Mag:net News
December 2007 

MAG:NET GALLERY WEBSITE IS UP

Mag:net Gallery is proud to present its own website…> 

http://magnetgalleries.com 

THE MAG:NET ART TRIANGLE IS BACK!

The art community especially the Makati-based may now rejoice with us. The closure of Mag:net Gallery ABS and Paseo mid this year resulted to the consolidation of our Katipunan base. First among tasks was the refurbishing of the Backroom which has become a showroom for the works of half of the artists who have actively exhibiting with us in the last 5 years. Collectors and art lovers may now view the hundreds of artworks  from our inventory with ease and comfort (by appointments only including Sundays). The main gallery for changing exhibitions  which is open to the public from 10am-12midnight Mondays-Saturdays has also undergone slight re-layouting to accomodate additional walls. More art talks and video/film screenings by visual artists have also been intensively included in our programming. We also launched The Wall at our first franchise in the Bonifacio Global City mid this year. It’s a 2-storey high art space incorporated by partner Ralph Walker in his  now talk of the town design of the Mag:net Café High Street which has been exhibiting site specific art projects aside from occasionally functioning as a satellite to exhibit selected works from our Katipunan Backroom. To view current show at The Wall click here> http://magnetgalleries.com/exhibits.php?this_id=2&year=2007&month=12&day=3.Integral part of the Katipunan consolidation is the setting up of the Mag:net Virtual Gallery which can now be accessed through http://magnetgalleries.com  making it now possible for anyone around the world to view works from our on-going and past shows as well as our inventory from the Backroom.  And now comes the opening of Mag:net Gallery Ayala Avenue in January. Formerly operating as a purely Mag:net magazine shop and located at the Columns, Ayala Avenue cor Gil Puyat Avenue, the space will be known as Mag:net Gallery Ayala Avenue starting late January which completes once again the Mag:net Art Triangle comprising the 3 locations: Katipunan (Quezon City), High Street (Bonifacio Global City) and Ayala Avenue (Makati). See you soon at the opening of Mag:net Ayala Avenue and launching of the new Mag:net Art Triangle. To view location map> http://magnetgalleries.com/map.php 

MAG:NET XMAS SHOW WINDOW TO PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY ART

To open this Wednesday, 19 December at Mag:net Katipunan is the much awaited Mag:net Annual Xmas Show. Participated in by some 70 artists the show is curated by Nilo Ilarde and will run till 3 January. Participating artists are the following:  RONALD ACHACOSO, ALEX AGUILAR, DAPHNE AGUILAR, AUGUSTO ALBOR, JUAN ALCAZAREN, POKLONG ANADING, BATOSANG ARAUT, FELIX BACOLOR, ARGIE BANDOY, REB BELLEZA, PABLO BIGLANG-AWA, RINGO BUNOAN, BENJIE CABANGIS, BEA CAMACHO, NORBERTO CARATING, ENG CHAN, MARIANO CHING, LENA COBANGBANG, AL CRUZ, PARDO DE LEON, BEMBOL DE LA CRUZ, RANELLE  DIAL, NEIL DOLORICON, ROCK DRILON, JED ESCUETA, CARLO GERNALE, JOSE GUILLERMO, NILO ILARDE, PETE JIMENEZ, ROBERT LANGENEGGER, ROMEO LEE, LEA LIM, NIKKI LUNA, DINDO MARTINEZ, POW MARTINEZ, RIA MUNOZ, JONATHAN OLAZO, JAYSON OLIVERIA, GINA OSTERLOH, BERNARDO PACQUING, GARY ROSS PASTRANA, JUCAR RAQUEPO, RAUL RODRIGUEZ, PEWEE ROLDAN, DON SALUBAYBA, HUBERT SAN JUAN, POPO SAN PASCUAL, YASMIN SISON, JACK SOTTO, CESARE SYJUCO, GARARDO TAN, WIRE TUAZON, TREK VALDISNO, ROMA VALLES, ROY VENERACION, CRIS VILLANUEVA, PANCHO VILLANUEVA, ALVIN VILLARUEL, NESTOR VINLUAN, JUNYEE, MM YU, ALFRED YUSON and REGGIE YUSON 

ROCK ED YEAR-ENDER PARTY AND TRIBUTE TO MIGUEL MOLINA GIG TO FOLLOW  XMAS SHOW OPENING

We were deeply touched in the last few days by a series of midnight texts from one of our café regulars, Gang Badoy of Rock Ed Philippines about her nephew, Miguel Molina who brought honor to the country in the recent SEAgames. 4 successive midnight texts and 4 golds! Wow! We share the excitement and joy of proud Auntie Gang so we decided to modify gig on 19 December which becomes Auntie Gang’s tribute to her nephew who eventually became MVP. It will also be a Rock Ed Year-Ender Party. 

POKLONG ANADING “UNTITLED (LANDMARK)” A MUST EXPERIENCE

For those who hasn’t been to The Wall, Mag:net High Street, now is the time to go and view Poklong Anading’s “Untitled (Landmark)” which will be unveiled on Thursday, 20 December with a reception for the artist at 6PM. Numbering 20, the illuminated boxes of photographs of one of a kind jeepney basahans against one of a kind cement textures comprise all of Anading’s site-specific project for The Wall which will run till the end of January. Experimental musicians and sound artists have been invited to perform during the reception, which precedes Mishka Adam’s gig at 9:30PM. 

THE LUNCH IS BACK!

Yes, the lunch at Mag:net Katipunan is back and  with a vengeance- our menu to have a vegetarian section effective Friday, 21 December which coincides with the coming gig of vegetarian and No Smoking during gigs advocate Cynthia Alexander. See you in Magney Pedro. 

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