The latest exhibition at the Ayala Museum highlights the intense and incredibly diverse work of the late Filipino-American artist Alfonso Ossorio
For those who are passionate about art, its history, and evolution, there is nothing more delightful or interesting than being able to discover and appreciate an artist whose work has grown both in scope and intensity over the decades – most especially if it turns out that the artist happens to be a compatriot who lived much of his life outside the country.
For those who are passionate about art, its history, and evolution, there is nothing more delightful or interesting than being able to discover and appreciate an artist whose work has grown both in scope and intensity over the decades – most especially if it turns out that the artist happens to be a compatriot who lived much of his life outside the country. Such is the case with the late Filipino-American artist Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990): not many Filipinos know anything about his work save for his stunning mural of The Last Judgement (1950, erroneously referred to as The Angry Christ) in Negros Occidental. Indeed, any exhibitions of Ossorio’s work in the Philippines would only turn up as few as ten pieces from private collections.
