Thursday, December 8, 2016

Abstractions and Assemblages

Aligned 2: Imperfect Balance, Abstractions and Assemblages
Opening Reception – 8 November 2016, Tuesday, 6PM
Exhibition runs until November 21, 2016


Kaida Contemporary presents Aligned 2: Imperfect Balance, Abstractions and Assemblages by Pinggot Zulueta and Demosthenes Campos at the ArtistSpace of the Ayala Museum this November.

With mixed media works and assemblages using old discarded wood, textured fabric, carpet, string, wire cables and a miscellany of found objects, Zulueta and Campos explore themes of attachments, junctures, growth and expansion, with abstractions that rework images of mundane objects, reshaping them for visual expressions brought about by personal association and significance.

As Zulueta draws from his recent experiences abroad and the memories triggered by going back to his childhood home, he seemingly recreates parts of a new sanctuary made easier for relocation. With sand, cement, scrap wood moldings, and even junked items such as an old violin and discarded bamboo cover for a fishing basket, he fashions snippets of a past life, transforming function and meaning. Campos, meanwhile, uses acid-bathed metal cuttings, juxtaposing them with fibers secured with tin, textured panels, grassy carpets, and blooms of wire that evince hope blossoming and persistent growth overcoming odds amidst today's harsh social and political climate.

Aligned 2: Imperfect Balance, Abstractions and Assemblages will launch art the ArtistSpace on the 8th of November, Tuesday, at six o'clock in the evening. The pieces will be on show until November 21, 2016. For more information on the exhibition, please contact Kaida Contemporary at +639279297129 or email kaida529@yahoo.com.ph.

ArtistSpace is at the Ground Level, Ayala Museum Annex, Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City. For more information on the ArtistSpace, please contact Lorraine Datuin, gallery coordinator at (02) 759-8288 or email artistspace@ayalafoundation.org.