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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
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