EXHIBITS

Silverlens Galleries opens three exhibitions on July 9: Survey by Isa Lorenzo, Rachel Rillo, Mawen Ong, and Soler Santos; Transference by Jet Pascua, and Who Are You Wearing by Yvonne Quisumbing. The exhibits run until Aug. 6 at Silverlens, 2/F YMC Bldg. 2, 2320 Don Chino Roces Ave. Ext., Makati City.

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila showcases parallel exhibitions to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Japanese-Filipino friendship. The Metropolitan Museum and the Japan Foundation opened Japanese Design Today 100 and Discourses in Design: Philippine-Japanese Cultural Linkages which runs until Aug. 19. Meanwhile, Raymundo “Ray” Albano’s short-lived yet very prolific and influential career is the focus of A Time to Unlearn, at the Sphere section of MET’s Philippine Contemporary Art: To Scale the Past and the Possible. This exhibition shows the many contributions of Albano to the local art scene of today. The Met Museum is located at the Bangko Sentral Compound, Roxas Blvd., Malate, Manila.

A retrospective art exhibition by renowned painter and sculptor Allan Cosio titled Three Periods of Art-Making is on view until Aug. 19 at the Alliance Total Gallery, Alliance Française de Manille, 209 Nicanor Garcia St., Bel-Air II, Makati City.

ART for PEACE, a fund-raising exhibit led by the Physicians for Peace-Philippines (PFP-PH), runs from July 9 to 30 at Galleria de las Islas, Silahis Center, 744 Gen. Luna St., Intramuros, Manila. PFP-PH, headed by Dr. Ted Herbosa and Dr. Penny Robredo-Bundoc, is the Filipino affiliate of Physicians for Peace in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Its Walking Free program gives prosthetic limbs to amputees and customized wheelchairs for those with cerebral palsy. The organization also offers burn care seminars for medical professionals in the provinces.

ArtInformal has three ongoing exhibitions until July 30: Lui Medina’s Where Does Landscape Begin, Angel Ulama’s Trying To Seek What Matters Most, and Julius Redillas’ White Paintings. ArtInformal is located at 277 Connecticut St. Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City.

Tin-aw Art Gallery opens Ernest Concepcion’s Can’t Sit Still on July 9. Concepcion presents a series of works defined by great attention to texture and surface, a seeming departure from his earlier pieces wherein backdrops of places and landmarks were apparent beneath impasto. Tin-Aw is located Somerset, Sto. Tomas St. corner Makati Ave, Makati City.

1335Mabini has two ongoing exhibitions. Perimeter Offense, a solo show by Joseph Tecson, explores painting as a means to expose or criticize social boundaries within predefined societal contexts, often using explicit subject matter in contrast with implicit comparisons. Urban Stasis by Jose Luis Singson meanwhile emphasizes a connection between documentation and translation based on how existing structures within a space convey a sense of history and temporal boundaries. Both exhibits run until July 29. For inquiries, call (02) 254-8498 or 0917-704-2962.

Kalsada, Max Balatbat’s mixed media works, is on view at the BenCab Museum until Aug. 14. Alongside this, the Philippine Life, an exhibition of hand-colored engravings from the London Illustrated News of 1857, is also on exhibit at the Print Gallery of the museum. BenCab Museum is located at Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio. For inquiries, call (074) 442-7165, 0920-530-1954 and 0915-128-6393, or visit www.bencabmuseum.org.

MO_Space presents Binary by Luis Antonio Santos. Luis Santos plays with diametrically opposed concepts in an exhibit that borrows from linguistics and Saussurean structuralist theory. Entirely done in black-and-white — itself a paired opposite — Binary delves into the relationships between painting and print; painting and photography; finite and infinite. It runs until July 31. For inquiries, call (632) 856-7915, 0917-577-970, or e-mail mospaceph@gmail.com. To learn more about the show, visit mo-space.net.

Marc Gaba’s Property of Space is on view at the Artery Art Space until July 9. The artist’s multimedia exhibit dramatizes the tensions that create space in formation of private property. Mr. Gaba, a Palanca award-winning poet, has presented 12 solo shows since 2008. Artery Art Space is located at 102 P. Tuazon Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City. For inquiries, e-mail arteryartspace@gmail.com or call (02) 725-2837.

