Breaking Borders

Opening
Sunday, June 21, 6 PM

Secret Fresh
G/F RONAC Art Center, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, 1502 Manila, Philippines

“Breaking Borders”

In Rene Dicard’s “Radiant Child”, he wrote that, “It’s amazing that something so old can be made so new.”

“Breaking Borders” is an exhibition of three artists from the University of the East, each having their own art styles and has come up to showcase their most recent works inspired by their goal to reach the limits, and twist them to change.

They have in their own eyes, a view of time. Creating works that are “old” in nature, but are rendered differently, giving more of their own self, making them “new”, a reflection of progression and social reform. As poets had often said, “We do not see the world as it is, we see the world as we are.”

Abstraction gave artist Melbourne Aquino, a palette to turn words and letters, into pictures. Using acrylic and masking tapes, he was able to create artworks that define his insights towards oppression, political views and social realism, by crafting them, similar to that of paper collages. To express his emotions, he uses a wide range of colors in his Canvas each, belonging to a certain period, a time or a transition in his life, making his works, closer and more personal to the artist.

Michael Villagante’s work has an Impressionist approach, as seen on his use of intense short thick brush stroke, earth tones, opaque painting surface. But his use of keen subjects, and depiction of emotions -fear, anger, redemption, chaos, absurdness- Human Nature, a picture of men’s behavior, characters, and connections to nature, give his work a soulful surrealist character. It is a diversity of two art styles, possessing a distinct feature that catches the thoughts of the viewer, while creating an enigmatic feel.

From the streets and skyscrapers to walls and tee’s, Bryan Yabut has transformed huge graffiti texts, iconic images, and pop culture into characters of his canvas. He uses childish imaginations and teenage dramas a part of his intuitive storytelling, with simple brush strokes, vivid colors, and understated proses. He made graffiti a medium to express his obsession towards deformity, and its beauty.