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Gallery News

April 11, 2011 | 12:00am

Popi Laudico at Apartment 1B

MANILA, Philippines - Popi Laudico captures poignancy that belongs solely to those that are oblivious and secluded in “Sulok at Palapag,” which opens on April 16 at Apartment 1B, One Lafayette Square, 132 LP Leviste cor. Sedeno, Salcedo Village, Makati City. The show runs until June 12.

For inquiries, call or SMS 0917-8720463 or e-mail inquiry@artcabinetphilippines.com.

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“P-Noy Problem: Do You Think The star Will Still Find Us Here?” by Gilda Cordero Fernando

Gilda Cordero Fernando at Slab

Gilda Cordero Fernando showcases 41 works that are original, charming and sometimes irreverent in “Discourses on Mortals and Immortals,” which opens on April 27 at Slab, Silverlens Gallery, second floor, YMC Bldg.2, 2320 Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati City. The show runs until May 28.

For details, call 816-0044.

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Zean Cabangis at Art Informal

An artwork by Zean Cabangis

Zean Cabangis exposes that our anxiety of uncertainty almost always includes the affective more than the mere conceptual in “Walking on Thin Ice,” which is on view at Art Informal, 277 Connecticut St., Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City.

Cabangis’works are peppered with tiles arising from the range of: secrets, regrets, accusations, remonstrations, declarations, and doubts.

For details, call 725-8518 or SMS 0918-8992698.

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Victor Santos at Boston Gallery

Victor Santos holds his second one-man show “Deus Salvator Meus Est (The Lord is my Savior),” which opens on April 16 at Boston Art Gallery, 72 Boston St.cor. Lantana St., Cubao, QC. The show runs until May 9.

For information, call 722-9205.

“Veronica Wiping the Face of Jesus” by Victor Santos

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‘La Musique’ at Galerie Francesca

Twenty-seven intrepid artists depict music and musicians in “La Musique,” which opens tomorrow, 6:30 p.m. at Galerie Francesca, Art Center, fourth floor, SM Megamall A. The show runs until April 24.

Some of the featured artists are Migs Villanueva, Dave de Vera, Amador Barquilla, Jomar Delluba, Jovan Benito, Aileen Lanuza, Mario Parial, Daniel dela Cruz, Edwin Tres Reyes, Jomar Delluba, Jeffery Dahilan, Dominador Laroza, Aldrino Abes and Hamzah Marbella. For inquiries, call 723-9418, 7239253 or visit www.galeriejoaquin.com.

“Guitarist” by Mario Parial

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Pow Martinez at Mag:net Katipunan

Pow Martinez showcases sex, violence, cuteness, failure, humor, weirdness, and blandness in “Easy Listenings Paintings,” which is on view until May 2 at Mag:net Katipunan, 335 Agcor Bldg., Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, QC.

For details, call 929-3191, e-mail info@magnetgallereis.com or visit www.magnetgalleries.com.

An artwork by Pow Martinez

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Lascano, Jimenez and Buensuceso at Galerie Anna

Rico Lascano, Pete Jimenez and Jinggoy Buensuceso hold their three-man show “Lascano, Jimenez and Buensuceso,” which is on view until April 14 at Galerie Anna, fourth floor, SM Megamall A, Mandaluyong City.

Lascano unveils his Oriental explorations of water, while Jimenez bends iron to his imaginative flights of imagination. Buensuceso progresses into minimalist and symbolic configurations.

For information, call 470-2511, 470-9869, e-mail galerie.anna@yahoo.com or visit www.galerieanna.com.

“Meditation on Water” by Rico Lascano

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‘100 Paintings by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan’ at Ateneo Art Gallery

The Ateneo Art Gallery will showcase its new acquisition, “100 Paintings by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan with Antonio Calma,” a gift to the museum by Security Bank Corporation in line with the bank’s 60th anniversary, in a year-long exhibition which opens on May 19 at the Print and Drawing Room, Ateneo Art Gallery, second floor, Rizal Library Special Collections Bldg., Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan, Ave., Loyola Heights, QC.

The couple’s artistic collaborations explore ideas that range from family ties, to identity and diaspora. Each of the canvases that make up the work is a portion of an enormous landscape painting by Calma that was cut up and framed by the Aquilizans. It’s one of several artistic products from their ongoing “Mabini Art Project,” an exploration into the genre of Mabini Art.

“Mabini Art Project: 100 Paintings” by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan with Antonio Calma

For details, call 426-6001 local 4160.

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Kim Oliveros at Sining Kamalig

Kim Oliveros depicts various relations between subordinate and superior, between aggrieved and aggressor in “Subjugation,” which is on view at the Inner Room of Sining Kamalig, fourth floor, Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao, QC.