Small works from "Staring from the Stairs" exhibition

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Coastal View I

26.67cm x 30.48cm

Acrylic on canvas
2014

Atty Joy Rojas

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Coastal View II
26.67cm x 30.48cm

Acrylic on canvas

2014
Atty Joy Rojas

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Coastal View III
26.67cm x 30.48cm

Acrylic on canvas

2014
Mr Popoy Vilchez

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Coastal View IV
26.67cm x 30.48cm

Acrylic on canvas

2014
Mr Jeetendra Marcelline

MNL-LGK-MNL

Manila-Langkawi-Manila is an art journal of the round-trip art festival experience of the Manila delegates on the First Malaysian Art Biennale a month ago.

Now bringing home this experience via MNL-LGK-MNL the artists hope to impart what they learned from the preparation a year ago up to the conclusion of this gathering wherein 38 countries including the Philippines presented their perspective of art and culture.

Artists delegate include Nunelucio Alvarado, Caña, Rosscapili, Buds Convocar, Joel E. Ferraris, Merlito Gepte, Rick Hernandez, Rem San Pedro, Celso Duazo Pepito,Cid Reyes, Jik Villanueva, PG Zoluaga and Pinggot Zulueta.

MNL-LGK-MNL opens on December 4, 2014, 6pm at the ArtPrints Alley (APA), Suite 324 LRI Design Plaza, Nicanor Garcia St. Bel Air II, Makati City. Artists talk on December 13, 2014, 1pm to 4pm. Exhibit open to the public from December 5 to 31, 2014. For details, please call 8368799 or email theartprintsalley@oneworkshop.ph.

PreLab

Before we pack-up and start kissing everybody adieu, here is a little send-off exhibition from the Manila and Cebu delegates bound for Langkawi Art Biennale 2014 (LAB14) in Malaysia, happening at Art Galileia Gallery this Saturday, September 20. Cocktails at 6pm.

Staring from the stairs

Staring from the Stairs

Rick Hernandez

Recent Abstract Works

"I always catch them staring at me while I work, they always want to paint every time they see me paint. I guess I inspire them to paint, but what they don't know is that their works also inspire me," stated Rick Hernandez about his children Tatlin and Johan.

Hernandez's 3rd solo show, aptly entitled "Staring from the Stairs", features his latest abstract works inspired by his children's paint doodles and drawings.

 

"They have this free flowing process and a very innocent way of doing things which I myself want to achieve," he adds, referring to the splotches, smudges, and dashes of multiple colors that can be found on his children's works.

 

True enough, his latest works share a common sensibility with that of his children. With his child-like abstract renditions -- a 'happy' color palette of whimsical shapes, and layers upon layers of incidental paint texture details -- his works invite viewers to look closer at the canvas or step back to view them from a distance, to somehow understand and appreciate it.

Hernandez won 2nd Place in the 2012 GSIS Painting Competition, an Honorable Mention in the Metrobank Young Painters Annual and 54th AAP Annual Art Competition in 2001, and was a Finalist in the 2001 and 2003 Philippine Art Awards. His countless exhibitions include the 2010 Asian International Art Exhibition in Mongolia. He is also one of the participants representing Manila in the Langkawi Art Biennale this October in Langkawi, Malaysia.

His 9-year-old daughter, Tatlin, is now in her 3rd grade at St. Joseph's Academy, Las Piñas while Johan is a 3-year-old boy struggling to drink his milk minus the feeding bottle.

Staring from the Stairs
opens on September 06, 2014, Saturday at 3PM 
at ArtPrints Alley (APA) located at Suite 324 LRI Design Plaza 
Nicanor Garcia St., Bel Air II, Makati City.
Exhibit runs until September 20, 2014.
Gallery hours from 10am to 7pm Mondays to Saturdays.
Closed on Sundays and Holidays.
For more details please email theartprintsalley@oneworkshop.ph

Good point

Jackson Pollock in response to the question "How do you know when you're finished?", Pollock replied "How do you know when you're finished making love?"

recent work detail

2nd on the 12th

Working slowly amidst flag waving, drum beating, horn blowing Independence Day parade outside, i remember that quote saying... "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."

recent work detail

Re-start

Finally found some time again...

Recent work detail

LAB 2014

LANGKAWi ART BIENNALE: Migration
12th October 2014 - 21st October 2014

VENUE
Langkawi, Kedah
Malaysia

ABOUT LANGKAWI ART BIENNALE 2014

The Langkawi Art Biennale 2014 will be the country's first distinguished platform for international dialogue in fine and contemporary art. The convergence between Malaysian artists and international artists from 37 countries will ignite wholesome collaboration while positioning Langkawi in a global context as an art tourism hub. This art biennale aspires to offer new exposure for artists, art galleries, art associations, businesses and continuously infusing deeper public engagement with the arts. The theme Migration brings enthusiasts and art inhabitants around the world to Langkawi island, not just for its natural and ecologically rich attractions but also serving as a mesmerising art sanctuary. 

Langkawi Art Biennale 2014 is organised by ArtMalaysia Association and supported by Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia and other organisations.

Irasan

'Irasan #10'

50.8cm x 76.2cm

Mixed media on canvas

2014

'Irasan #11'

50.8cm x 76.2cm

Mixed media on canvas

2014

Langkawi Art Biennale 2014 (LAB 14, Malaysia) Entry

'Migratory Heart'

91.44cm x 91.44cm

Mixed media on canvas

2014

'Uncharted Flight'

91.44cm x 91.44cm

Mixed media on canvas

2014

'Wind Dispersal'

91.44cm x 91.44cm

Mixed media on canvas

2014