Exhibitions

Power Plant Mall and Galerie Joaquin now present Focus on the Arts: Strokes and Silhouettes features Genre Art, “Nostalgie” featuring works by painters Richard Arimado, Averil Paras, Aljo Pingol, and Benjie Mallari at the Concourse of Power Plant. The exhibition features related themes of memory and nostalgia in the context of Philippine history. Richard Arimado paints his subjects in the act of looking up, pausing to examine the audience staring down at them. His vision of turn-of-the-century motifs shows a sense of nostalgic national pride and the intricacies of our cultural past. Averil Paras on the other hand features market themes and portrait like renderings with a vintage feel while Aljo Pingol’s paintings and sculptures uses his sense of classical composition to evoke nostalgic scenes of what he himself is most proud of in a bright and colorful way. The practice of Benjie Mallari uses the idea of urban or rural genre in depicting an idyllic remembering of what the Philippines was at its peak. His paintings reflect the different characters that make up Filipino society from the lens of a specific time in history.

Focus on the Arts is a month-long festival that surveys some of the best Modern and Contemporary art practices in the country. This year's edition intends to examine individual and group practices as they relate to composition, form and themes. The initial presentation featured the conceptual sculptures of Anton del Castillo, the metal futurism of Ram Mallari and the origami canvas sculptures of Vincent de Pio.

Power Plant Mall is located at Rockwell Center in Makati City. The exhibition represents Rockwell’s extended collaboration with Galerie Joaquin, organizer of the exhibitions and festival. You may reach Galerie Joaquin at (632) 723-9418 for information on any of the artists or exhibitions.