Art Agenda Oct to Nov 2021: Art Exhibitions You Shouldn't Miss

We round up the hottest events now in the local virtual arts scene which you can participate on-site and online

1. Art Lounge Manila

Art Lounge Manila presents the second solo exhibition of Christian artist Kristine S. Lim entitled Soar. Running until October 30 at the Manila Hotel, the exhibition features 33 framed mixed media works, with several of them triptychs. Lim, who through art she channels her deep faith and patriotism, uses again her specialised technique of combining a special textured ground with layers of transparent metallic bronze and gold coloured glazes over the graphite pentimenti. The central figure of her latest solo exhibition is the majestic Philippine Eagle. For her, it is a reminder of both how blessed we are with our natural resources, a symbol of our potentials as a people amidst our "complicated societal imbalances", which makes it a reflection of our total surrendering to God.

"'Soar' depicts His immeasurable power and might. [It] embodies His perfect love that envelopes us," says Lim, after mentioning that the inspiration for the exhibition came during a time in her life where she faced personal struggles close to hitting rock bottom. "The only way to soar is not by our own strength but by Him and through Him; on our knees, on the ground, reaching out to surrender to Him all that we are wholeheartedly and completely," concludes Lim.

Proceeds of the closing auction will go to Malasakit Para sa Bayan Foundation, Inc.

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2. Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD)

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Enjoy museum art while you are at home from October 29 to December 5 through as the subscription-based art streaming platform Watch and Chill collaborates with MCAD and other esteemed institutions including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the M+ West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, and the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai. Through this platform, MCAD will be holding free drive-in theatre screenings of selected video works from the collections of the four art institutions in the region.

Aside from this, MCAD will also give by-registration free screenings of top caliber films from the horror genre. Curated by Neo Maestro and Patricia Paredes, the October screenings are sure Halloween treat for everyone.

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3. Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea

Photo 1 of 3 Raul Deodato Arellano with his triptych work, "The Island"

Photo 2 of 3 "Akut Ikut Ikat #3", Agus Kama Loedin, 40.6 x 28.3 inches, aluminum and copper wires on mesh wires, 2020

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From October 2 to 24, check out three new shows at the Altro Mondo Creative Space Gallery on Chino Roces Avenue. This month, Raul Deodato Arellano in his solo exhibition presents works that interpret nature and the physical world as the subconscious sees it. Raphael Daniel David interrogates the cycles of life in his new exhibition by way of the lunar phases. Lastly, Indonesian visual artist Agus Kama Loedin explores the theme of movement, specifically the movement of ideas, by using the ikat method of weaving and the decorative symbols and patterns utilised by various traditions and cultures.

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4. Gallery Indigo, BenCab Museum

Above "Ode to Women", BenCab and Ronald Ventura, acrylic and ink on digital print and silkscreen print on 100 per cent cotton museum fine art paper, 2020

After its success last 2020 at the Secret Fresh Gallery despite the limitations and restrictions brought upon by the ongoing pandemic, the BenCab x Ronald Ventura exhibition of their collaboration prints returns this year. Representing two different generations of artists, BenCab and Ronald Ventura have channelled the parallelisms of their artistic journeys to come up with an exhibition that celebrates Philippine contemporary art. Curated by Ruel Caasi and first conceptualised by Secret Fresh owner Bigboy Cheng, the exhibition comes to Baguio at the BenCab Museum's Gallery Indigo and will be available for viewing until November 28.

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5. Galleria Duemila

Above Screenshot of the virtual tour of Galleria Duemila's group exhibition, "#Exposedt"

Running until November 8 is Galleria Duemila's masterfully curated group exhibition entitled, "#exposedt", which aims to connect the poetry, truthfulness, and pureness of the nude figure with the contemporary concept of fluidity, the blurring of rigid gender roles, and other issues prevalent nowadays concerning gender identity. The exhibition features the works of BenCab, Cesar Legaspi, Duddley Diaz, H.R. Ocampo, Helmuth Zotter Da Lavant, Jose Joya, Justin Nuyda, Lee Aguinaldo, Mauro “Malang” Santos, Onib Olmedo, Ramon Diaz, Rodolfo Samonte and Romulo Galicano.

Galleria Duemila said in a press statement, “These works focus on the human body, exposing them online not only for the purpose of exhibition but also as a demonstration of the way that beauty can take multiple forms, captured and expressed by bodies stripped of the need to know or fix one’s gender.”

View the exhibition here

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