Daniel dela Cruz unveils new sculptures at Art Verite
MANILA, Philippines - “Woman in the Mirror,” Daniel dela Cruz’s latest one-man exhibition of new sculptures, celebrates the human form as a repository of reflections and secrets.
“Woman in the Mirror” — which opens today, 6 p.m., at Art Verite in Serendra — features the artist’s new collection of sculptures depicting the female form, caught up in the spirals and swirls of being and becoming. Dela Cruz deliberately treats the subject of beauty not as a purely physical attribute, but also as a process of shaping one’s self. Forms are fluid and moving, denoting not only the elemental nature of water, air and fire but also the movements of the spirit.
Of his works, the artist writes: “Often we seek solitude as a means to separate oneself from this world. But in looking in, we find inside of us, things which give birth to questions of who we really are. The world dictates who we should be and doesn’t always give space to who we really are. We make stories of ourselves to compensate and to fit in, and over time we start to believe, forgetting the real truth within. Like a sculptor with a block of stone, we chip away until we reveal our core.”
Dela Cruz’s sculptures reflect on how the nature of human existence changes with experience and through time, asking the question of whether identity is something permanent or the fluid result of an ever changing process.
The artist concludes, “Inhabiting different cocoons at each stage, and with each rebirth we find realization. We are both the blacksmith and the metal…. It is through our journey through the anvil of adversity that we form ourselves.”
The exhibit is on view until Nov. 26 at Art Verite Gallery, 2C-05 2/F Shops at Serendra, Bonifacio High Global, Taguig City. For inquiries, call 915-1982 or 0917-3296273, e-mail info@artverite.net, or visit www.artverite.net.
