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16/01/2025

“Just slow things down, and it becomes beautiful.”

Rest in peace, David Lynch 💔

David Lynch’s films always invite you to explore the abyss. It’s the same with the other works of art he produces. But wait, don’t dismiss him as another star who just dabbled in art. His paintings, photographs, and sculptures might be less known but are as evocative and provocative as his fil...

01/11/2024

Get out of bed. Take a mirror selfie and don’t forget to make the sign of the cross. Avoid filters and show your true self caught in the briar thicket but ultimately destroyed by interloping prayers. A zero-sum calculation begins to creep into your effusions about the choice between saving yourself or pulling the trigger.

Lourd De Veyra is many things. He’s a musician, a poet, journalist, broadcast personality, an award-winning writer, and so on. While the sing-speaking recondite poetry-over-squealing-guitars era is far from over for him and many fans, De Veyra seems to be melding visual arts into his resume. And like his previous and present creative endeavors, it seems to be only getting better.

De Veyra’s visual style is placed between urban art, fine art, and personal doodles with bold black or red ink and acrylic work on paper. His work is characterized by its sheer busyness--packed with macabre anthropomorphic-like zentangles, strange symbols, and odd figures and characters. But they aren’t difficult to understand. You can almost compare it to walking into a shop of horrors and magic, standing agape at the barrage of images, shapes, and letters on shelves and while you are mesmerized, you also know why you’re there and what you’re looking at.

While his drawings seem to depict a multitude of emotions, the obvious undertone is a mixtape loaded with dark humor and delirious irony--something he has perfected in his music, poems, and art over the years.

Lourd De Veyra is Filipino musician, poet, journalist, TV host, broadcast personality, writer, and activist. He is primarily known for his jazz rock band Radioactive Sago Project. He is a two-time Palanca-winning essayist and the guitarist for Kapitan Kulam. De Veyra has had three solo exhibits in notable galleries such as Gravity Art Space, West Gallery, and Art Informal Makati. He continues to participate in group shows.

“REDUCIR DECIMIR”
Lourd De Veyra
Ink and acrylic on paper
41 x 55 inches

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The work is on view by request. Message us for details.

31/10/2024

Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.
-Hunter S. Thompson; Fear & Loathing letters

“UNTITLED (RED)”
Jet Tecson
Oil on canvas
24 x 17 inches

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The work is on view by request. Message us for details.

30/10/2024

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC
-Kurt Vonnegut

“ANGEL OF CHANGE”
Gani Simpliciano
Acrylic on paper
32 x 22 inches

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The work is on view by request. Message us for details.

29/10/2024

There is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock.

people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.

people just are not good to each other
one on one.

the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.

we are afraid.

our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners.

it hasn’t told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.

or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone

untouched
unspoken to
watering a plant.

– Charles Bukowski, Love is a Dog from Hell

“The Baptism”
Israel Remo
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 inches

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The work is on view by request. Message us for details.

28/10/2024

Darkness is a palpable presence in each work of art by Filipino contemporary artist John Marin. Through media like oil, graphite, and charcoal, Marin achieves a skillful balance of light and dark where darkness can be an overwhelming atmosphere. And that seems to be the point. In his paintings, it is a living substance from which figures take shape and concepts from myth, philosophy, and religion reside.

The black miasma of mystery, deep recesses for the unknown, and the secret conflicts of the soul can just as well be expected from Marin’s images. The symbolic potential, however, in his interplay of light and dark doesn’t end there. His intentions go beyond these trite associations.

Marin’s art shows, Alongside Maya from 2019, Aninag from 2018, and Beyond Darkness from 2017, to name a few, all deal with one concept or another about man’s existence and purpose through the lens of Eastern spirituality. If art is often touted as self-expression, then Marin’s paintings are his way of coming to terms or understanding his own beliefs. Or it can be the other way around, it is Marin’s expression of art’s purpose or basis for being in his own life, in this case, a vehicle for spiritual reckonings regarding the world.

John Marin has exhibited throughout Manila, Philippines, and in Taipei, Taiwan, with numerous solo shows to date and even more group shows. Secret Fresh, the Bencab Museum, Yavuz Gallery, Blanc Gallery, the Vargas Museum, West Gallery, and Blanc Gallery are some of the venues that have showcased his work. He is a three-time finalist of the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence Award. He is one of the original founding members of the collective The Working Animals Art Projects.

“BLUE FEELINGS 1”
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 inches
2023

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The work is on view by request. Message us for details.

21/10/2024

We’re not doomed to wander alone inside a painting forever. There’s hope of getting a glimpse of an artist’s vulnerability as we discover the power of its empathy. And when we capture the connection, we’re reminded that we’re all linked and never really alone. This is what Jed Escueta’s work allows us to experience—- a sober panorama created within his imagination and transmitted onto ours. It’s an almost transcendental experience when you think about it. The more you look, the more you’re lost yet free.

Jed Escueta is a Filipino contemporary artist who has been participating in solo and group exhibitions since 2005. He has had exhibitions in notable galleries in the country such as Mo Space, West Gallery, Modeka Vargas Museum, Eskinita Art Gallery among others. In 2005, Escueta was part of the exhibition curated by Roberto Chabet titled “The Clear Light”. He had also exhibited abroad namely in New York City, Singapore, and Bangkok.

“Untitled”
Watercolor on rolling paper

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The exhibit is ongoing and is extended until October 26, 2024

18/10/2024

Why didn’t anyone want to go trick or treating with Dracula?
Because he is a pain in the neck 👻

Celebrate Halloween with us and share more corny jokes and ghost stories as we open our group exhibition “Through the Darkness” this October 19, Saturday at 5pm.

