Mark Weigh and Meemoo
Artist Reception
March 9, 2024 | 4 PM
Space Encounters Gallery
Unit 7D, 7th Floor, Padilla Building, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Centre, 1605 Pasig
Sometimes, the ordinariness of life can be an extraordinary burden. Many writers have explored this feeling of ennui. The blahs. This mixture of tiredness and boredom. Of life not happening.
“When Life Be Lifting” shows artists Mark Weigh and Meemoo wading through the mundane moments of living.
Weigh always seems to be weighing things. The good and the blues. The smile and the tears. The excitement with the self-reflection. Sometimes separately. Sometimes all at once. There’s a lot of dichotomy in his art but all delivered with joyful pastels and his trademark paper doll-like boy going through the motions, but with all the turmoil creating ripples on the surface.
Meemoo shows us a day in the life, chronicling various degrees of ennui. We never know when the feeling strikes and we see it seep through daily habits. A shadow hovers while at work. A malaise descends while scrolling on the phone, or even in the what should have been the comforting silence of a room. It’s like that Blake Babies song, “Nothing’s good and nothing’s bad. Everything’s just kind of sad,” presented in curvy cartoonish ironically pink perfect portraits.
“When Life Be Lifting” is the daily struggle to find meaning and joy when our world is bleakly ordinary. Mark Weigh and Meemoo fight these feelings off with creation. With wonder. With acceptance.
Mark Weigh is a self-taught contemporary artist known for his distinctively vibrant and imaginative works. Using acrylic paint and markers on canvas, he crafts pieces that are cheerful yet introspective, characterized by bold colors and graphic elements. Weigh’s whimsical art invites viewers on a journey of the imagination, exploring themes of identity, emotion, and the human experience.
Lyka, a 28-year-old artist from Bulacan, conceived Meemoo/Meemoo World as a platform to express herself and push her creative boundaries by bringing her visions to life. She finds inspiration in the limitless possibilities of her art, whether it’s painting on canvas or upcycling furniture.
Thor G. Balanon
