Ronald Ventura
February 15 – March 12, 2023
Opening
February 15 | 6: 00 PM
Artist Talk
February 19 | 5: 00 PM
Ayala Museum | Open Space
Watch out for the unveiling of “Beast Watcher” by Ronald Ventura live at Ayala Museum OpenSpace on Feb 15, runs until Mar 12, 2023. #10DaysOfArtPH #PublicArt
Ayala Museum, in partnership with RV Studio, presents its latest exhibition for OpenSpace, the museum’s public art exhibition program. This presentation, entitled “Beast Watcher”, features celebrated artist #RonaldVentura.
“Beast Watcher” includes two new sculptures and an art car which will be displayed outside the front and rear entrances of Ayala Museum. “Anito Ape + Zoomanity (Beast Master)” is a two-in-one installation of a creature with an ape head and an anito body accompanied by its bull sidekick. They lord over the space fronting Ayala Museum and survey Makati Avenue and The Link car park with a telescope. Hunter? Voyeur? Lurker? Sightseer? Is it a case of the artwork-as-view viewing the viewer? This work is reminiscent of Ventura’s “Watching the Watchmen” in 2012 where contemporary sculptures inspired by Ifugao rice gods stare at visitors with an air of divine reckoning.
Another sculpture, “Hyper Beast (Rhino)”, is that of a black rhinoceros with human feet and a yellow horn trudging toward its appointed end. Lastly, a Porsche 911 Cabriolet is transformed into an art car with paintings of a horse rider—juxtaposed with images of lightning, a pedestrian crossing, Richie Rich, and a myriad of other symbols—and continues Ventura’s exploration of art as an agent of motion and not just an object of stasis. The show is a combination of public art gravitas and contemporary art waggishness.
Ayala Museum members and ticket holders can avail of a discounted #ArtFairPH ticket price of Php 350.00 from Feb 17-19, 2023.
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February Events
We have prepared an exciting Arts Month for you here at the Ayala Museum! Check out all our upcoming activities this February, including our partnership with the upcoming Art Fair Philippines 2023!
Head to ayalamuseum.org/visit to book your visit!
