Deep Stretch
Christina Dy, Geraldine Javier, Lyra Garcellano
September 5 – 30, 2006
Mag:net Gallery ABS
Opening on the 5th of September at the Mag:net Gallery at ABS-CBN is
Deep Stretch, an exhibit by Christina Dy, Geraldine Javier and Lyra
Garcellano featuring their recent forays into seeming formalist
concerns of various representations often gleaned for their surface
values but carry with it their own psychological and social weight.
Javier's project of cushion-dolls intricately embroidered with their
corresponding costumes were accomplished for sheer enjoyment as much
as the craft itself is commonly touted for its being a craft for
"well-mannered ladies", underscores as well the usual societal
connotations of each doll's costumes and of the practice itself of
embroidery. Whereas Dy's large-scale charcoal drawings of hands
running through hair but are so magnified as they resemble blades of
grass, are either subtexts for innuendos or mannerisms of vain fetish.
These are moreover pronounced when looked from her past paintings of
cropped androgynous body parts lying fashionably languid but are
seemingly leadened by perverse covetousness. On the other hand,
Garcellano's oil paintings of man-made catastrophes and explosions
revels not so much on the causes of such which are often wrought from
careless miscalculations, but do rather magnify the profound poignancy
often rivaling that which naturally ravages earth's terrain through
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These paintings are somewhat a
continuation from "Artificial Landscapes", a series she has exhibited
last year at CCP.
All three have been part of the now-defunct artist-run space
Surrounded By Water.
Javier holding dual degrees in Nursing and Fine Arts and a recipient
of CCP 13 Artist Awards, is usually known for her impeccable paintings
with film-noir like scenarios and of bodies transcending their tragic
ends.
Dy besides teaching art at the Ateneo University also works as a
production designer for films, commercials and music videos and has
recently won citations for such work for the internationally acclaimed
"Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros" and for other numerous music
videos.
Garcellano, this year's recipient of CCP 13 Artist Awards, does part
time work teaching art to high school students and doing illustrations
for various publications and for Phil. Daily Inquirer, foremost of
which is her serialized comic strip Atomo and Weboy.
Deep Stretch will have its opening cocktails at 6:30 PM on September 5.
The exhibit will be on view until September 30.
Mag:net Gallery ABS is at The Loop, ELJ Center, ABS-CBN compound,
Mother Ignacia Avenue corner Eugenio Lopez St. QC. For details please
call 4100995 or email magnetplus@gmail.com or visit magnet.com.ph
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