MANILA, PHILIPPINES — SILVERLENS announces the opening of internationally celebrated artists, Patricia Perez Eustaquio and American artist Dashiell Manley. Their solo shows will be accessible both online through individual exhibition catalogues, and onsite in the gallery space, beginning on August 1, 2020 until September 5, 2020.
Patricia Perez Eustaquio
SILVERLENS is delighted to present Hoarding Fossils in Blankets, an exhibition by Patricia Perez Eustaquio, “Hoarding Fossils in Blankets.” In her sixth solo show with the gallery, the artist will be featuring six new tapestries, the first set of a long series she plans to undertake, as well as sculptures and a selection of paintings from her Boom series. Developed over the last two years, Eustaquio’s textiles have become a vehicle to mirror social, historical, and temporal ruminations. Save for a brief glimpse at an art fair, these tapestries have never been exhibited in the Philippines — now they drape over the gallery’s wide white walls.
Textiles have always been a central fascination for Eustaquio and as a result, the medium has inherently influenced her artistic practice and approach. In each of the tapestries she presents in this exhibition, the artist transposes paintings created by canonised Philippine artists into textiles through modern processes: photography and a digital loom. Through these ‘translations,’ as Eustaquio refers to them, a discourse between time frames is generated, from the historical past to an unrealised future. The meanings and dynamics of the original works become altered, and another dimension is added in the reconstruction process. The tapestry then becomes an interface of information perception. As Eustaquio writes, ‘Each subsequent translation lends to a deterioration of the original context, a kind of entropy as one form becomes another. But the muddling of information provides a perspective that is unique, if not interesting.’ says Eustaquio.
Dashiell Manley
SILVERLENS is thrilled to present the works of American artist, Dashiell Manley, in his first ever solo exhibition in the Philippines. Represented by the Jessica Silverman Gallery in San Francisco, Manley, who is part Japanese, has displayed his distinct body of work in spaces all over the world, including North America, South America, Australia, and Europe. His eponymous show with Silverlens marks his artistic debut in the continental Asia.
Originally planned for the months of March and April, Manley’s premier exhibition was postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Now, Silverlens is presenting a vibrant selection of the young artist’s oeuvre in a format fit for the pandemic: a hybrid show, happening simultaneously between Manila and Los Angeles, where Manley is based. In this show, Manley presents bodies of works from two series: Elegy, which he began in 2015; as well as an extension of a series he started in 2014 called the NewspaperPaintings, where he would transcribe text from the front pages of publications, such as The New York Times onto his canvas. The paintings from Elegy will be exhibited in Manila, while the periodical-inspired works will be displayed in Manley’s Los Angeles studio.
Hoarding Fossils in Blankets by Patricia Perez Eustaquio is on view online and onsite alongside Dashiell Manley’s eponymous debut exhibition in Asia from Aug. 1 through Sept. 5 2020. Access both shows online through our exhibition catalogues to be released on Saturday, Aug. 1 at 8:30 a.m., Manila time (GMT +8). While our physical space is open, gallery visits are strictly by appointment only. Schedule your visit here, https://bit.ly/Visit-Silverlens. For more information silverlensgalleries.com
