Thea Quiachon
August 25 – September 8, 2022
Galerie Stephanie
Unit 4021 East Wing, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Boulevard, 1552 Mandaluyong, Philippines
Across Thea Quiachon’s landscapes, the figure of a woman looms, ghostlike, nondescript. She is barely there, her presence made perceptible only by tiny figures milling about, walking, diving, swimming, painting — perhaps just as lost in the indefinite terrain of her existence.
Customs and beliefs, habits and ways. They drive the figures, even make up the very stuff of being. Quiachon, however, asks: how do we begin to rid ourselves of these things we never even realized we were picking up, accumulating, bearing along the way? When did we decide they were good or bad?
‘To Raise A Soul’ is the question and quest that preoccupies the artist in and out of her practice, perhaps not unlike many others who come to realize the need to unlearn to grow up.
About the Artist
