Exhibit: Incite: Tammy Tan / Mute Skin: Jason Moss
For the month of June, Boston Gallery offers two back-to-back solo exhibitions by visual artists Tammy Tan and Jason Moss.
On view from June 14 to July 3 at Boston’s Lower Gallery is Incite, Tammy Tan’s first one-woman exhibition of oil on canvas paintings. At the Upper Gallery is Mute Skin, a collection of recent works on acrylic on canvas by Jason Moss.
Both shows deal with the figurative, with human subjects in particular, but engaging in various levels of interrogation. Incite delves into the “cohesive elements of memory, emotion, imagination, and recognition”, as Tan asserts. Most of the images in her works, she adds, are based on dreams. While focusing on the human form as subject, the artist also explores the symbolic image of the butterfly as a motif in her works. The works explore the various social and creative metaphors associated with the butterfly. Mute Skin, meanwhile, features six of Moss’ most recent works.
Incite and Mute Skin will open simultaneously on June 14 (Saturday), 6 p.m. The shows will be on view up to the 3rd of July, 2008. For inquiries, please contact Boston Gallery, located at # 72 Boston St., Cubao, Quezon City. For inquiries, please call (632) 7229205 or write aceboston@yahoo. com.
About the Artists
Tammy Tan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (major in Painting) from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She was a member of the artists’ collective Grupong Salingpusa and a semi-finalist in the 1999 Metrobank National Painting Competition. Tan has been part of group exhibitions at various art spaces in Manila and Antipolo. Incite is her first solo exhibition.
Jason Moss earned his degree in Fine Arts (major in Advertising) from the University of Santo Tomas. He was named as the Best New Artist in 1999 by Art Manila Magazine. Moss has recognized for his work as a children’s book illustrator, including the 2001 National Book Awards and the 2002 competition by the International Board on Books for Young People in Basle, Switzerland. He has also earned citations for his work in film-making, particularly the First Place in the 2002 Film Animation Category of the 15th Gawad CCP for Alternative Film and Video.
