Disorder at Hiraya
IN THE first solo exhibition of Zaldy Garra, An Intimacy with Disorder, Hiraya Gallery presents a series of portraits showing the artist at his most vulnerable. The artist was born in 1988 in Manila, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions since 2008 and was a four-time semi-finalist in painting at the Metrobank Arts and Design Excellence competitions. The exhibit opens on Aug. 16 and runs until Sept. 30 at the Hiraya Gallery, 530 UN Ave., Ermita, Manila.
Buensuceso at Duemila
JINGGOY BUENSUCESO’s exhibit, Distortions of Reality, is on view at Galleria Duemila until Aug. 25. Buensuceso is a material and process artist, a sculptor whose practice is not limited to the purely conceptual, but traverses the multi-disciplines of art, from large-scale installations to more intimate series. Galleria Duemila is located at 210 Loring St. 1300 Pasay City. For details on the exhibit, call 831-9990 or 0927-629-4612, e-mail hello@galleriaduemila.com or art@galleriaduemila.com or visit http://www.galleriaduemila.com.
Group show at 1335 Mabini
FORMS PLEASE, a group show featuring works by Gus Albor, Anna-Maria Bogner, Miggy Inumerable, Kanchaca Gupta, Klaus Wanker, and Ian Woo, is ongoing until Sept. 8 at the 1335 Mabini gallery. This group exhibit explores the realm of materiality by showcasing works by artists from Asia and Europe. Working across different disciplines, the works of these artists will inevitably be placed in a dialogue within the gallery’s space, rendering the forms of these works unstable and, in turn, leaving room for poetic mistranslations and diverse esthetic experiences within the bodies of visitors. The 1335 Mabini gallery is at 1335 A. Mabini St., Ermita, Manila.
Artists Talk
AN Artists Talk held will conjunction with the photo exhibit We Will Have Been Young, will feature two Filipino photographers, Geric Cruz and Dennese Victoria, on Aug. 18, 4 p.m., at Mabini Projects, Ermita. The exhibit — presented by Goethe-Institute, the OBSCURA Festival of Photography and the Ostkreuz Agentur der Fotografen — is an interpretation of the youth and the future through the lenses of 12 young Southeast Asian photographers. It is a product of the Southeast Asian Photography Master class 2016-17 in Penang, Malaysia where young photographers from Southeast Asia met for a workshop to produce photographic essays under the mentorship of German photographers Jörg Brüggemann and Tobias Kruse of the Ostkreuz Photographer’s Agency in Berlin. It is ongoing until Aug. 25 at the Mabini Projects, 1335 A. Mabini St., Ermita, Manila.
Youth Orchestra concert
THE award-winning Asian Youth Orchestra will perform on Aug. 16 and 17, 8 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater). The performance is part of its 2018 Concert Tour. This is the AYO’s third visit to the Philippines. The AYO’s Manila leg concerts feature soloists Yu-Chien “Benny” Tseng on violin and Anna Tsybuleva on piano, with conductors James Judd and Richard Pontzious. Program for Aug. 16 consists of Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Barber’s Violin Concerto, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and Symphonic Dances, while Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger, Selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Gershwin’s An American in Paris will be performed on Aug. 17. Tickets range from P200 to P1,000. For inquiries, call the CCP at 832-3704, 832-3706 or e-mail ccpsalesandpromo@gmail.com.
