Raul Isidro’s ‘Senakulo’ to open at Crucible

For those who want to cap their post-Lenten reflection with experimental prints of art items with religious theme, the solo art exhibit not to be missed is the opening of Raul Isidro’s new exhibit “Senakulo” at Crucible starting Tuesday. (read more ...)

Raul Isidro’s changing world

(Photo courtesy of Pablo Tariman / PDI)

Raul Isidro’s changing world
by Pablo A. Tariman

The best way to get to know painter Raul Isidro is to view his latest exhibit in ArtistSpace Gallery at Ayala Museum, until Nov. 17.


There is a quietly haunting  piece called “Changing World,” a burst of  arresting colors in “Yellow Apartment,” and  visual tales of survival in the metropolis in pieces like  “Dream” I, II and III. (read more . . .)

Florence Cinco will have an exhibit

Dingit by Florence Cinco
"Dingkit", a Waray-Waray word which means "connected". The artworks in this exhibit are inspired by the artist's personal advocacy of promoting the "Maharlika" roots with the conviction that his works will help revive the original identity of the "Maharkila" people - warrior yet deeply spiritual and significantly in union with nature. These important characteristics of our race which are the ultimate connection to our identity, have long been buried by the influx of foreign cultures / influences and have resulted in serous consequences - spiritually, physically, psychologically and economically. The artist believes that if each and every servant of art will dedicate his works to revive and preserve our very own culture and (root) race, our country will heal from its long suffering. It also aims to inspire Calbayogonons everywhere to keep that connection to the place where they were born.

Art Exhibit at lrafa

for details about the artist, check this link

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Raul Isidro's Impressions and Memories

By PAM BROOKE A. CASIN

June 13, 2011, 9:59am

from The Manila Bulletin

(Photo by PINGGOT ZULUETA)

MANILA, Philippines -- Swathes and washes of red, black, blue, and yellow mark the new suite of abstract paintings of veteran artist Raul Isidro. His works, also characterized by ephemeral impressions and wide breathing spaces rendered in his signature brushwork and wet-on-wet technique, promise to transport audiences into this dreamlike and Zen-like realm where the physical and the metaphysical meet in the wild and subdued palettes and forms the painter has used.

Titled ‘Andorra,’ Isidro’s latest foray into abstraction is a result of his recent sojourn in Andorra, Europe, where he, fellow Filipino painter Al Perez, and other artists from the world over were invited to attenda a two-week art camp sponsored by UNESCO.

A small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, Andorra is bordered by Spain and France. Known for its picturesque landscape and rugged, mountainous topography, Andorra’s natural marvels are the sole inspiration of Isidro’s exhibit of 17 pieces. In this show, Isidro masterfully reworks the physicality of Andorra and transforms it into a sort of “meditative boundlessness”—a world of his own.

According to Isidro, his canvases are his impressions and memories of the place. They are the end-product of the artist’s exposure to the varied sights and sounds he had encountered during his trip. A challenge to his strength and endurance, he says, his trip was, as traversing the steep topography of the land proved to be laborious.

Fortunately, for us, the journey is not of the corporeal one. Isidro’s viewers now are only left with beautiful and relaxing imagery and wistful versions of the rocky landscape and energized views the 68-year-old painter has conquered.

But while Isidro’s works are abstract, audiences won’t have a mind-boggling time deciphering the painter’s works. For example, the small pieces in the exhibit are apparent takes of the painter on water running through slabs of rock. One large piece in red is Isidro’s impression of a gypsy dressed in red, gyrating and performing in a sea of people; while the abstraction in black is the painter’s reminiscence of a mountain he has enjoyed looking at.

In Andorra, the artist has successfully re-framed the wonders of his travels in a visual feast meant to scintillate onlookers. Also, in the artist’s pictorial configuration, the visual experience is an act of transference. It is an exhibit that “takes us into the depthless versions of the beauty of the real environments that compelled the creation of the [artist’s] aesthetic encounters.”

But more than this transference of sorts is also the sheer ability of Isidro to allow his viewers to conjure impressions of their own and to fashion travels based on their experiences and memories. It is in this light that the painter and his audiences commune and meet, thus forging an exchange of truths and recollections espoused by the paintings themselves.

A graduate of Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas, Isidro claims Francisco Goya and Wilhelm de Kooning as his influences. He started teaching at the Philippine Women’s University in 1968 and became head of the Fine Arts department in 1977, and was awarded the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) for Fine Arts in 1979. He recently had his 40-year retrospective at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

‘Andorra’ will be on view until June 21 in Galerie Anna, The Artwalk, 4/F SM Megamall A, Mandaluyong City. For more details, call 470-2511; visit www.galerieanna.com; e-mail galerieanna@yahoo.com.

Unob san Calbayog Mask and Painting Exhibit

As part of the 2007 Hadang Festival, they formally opened an exhibit tonight. The exhibit dubbed "Unob san Calbayog Mask and Painting Exhibit" features masks by Eric Salurio and paintings by Jun Salurio and Jun Sabile. The exhibit is ongoing until the Charter Day Celebration at the Tiptoe Dance Studio, 2nd floor Mancol Building (JC Foodspot) in downtown Calbayog.