THROUGH THE DARKNESS

CJ Tañedo
Kiko Escora
Lourd De Veyra
Jan Sunday
Dave Lock
John Marin
Carlo Angelo Saavedra
Camille Quintos
Bud Omeng
Alfonso Recto
B**g Segovia
John Magnus
Margaux Blas
Paul Mondok
Dr. Deadlocks
Steph Lopez
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OPENING NIGHT
19 OCTOBER 2024
5pm
The Art District Gallery
Room 205, Calvo Building, 266 Escolta St., Binondo Manila

17/10/2024

Join us this Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 8am - 8pm at the CCP parking lot for .designcenterph Design Week Philippines.

“Design Sari-Sari is the marketplace of the week-long event where guests and participants on the closing day of are given the opportunity to discover Filipino brands, concepts, and creators. Due to the success of last year’s partnership, the marketplace has grown to accommodate more this year.

We curated alongside the .designcenterph team almost 40 local entities to showcase their creations — from clothing brands to artists, publishers to designers, and so much more.

Visit this year’s Design Sari-Sari by .designcenterph and at the CCP Parking Lot from 8am to 8pm. While you’re at it, catch the Design Week Philippines events throughout the day at the Tanghalang Ignacio Jimenez CCP Blackbox Theater. Swipe right to see the calendar of events.”

Poster design - Bea Pangandian (.pangandian)

11/10/2024

“My works are either introspective or born from my fascination with the esoteric, divine femine, ancient goddess theories and time space and/or multidimensionality. This brought me to experiment with the photographic material; that is a moment in time captured and embedded on a surface, with distressing, painting over and layering with mirrors to add more depth and a transcendental factor” -Jan Sunday

Influenced by the narratives and portrayals of ancient civilization, political theories, punk rock, the sacred feminine, dystopian novels, and the concept of time, Filipino contemporary artist Jan Sunday creates work that are emblematic of her own obsessions, while also addressing notions of gender expression and identity.

Jan Sunday is a Filipino contemporary artist from Cebu whose multidisciplinary work includes photography, mixed media, video, and installations. She works mostly in black and white imagery. Her first solo show “2000 Years” was in 2019 at Mono8 Gallery, and she has participated in several group shows in galleries across Cebu and Metro Manila. She was part of the group show “Misteryo ng Tuwa”, a collection of erotic works with her female contemporaries at Art Informal gallery in 2020.

VENUSIAN FIGURES (DIPTYCH)
Graphite on 150 gsm watercolor paper

5th pic by Jesed Francis Moreno

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

The exhibit is ongoing and is extended until October 26, 2024

09/10/2024

Exiled, trudging a moonlit beach for miles
You cannot right old wrongs
Even if waves kiss the horizon in exchange for freedom
Will you watch the best minds rot like dead deserted dogs?

Salty bursts of winds peel the film of her eyes
The flesh no longer feels. There is no room at the trough
That ashpit of the sun withers the ocean like a blank page
Only diamonds fall from the windows of her soul

Liquid of life borrowed from the gods of the nuts. Cursed you will no longer be as you vow to never let go of the tears that brought you back to life.

Kiko Escora is a Filipino contemporary artist who was awarded The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Thirteen Artists Awards in 2003. From there, he has had numerous solo and group shows in notable galleries across the Philippines including The Drawing Room, Modeka, Gravity Art Space, Kalawakan Spacetime, among others. He has exhibited abroad in New York, Spain, Miami, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Dubai, and Beijing.

1st pic:
HAYAHAY SOCIETY (COCONUT TEARS EDIT)
Acrylic paint, paper, fake silver leaf, staple wires, wood
60 x 51 x 5 cm

6th pic:
HALIPAROT PRIM
Acrylic on canvas
5 x 4 feet

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

07/10/2024

You’re back in your dorm room in UP Diliman. It’s 1989 and you can hear the faint strumming of an acoustic guitar from the room next door. Is that “Just Like Heaven”? or some lame Nirvana song again? No matter. You’re drunk and just about to reach peak drunk. You see your oil paints strewn across the floor and you’re semi-pissed at your roommate for vandalizing your side of the wall with a caricature of your girlfriend. You glance at your hand and you’re still clutching your warm beer. You try to get up but you stagger and slip and just before you hit your head on the edge of your splintered desk, you see Astro Boy and he seems to be saying something to you. “Huh?”, you manage to utter. Then without moving his lips, Astro Boy beckons to the refracting triangular glass prism and mouths strange words. All you can understand is “if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.” Astro Boy smiles and kisses your forehead. You hear laughter echoing in the Narra halls. Is that Donald Duck? Then you wake up. It’s 2024. You’re inside a Grab car. EDSA is still a prick and you can’t wait to get home. Away from your past. Far away from Astro Boy. You roll down your window and stare at the giant K-pop dude on the billboard. Sirens in the distance but you know it’s just Donald Duck laughing.

B**g Segovia is a Davao-based Filipino contemporary artist who graduated from The University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree in Fine Arts. He had solo shows titled “Maps” at West Gallery, and “Unbound” ‘89 reunion show and has participated in groups shows including “Unglued” with Nilo Ilarde, Gerry Tan, and Roberto Chabet among others. Segovia is a recipient of NU 107’s Best Album Cover in 1996 for his work on Yano’s album cover “Bawal” and “Tara” in 2006. Segovia cites David Salle, Pierre Bonnard, John Baldessari, Gustave Courbet, and Édouard Manet as his major influences.

What Is Dark Within Me, Illumine
Oil on canvas
18 x 23 inches

Available at Vintana’s “Exit Through The Porcelain God” group exhibit
Sinauna
21 Matahimik St., Cor V. Luna, Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City

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