The Allure of Illusion

A solo exhibition by Orley Ypon

November 8 – 27, 2019

Opening Reception: November 8, 2019, 6PM

Galerie Roberto
Unit 4, Molito Lifestyle Extension Building, Madrigal Avenue corner Commerce Avenue, Alabang, 1776 Muntinlupa City

Galerie Roberto proudly presents the fine works of award-winning and master realist – 𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗬𝗣𝗢𝗡 in his grand solo show, “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻”.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝑶𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒀𝒑𝒐𝒏, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢 “𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭.” 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.” 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝙊𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙔𝙥𝙤𝙣, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘠𝘱𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 – 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 – 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦.

𝘐𝘯 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣”, 𝘠𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 “𝘼𝙝𝙤𝙣” 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.
“𝘈𝘩𝘰𝘯” – 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴: 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵.

-an excerpt from Cid Reyes’ work for 𝑶𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒀𝒑𝒐𝒏: “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.”