Monday, December 14, 2015

Kulay Diwa Presents ‘Abstracting Angono’s Rustic Scenes’ of Aaron Bautista

*Majority of this article's content is taken from the exhibit's press release by the museum

Aaron Villamayor Bautista, a member of the Neo-Angono Artists Collective, belongs to the third generation of Angono artists whose artistic lineage traces back to the religious-themed Juan Senson during the waning years of the Spanish period, the murals and modernist works of Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco, and figurative as well as realist traditions of Jose ‘Pitok’ Blanco, Nemesio ‘Nemi’ Miranda Jr., Salvador Juban, Vicente Reyes, and Pepito Villaluz.




We see at Aaron’s creative process the drip paintings of New York artist Jackson Pollock. Combining the movement of his body as well as both controllable and uncontrollable factors with the viscous flow of paint, the force of gravity, and the absorption of paint, enamel, oil, and found objects into canvas, Aaron dramatizes both conscious reclamation and recreation of his childhood past and communal memory of his town and people.





Aaron’s works do not only de-familiarize and abstract his town’s rustic scenes. He contributes and constructs among these chaotic motions of pieces of what is, perhaps, Angono’s abstract art in the age of threatened Laguna Lake and towering SM Center Angono in the town where he found his faith life, and love.






The artworks will be on display until December 7 – January 7, 2015. For more details, you may contact 8260574. Admission is free.



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