Julius Legaspi at Gateway Gallery
GATEWAY GALLERY opens 2018 with an exhibit by Julius Legaspi who will present new pastel paintings in his fourth solo show, Paghirang. It opens with an Artist Reception on Jan. 6 at the Small Room of Gateway Gallery. In this solo show, Legaspi — who hails from Bulacan — demonstrates his mastery of the pastel medium. He conducts art workshops, is president of Philippine Pastel Artists, and is a member of the Philippine Art Educators’ Association. Paghirang will open to the public on Jan. 7 and will run until Jan. 20. Parts of the proceeds of the exhibit will go to Remote Area Medical Philippines to support is medical missions. Gateway Gallery — open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — is located at the 5F Gateway Tower, Araneta Center, Quezon City.
Paolo Icasas at the CCP
AN exhibit of works by Paolo Icasas called The Ordinary Man is on view at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). The artist takes inspiration from the daily lives of manual laborers, especially those who he works with firsthand. As the first born of parents engaged in a modest construction business, Icasas was the one who took over after his father’s death. It wasn’t just the business that was passed on; it was also the care for the livelihood and welfare of his late father’s workers, most of whom had left their homes in the provinces in hope of a better pay to raise their respective families. The artist sees the manual laborers as extensions of the vacant lots he has a certain affinity to and which he paints as landscapes . Most of his landscapes are named after the addresses of the vacant lots. Calling them by their “name” is his way of bringing the attention to the vacant lots themselves, and to that which they represent.
4 exhibits at Vinyl on Vinyl
OPENING on Jan. 12 are four exhibits featuring Timo Roter and Manuel Ocampo, Nemo Aguila and Darrel Ballesteros, Edric Go, and a group exhibit curated by Alex Junia, Gab Baez, and Geline Marquez featuring works by Nice Buenaventura, Mars Bugaoan, Miles Villanueva, Gab Baez, Isha Naguiat, and Jacob Lindo. Vinyl on Vinylis located at Pasillo 18, La Fuerza Compound 1, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.
Photos at Solaire
SIX photographers whose intent is to get the viewer to pause, go a level deeper and “see beyond” will have a photo exhibit/fund-raiser for the ERDA Tech Vocational School at Solaire’s The Shoppes Artway from Jan. 3 to 25. The six photographers are Angela Panlillio, Bern Wong, Jeff Dytuco, Michael Olivares, Fred Tiongson, and Tony Rivera.
