In celebration of its 11th anniversary, Renaissance Art Gallery presents “Driven to Abstraction” featuring abstract artists: Max Balatbat, Bien Benitez, Benji Bisaya, Marco Coching, Arley Carig, Jane Ebarle, Fitz Herrera, Josef Laureano, Sio Montera, Cid Reyes, Aner Sebastian, Resty Tica and Valen Valero.
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| Artwork by Aner Sebastian |
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| Artwork by Arley Carig |
A highlight of the show are the works of master abstractionists such as National Artists Hernando R. Ocampo, Jose Joya and Arturo Luz, as well as Malang, Romulo Olazo, Gus Albor, Lao Lianben, and Nestor Vinluan.
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| Artwork by Arturo Luz |
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| Artwork by Benjie Bisaya |
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| Artwork by Bien Benitez |
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| Artwork by Fitz Herrera |
Through over a decade, Renaissance Art Gallery has built a reputation as a nurturing ground for emerging abstractionists. Its proprietors Noli and Agnes Romero have been committed to fostering the appreciation of a non-figurative idiom, especially in an art scene that predominantly favors representational paintings.
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| Artwork by Gus Albor |
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| Artwork by HR Ocampo |
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| Artwork by Jane Ebarle |
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| Urban Beat by Jose Joya |
Abstraction is an art in which “the depiction of real objects or nature has been subordinated or entirely discarded and whose aesthetic content is expressed in a formal pattern or structure of shapes, lines and colors.” It is also called non-representational or nonobjective a term first used by Russian abstractionist, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944).
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| Artwork by Josef Laureano |
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| Artwork by Lao Lianben |
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| Artwork by Malang |
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| Artwork by Marco Coching |
Driven to Abstraction will have a special preview from June 6 to 8 (Friday to Sunday) and the opening cocktails is on June 9, 2014 – 6 p.m. at the ART CENTER, 4th Level, Bldg. A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. It runs until June 24, 2014.
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| Artwork by Max Balatbat |
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| Through Red O by Nestor Vinluan |
For further details of the exhibit, you may contact Renaissance Gallery at 637-3101 or email renaissanceart.ph@gmail.com.
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| Temporary Garden in the Sky by Resty Tica |
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| Artwork by Romulo Olazo |
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| Artwork by Sio Montera |
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| Artwork by Valen Valero |
For more details, check out www.renaissanceart.ph or click here to connect to their Facebook page. You can also follow them on Instagram @renaissanceartph.
