Table Objects no. 10

Table objects no.10

122 cm x 122 cm 

Acrylic on canvas 
2017

XIV - Fourteen Years of Renaissance Art Gallery

RENAISSANCE Art Gallery, a leading purveyor of non-representational art in the country, celebrates its fourteenth anniversary with a show titled “XIV.”

Founded in 2003 by Noli and Agnes Romero, the gallery has spearheaded the discovery and support of young abstractionists, giving them the opportunity of being launched in their own first solo exhibition. On occasion, however, Renaissance Art Gallery has also exhibited classic and conservative contemporary masterworks.

Curated by noted art critic, writer and visual artist Cid Reyes, the participating artists in “XIV” are: Allain Hablo, Sio Montera, Josef Laureano, Pao de Guzman, Arley Carig, Jay Ragma, Art Bermido, Aner Sebastian, Resty Tica, Rick Hernandez, and Sam Penaso.

A man of many talents, Allain Hablo is, first and foremost, a thinking artist while Sio Montera’s works are distinguished by an ambitiousness of scale and a mania for surprising materials.

In a transitional stage, Josef Laureano’s works are more audacious in the gestural character of Abstract Expressionism while that of emerging abstractionist Pao de Guzman comes from a studied representational idiom.

Arley Carig advances into the evanescent depths of space and Jay Ragma generates visual excitement with throbbing retinal sensations.

Art Bermido manipulates space with neither beginning nor end while Aner Sebastian transports the viewer into a once remembered, favorite spot of nature.

Resty Tica pursues an abstraction of subtlety and tranquility and Rick Hernandez is an acolyte of geometry, unbuirdened by objects and ornaments.

Award-winner Sam Penaso, on the other hand, explores the three-dimensional field with his so-called “scraptures.”

The show runs from June 8-20, 2017. Reception cocktails will be held on June 14.

Renaissance Art Gallery is at the 4/L, The Artwalk, Bldg. A, SM Megamall, EDSA corner Julia Vargas Avenue, Mandaluyong City. For inquiries, call mobile: 0917-7625692. Email: renaissanceart.ph@gmail.com.