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Drummer Takes It Easel

Drummer Takes It Easel

Leonardo Orpilla Cunanan Jr. has always loved music and he was a drummer in bands for many years. But somehow his life became more interesting when he found the world of visual art. Now, he is an established visual artist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is enjoying every minute of it.

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Published at 2018-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : People

Tags: music, visual art

Maravillaesque

Ferdinand “Chito” Maravilla is in a class of his own in visual arts. His style cannot be easily defined because it changes constantly. Some days he is doing realistic art; tomorrow will be collage; the next day will either be surreal, abstract, or sculpture. It is the fluidity of his artistic styles that has made him defy expectations, if not projected him as a multifaceted visual artist.

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Published at 2018-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts

Tags: visual art

The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts

The American and Contemporary Traditions in Philippine Visual Arts

From one colonizer to another – after more than three centuries of Spanish rule, the Americans came. They set out to conquer the Filipinos through education and governance – the public school system and a system of government.

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Published at 2017-12-26 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary, History

Tags: American, Contemporary, art, visual art

Crossbread and Emigre: Visual Art in A Flux

Crossbread and Emigre: Visual Art in A Flux

Corroborating historical accounts from half a century ago depict the Philippine artworld as a picture of polarity. Rarely did any self-respecting artist intentionally straddle what was conservative and modernist, nor cross the line between what was distinctly Filipino and what was derisively dubbed derivative. The verbal and published tussles were passionate, the rivalry fierce. Even when such battlelines inevitably proved artificially narrow, they were defended nonetheless.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Documentary, Technology

Tags: art, visual art