Avanti Sempre Avanti / Forward Always Forward is on view!

AVANTI SEMPRE AVANTI/FORWARD ALWAYS FORWARD invites its viewers into an art world not grounded in fame and market value, but rather in Galleria Duemila/Silvana Ancellotti Diaz’s love for artworks that surprise, create a sensation of bewilderment, and heighten curiosities. At its core, this exhibition is her tribute, each work like music notes of a grand composition and their individual titles like lines in an ode. They celebrate the imaginative impulses, whimsical playfulness, tactile and tacit talents of artists whose careers propelled Philippine Modern and Contemporary Art into today’s vibrancy.

Look at, listen to, and feel the paintings, mixed media, paper works, and sculptures contoured deep within the senses. Lean into each artwork’s title. They are portals for understanding conceptual and artistic expressions. Do not fear that which we may think or see as abstract. These painted, collaged, and sculpted multi-textured shapes and figures are glimpses into these artists’ hearts, minds, and spirits. In so many ways, these formalist and figurative fragments of their visual languages are slivers of life experiences, concerns with the times in which they have lived. They address cultural and social issues including but not limited to nature, gender, ritual, mythology, labor, and the sublime that resist didactic interpretations. Five decades of art history diverge and converge within, across, and between time. This exhibition invites its viewers to experience abstract and minimalist paintings, artworks on paper and sculpture into a convergent world of artists and artistic director Silvana Ancellotti Diaz. A world where the imaginative hearts and minds unite in a wondrous palette of color, light, and textures creating a symphonic composition reflective of a camaraderie of spirit and creativity.

– Angel Velasco Shaw

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