ART /
Naïveté
Aug 17 - 31, 2019
The Metro Gallery
Ortega St., San Juan, Ph
 NaivetePyrograpyh and ink on pine parquet 36" diameter 2019 |  Los Indios Filipinos (Tarot deck)Pyrography and ink on paulownia wood 8" x 10" 2019 |  Los Indios Filipinos (Tarot deck)Pyrography and ink on paulownia wood 8" x 10" 2019 |
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 The FoolPyrography and ink on wood 9" x 13" 2019 |  Los Indios Filipinos (Tarot deck)Pyrography and ink on paulownia wood 8" x 10" 2019 |  Banal, Bakod, BiyayaPyrography and ink ono pine parquet 32" diameter 2019 |
 TalakagPyrography and ink ono pine parquet 24" diameter 2019 |  Ang Alamat ng 420Pyrography and ink ono pine parquet 30" diameter 2019 |  E9ABAE5D-7C85-4D0B-833A-C4DD3714483D |
 Installation shot |  Magic MountainPyrography and ink ono pine parquet 28" diameter 2019 |  GloriaPyrography and ink ono pine parquet 36" diameter 2019 |
 DalitaPyrography and ink on pine wood 3ft x 4ft 2019 |  DalitaPyrography and ink on pine wood 3ft x 4ft 2019 |  DalitaPyrography and ink on pine wood 3ft x 4ft 2019 |
 DalitaPyrography and ink on pine wood 3ft x 4ft 2019 |  DalitaPyrography and ink on pine wood 3ft x 4ft 2019 |  DalitaPyrography and ink on pine wood 3ft x 4ft 2019 |
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NaïvetéAug 17 - 31, 2019 The Metro Gallery Ortega St., San Juan |  Purveyors of the Preferred ViewMay 4 - Jun 4, 2017 Altro Mondo Contemporanea Arte Makati City |  amOct 26 - Nov 17, 2016 Two-woman show with Mek Yambao Vinyl on Vinyl Makati City |
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 unEARTH: Baguio x Manila Group ShowApril 26 - May 25, 2015 Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea Picasso Residences, P.Leviste St. Makati City |  Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival 2015March 2015 Mt. Malasimbo Installation Garden Mindoro Oriental |  Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival 2015Collaboration Art by JOINT FORCES March 2015 Mt. Malasimbo Installation Garden Mindoro Oriental |
 RefrainNov 29 - Dec 30, 2014 Two-woman show with Issay Rodriguez at 1335 Mabini Gallery, Ermita, Manila, PH |  De Anima: 2nd Solo ExhibitSept 14 - Sept 27 2014 Kaida Contemporary, Sct Madrinan, South Triangle, Quezon City |  Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival 2014Mt. Malasimbo Installation Garden, Oriental Mindoro |
 Don't Forget To Breathe: 1st SoloJan 23 - Mar 3, 2014 Altromondo Contemporaneo, Picasso Residences, P.Leviste St., Makati City, Ph |
Naiveté shows selected scenes from a resurgent age of innocence. It covers selected personal pondering from a very specific vignette of the artist’s life starting from point A—the artist graduating from college with her new undergraduate degree in tow, and point B—her dropping out of a doctorate pursuit a few years later. What ensued was an immersive personal journey away from the artist’s general comfort zone (admittedly that typical of a privileged Manilenya’s), and into the belly of both traditionally conservative and atypical socio-political environments, explored in an attempt to better understand the inner workings of Philippine society, and to first-handedly discover the ever-expanding complexity (both innate and imposed) of the Filipino identity. Moreover, the show is a coming-to-terms with the clashing of the persistent academic scrutiny over spontaneous creative experience, in an effort to illuminate a more critical and holistic view of the world. This show is a narration of this continuing personal journey.
The exhibit is composed of a series of pyrography works—wood-burnt pieces—on pine parquet tinted with ink, dye, and stain. Circular shapes are dominant in this collection, intentionally representing an encasing of sorts—perhaps the entrapment within that perennial bubble.
The primary piece (titled Naïveté) shows a female figure in the fetal stage of human development. Bits and pieces of her head float about, a hand tightly grips a significant document, the nervous system seems to be centerpiece, and an umbilical cord connects to the outside world.
Edited by Nikki Ignacio