Vinyl On Vinyl has opened three new exhibitions: Darrel Ballesteros’ second solo exhibit, You Will Destroy This Planet; Teo Esguerra’s Beach Houses, and Barong Tagalog’s Buhay Na Walang Hanggan which features artists Tano Panaligan, Ren Quinio, Miki Miki Mulingtapang, Mhelen Hassim, CURSE/GIFT, Regen Mulingtapang, Migs Deniola, Darwin Pena, QWARK, Donisio Sandoval, Jr. The exhibits are on view at 2135 Warehouse II, Chino Roces Ave. Makati City. For details, e-mail info@vinylonvinylgallery.com.

Alien Life at Post Gallery Cubao X features works by 15-year-old Miles Fabonan, his father Fabo, his mother Gerrie, and his sister Ayi. It runs until July 16 at POST Gallery, Cubao Expo, Araneta Center, Quezon City.

The first Retrospective Exhibition of Antonio Austria is on view until July 10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery) and Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery). The exhibit features Austria’s paintings of “different aspects, moods, scenarios, social and religious values of the urban Filipino” as well as drawings and memorabilia telling of Austria’s progress as an artist in the 1950s. For details, call 832-1125 local 1504/1505, e-mail ccp.exhibits@gmail.com, or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.

FILM

Instituto Cervantes, the Embassy of Spain, and WTA Architecture Studio present “Great Books on the Screen,” a series of film adaptations of Spanish novels screened at The Book Stop, Plaza Roma, Intramuros, on July 8 and 9. The weekend will start with a film adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic El caballero don Quijote on July 8, 6 p.m.; La lengua de las mariposas (Butterfly’s Tongue), a film directed by Luis Cuerda in 1999, will conclude the film cycle on July 9, at 6 p.m. Entrance is free. For details, visit www.manila.cervantes.es or www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila.

PERFORMANCES

The Rodolfo Mederos Trio — composed of Argentine bandoneonist, composer and arranger Rodolfo Mederos, guitarist Armando de la Vega, and double-bass player Sergio Rivas — performs in a concert billed Rodolfo Mederos Trio: Intimacy, on July 9, 8 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater). For inquiries, call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704 or TicketWorld at 891-9999.

Green Day’s American Idiot has performances on July 8-10, 8 p.m., at the Globe Iconic Store, BGC. Presented by Globe Telecom and 9Works Theatrical, the rock opera stars real-life rock icons like Wolfgang’s Basti Artadi, Rivermaya’s Jason Fernandez and Norby David, and Chicosci’s Miggy Chavez. Also in the cast are veteran thespians Nel Gomez, Alex Godinez, Yanah Laurel, Ela Lisondra, Kai Atienza, Ariel Reonal, Gian Gloria, Mako Alonso, Sarah Facuri, Chesko Rodriguez, Shalee Vicencio, Mark Tayag, and Kendrick Ibasco. For ticket information, visit www.ticketworld.com.ph, www.globe.com.ph/American-Idiot or e-mail info@9workstheatrical.com.

Rak of Aegis, the legendary rock musical by Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), is now on its fifth run with new members in the cast: Miss Saigon alumnae Tanya Manalang, The Voice finalist Alisah Bonaobra, Jon Santos, and Carla Guevarra-Laforteza, among others. Directed by Maribel Legarda. The show will run Tuesdays and Sundays until Aug. 28. Call 891-9999 or visit ticketworld.com.ph for reservations, or 725-6244, or e-mail petatheater@gmail.com for more information.

EVENTS

“Drawing for Juan,” a forum with cartoonists and illustrators Manix Abrera, Budjette Tan, and Gilbert Daroy, will be held on July 9, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., at the Lopez Museum and Library, Benpress Bldg., Exchange Rd. cor. Meralco Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City. For pre-registration, visit http://bit.ly/drawingforjuan and for reservations or inquiries, call 631-2417, or e-mail mmpasig@gmail.com.

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