MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea is pleased to present new shows at the Altro Mondo Creative Space gallery (1159 Chino Roces Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City).
- ART FAIR PHILIPPINES 2022 – WE OF THE EARTH, a group exhibition curated by Ambie Abaño featuring the works of Anjo Joaquin, Anton Villaruel, Diwa Abueva, ENim, Maria Francisca Juarez, Glenn Martinez, J Consunji, Joar Songcuya, Junyee, Justin Nuyda, Kenneth John Montegrande, Lei Manto, Lorebert “Maralita”, Mark Belicario, Nasser Zulueta, Orley Ypon, Othoniel Neri, Sam Feleo, Tom Russ, and Yas Doctor
- XAVIER ART FEST 2022, an annual art festival featuring selected works by esteemed artists like Ambie Abaño, Roberto Feleo, Martin Honasan, Olivia d’Aboville, et. al.
- MARCHIN’ FORWARD, a group exhibition featuring the works of ENim, Otto Neri, Grandier Bella, Nybal, Myk Velasco, Froilan Galpo, Jepoy Sario, and Waldz Villanueva
- KALEIDOSCOPE, a solo exhibition featuring the works of Olivia d’Aboville
- WHERE WE LAND, a solo exhibition featuring the works of Tammy de Roca
See more details for each exhibition below:
ART FAIR PHILIPPINES 2022 – WE OF THE EARTH
Junyee, Justin Nuyda, Diwa Abueva, ENim, Maria Francisca Juarez, et. al.
Curated by Ambie Abaño
March 19 to 30, 2022
This month marks the second year of the onset of the phenomenon that shook the entire human race without warning. Amidst this, we are and have been for decades now, confronted with the serious crisis of global scale – climate change – with implications and threat to the viability of the entire Earth community of which the human species is a part of. We have been warned again and again.
How did we get here? How did we get to this point? “We of the Earth” invites us to pause and reflect on the condition we are in. To pay attention to the subtle voice that calls us to open our senses and allow ourselves to be perturbed by reality. It proposes that we bring ourselves to our fundamental grounding – our belongingness to Earth – we as belonging to Earth, rather than the Earth as belonging to us.
It is an invitation to ponder on our embeddedness to our only home from which our species was birthed and within which we thrive and evolve together with the rest of what constitutes the entire – all living and non-living beings. To reflect on Earth’s faithfulness to us and to question our faithfulness to Earth.
The collection of works by the nineteen artists in the exhibition echo the voice of the Earth and the voice of humanity in union with the rest of the many voices all over the world calling each one to pay attention now. It hopes to prompt the viewer to pause, self-reflect and engage.
WE OF THE EARTH will be on view at Altro Mondo Creative Space (1159 Chino Roces Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City) until March 30, 2022. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Viewings are strictly by appointment only. For inquiries, please contact the gallery through their Facebook or Instagram. You can also message them via Viber or WhatsApp at 09178887872.
XAVIER ART FEST 2022
Ambie Abaño, Roberto Feleo, Martin Honasan, Olivia d’Aboville, et. al.
March 23 to 29, 2022 (Online)
The Xavier Art Fest is an annual art festival held at Xavier School in San Juan. The event has been happening for the past five years, with each event being organized by that particular year’s homecoming batch. Over this short period, it has garnered a reputation for being a distinguished platform for casual and serious collectors and artists, as well as a successful fundraising project for the school and faculty.
This year marks Altro Mondo’s first involvement with the festival, and the gallery is thrilled to showcase a stacked list of participating artists. The roster of talents comprise a mix of up-and-coming and established artists, each bringing a unique perspective and artistic narratives, that the gallery is delighted to expose to the art community, families, and students alike.
Among the artists featured in the on-site exhibition include Ambie Abaño, Roberto Feleo, Martin Honasan, Olivia d’Aboville, Kenneth Montegrande, and Justin Nuyda, among many others. Included in the online exhibition are Alessandro Papetti, J Consunji, Winner Jumalon, Junyee, Meneline Wong, Pierre Roy-camille, and Tammy de Roca, to name a few.
XAVIER ART FEST 2022 will be on view online at www.xavierartfest.com until March 29, 2022. Altro Mondo Creative Space (1159 Chino Roces Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City) gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Viewings are strictly by appointment only. For inquiries, please contact the gallery on Facebook or Instagram. You can also message them via Viber or WhatsApp at 09178887872.
