintings by Elmer Borlongan.
Artists in Residence, Inc. (AIR) founders Architect Jojo Ballo, Cathy Lasam, and Jill Arwen Posadas will also give a lecture on basic drawing for kids.
Since the inaugural fair in 2009, the live sketching sessions have always been one of the highlights of the art fair. The event not only aims to foster fellowship among the artists, but gives the audience the chance to witness how they are able to render the same subject through different style-genres from scratch.
The live sketching session also serve as an interactive experience between the artists, the subjects, and the spectators, allowing art enthusiasts a glimpse at how artworks are brought to life.
MANILART 2011 is presented by the Bonafide Art Galleries Organization (BAGO) and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and co-presented by Allied Bank and Contemporary Art Philippines. The art fair is open to the public on August 25 to 27. For more details, visit www.manilart.com.
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