Drilon at Duemila
ROCK DRILON’s newest exhibit, Homecoming: Works from Dumangas, will open on Sept. 9 at Galleria Duemila, and run until Sept. 30. The gallery is located at 210 Loring St., Pasay City.
Casa de Memoria auction
CASA DE MEMORIA’s Auction .0008: Interiors Auction, featuring storied pieces for unique spaces, particularly furniture, paintings, and home décor, will be held on Sept. 16, 2 p.m., at the Casa de Memoria showroom, 156 Jupiter Cor. Comet St., Brgy. Bel-Air, Makati City. There will be a preview of the pieces on sale from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
KoloWn at the CCP
AT THE beginning of the month of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ 48th anniversary, the CCP will be presenting an exhibit Low Pressured Areas at the Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco (Little Theater Lobby) and other spaces around the CCP from Sept. 6 to Oct. 22. KoloWn – a conglomerate established in 2007 in Cebu City which explores the concept of absurdity and contradictions – focuses on the spaces of the CCP and creates site specific interventions. There will be a special guided tour of all the exhibit sites on Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. For details, visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.
1335 Mabini’s new space
1335MABINI is opening its new exhibition space in Karrivin Plaza, Makati City with a preview show from Sept. 1 to Oct. 7 featuring works by Poklong Anading, Ernest Concepcion Kiri Dalena, Tad Ermitano, Soun Hong, Miggy Inumerable, Ian Jaucian, Manny Montelibano, Peter Moosgaard, Indy Paredes, Yoshinori Niwa, Issay Rodriguez, Mark Salvatus, and Dexter Sy, among others. Representing several of the Philippines’ most successful international visual artists, 1335MABINI continues to broaden and develop its outstanding program of exhibitions, screenings, workshops, talks, and residencies that will extend to the 245-sq.m. space in Karrivin Plaza, a compound that has fast become one of the main creative hubs along Chino Roces Avenue, which is also home to other notable contemporary art galleries. The space will serve as an extension of 1335MABINI’s headquarters based in Casa Tesoro, Manila City. Ongoing until Sept. 8 at the Casa Tesoro gallery is Order-Building, an exhibit of works by Joven Buan, Pin Calacal, ND Harn, Faye Pamintuan, Therese Nicole Reyes, and Jone Sibugan.
4 at Vinyl on Vinyl
FOUR EXHIBITS will open at Vinyl on Vinyl on Aug. 31. These are: Too Old for MTV, Too Young to Die, a solo show by Curro Gonzalez, curated by Manuel Ocampo; How to Paint When You’re Happy by Miguel Paulo Borja; Proof of Presence by Erick Encinares; and, Unknown Quantity by Bato. The neighboring gallery, Archivo, will also be holding its inaugural exhibit on Aug. 31. Vinyl on Vinyl is at 2441 Pasilyo 18, La Fuerza Compound 1, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.
B&W film in a digital age
IN HIS first solo exhibition, photographer Richie Macapinlac explores an art that is nearly lost in this day and age: black and white film photography. Entitled Time Figures, the collection revisits a more contemplative and careful pace of taking photographs. The exhibit will be on view in Artes Orientes, Bonifacio Global City, from Sept. 17 to 27. Selected from many photographs Macapinlac has taken through the years, the works in Time Figures celebrates shadow, light, detail, and contrast.
Group show at Artery
ARTERY ART SPACE presents Gentlemen Take Polaroids, an exhibit of works by Allan Balisi, Lec Cruz, Luis Santos, and Cos Zicarelli which is ongoing until Sept. 16. The title of the exhibit is taken from an album by the British avant-rock band Japan from the 1980s, which puts to mind an assertive tone of style over obsolescence. Artery Art Space is a contemporary art gallery plus a store and a snack bar located at 102 P. Tuazon Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City.