MARCHIN’ FORWARD
ENim, Otto Neri, Grandier Bella, Nybal, Myk Velasco, Froilan Galpo, Jepoy Sario, and Waldz Villanueva
March 19 to April 23, 2022
Marchin’ Forward is a group show featuring the works of ENim, Otto Neri, Grandier Bella, Nybal, Myk Velasco, Froilan Galpo, Jepoy Sario, and Waldz Villanueva. Besides taking inspiration from the month of March, the show puts forth the artists’ positive outlook despite the ongoing crises of the world today through their work.
In the midst of the worldwide pandemic and economic constraints caused between different countries, the artists’ seek to find a silver lining and a reason to keep marching forward, so to speak, towards a more hopeful future.
MARCHIN’ FORWARD will be on view at Altro Mondo Creative Space (1159 Chino Roces Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City) until April 23, 2022. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Viewings are strictly by appointment only. For inquiries, please contact the gallery on Facebook or Instagram. You can also message them via Viber or WhatsApp at 09178887872.
KALEIDOSCOPE
Olivia d’Aboville
March 19 to April 23, 2022
Kaleidoscope is a fitting title to describe the works included in Olivia d’Aboville’s ninth solo exhibition, composed of works that feature her signature textured fabrics–fragmented pieces of silk stitched together and manipulated through shibori and appliqué techniques–that explode into a prismatic sea of colors.
D’Aboville has always used Philippine silk as one of her mediums of choice, but the show is a departure from her usual collections typically infused with elegance, movement, and flow. These works are instead covered in its entirety with a smattering of fragmented and distorted pieces of silk that come together to make a whole, giving each new piece a bolder feel, with the illusion of fraction, distortion, and an eruption of textures and hues.
The works were inspired by a frenzied yet fulfilling period for the artist, which kept her busy at home with her family. D’Aboville relates these frenetic works to her experience as a mother during the pandemic, which she describes as chaotic, overwhelming, but nonetheless beautiful and exciting. These musings take shape in the work, with d’Aboville layering textiles upon textiles, resulting in works that are both unrestrained yet methodical in its manipulation of the artist’s chosen mediums.
Moreover, the collection’s all over print–an arrangement of motifs that are relatively close and evenly distributed–juxtapose different emotions by way of colors, textures, and patterns. Some pieces are imbued with bright pastels that convey a sense of joy and levity, while others are suffused with monochrome palettes of black, white, and blue to communicate a feeling of introspection and isolation.
The stitched together layers of fabric is d’Aboville’s attempt to stitch fragments of her life together and create something meaningful out of the waves of new feelings and experiences that washed over her during this period. They’re also a subtle an ode to being a mother and the tumultuous feelings that come with the role.
KALEIDOSCOPE will be on view at Altro Mondo Creative Space (1159 Chino Roces Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City) until April 23, 2022. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Viewings are strictly by appointment only. For inquiries, please contact the gallery on Facebook or Instagram. You can also message them via Viber or WhatsApp at 09178887872.
WHERE WE LAND
Tammy de Roca
March 19 to April 23, 2022
Where We Land is a series of works inspired by Virginia Woolf’s “To The Lighthouse.” Visual artist Tammy De Roca portrays specific memories progressing in motion, captured and relived over and over. Standing from a single viewpoint, the memory split into different iterations. The said past event is then reconstructed, affecting a present experience, to create a new perspective.
“Therefore, memories are a series of reoccurring events on a personal timeline that are altered slightly with each reconstruction.” (Lamb, H. 2014)
De Roca explores how textures build images through paintings, sculptures, and other forms. She continues to study and experiment on how our perception of appearances and images are challenged or supported by what textures represent.
Citing Elaine Navas and Mark Rothko as recent influences, she creates powerful, highly textured works of art that emphasize movement and flow. With regards to early inspiration, De Roca mentions surrealist and hyperrealist works, especially those by Camille Dela Rosa, Jon Jaylo, and of course, Ronald Ventura. She also mentions Filipina artists like Yasmin Sison and Geraldine Javier as favorites.
WHERE WE LAND will be on view at Altro Mondo Creative Space (1159 Chino Roces Avenue, San Antonio Village, Makati City) until April 23, 2022. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Viewings are strictly by appointment only. For inquiries, please contact the gallery on Facebook or Instagram. You can also message them via Viber or WhatsApp at 09178887872.
