Randalf Dilla
Opening Reception: November 5, 2015
Exhibition Duration: November 6-19, 2015
ArtistSpace
Ground Level Ayala Museum Annex
Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street
Greenbelt Park, Makati City 1224 Philippines
Hiraya Gallery, which recently celebrated its 35th year in the industry, features young Batanes painter Randalf Dilla in a groundbreaking exhibition entitled “Tyranny of Hindsight” at the ArtistSpace. The exhibition showcases #WHATNOW and Salvaged Memories, Salvaged Lives, two photo realistic murals, those when combined spans over a thousand square feet of canvas.
#WHATNOW, measuring 8 x 17 feet, is a disturbing portrait of a country in a perpetual state of upheaval and turmoil, pathetically left behind by other Asian countries, while governed by “grandstanding leaders heedless of the people’s plight.”
Salvaged Memories, Salvaged Lives garnered the Best Social Commentary Award in a worldwide competition sponsored by the Art Renewal Center in New Jersey, USA, the organization behind one of the world’s largest online encyclopedic art reference archiving “known works of the greatest painters and sculptors in human history.” With such recognition by a committee known for promoting excellence in visual arts, Randalf Dilla sets a milestone in Philippine contemporary art.
About the Artist
Dilla is a graduate of Fine Arts program of the FEATI University. Earlier in 2013, he received a special citation for “Most Ambitious Work” at the International 2013/2014 ARC Salon—an international art competition by the Art Renewal Center in New York City. Dilla is also a finalist of the prestigious Philip Morris Art Awards 2014 held in Manila.
ADMISSION IS FREE.
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