rishab's posts with tag: paintings
|  | Some of my recent works shown at Bliss Cafe, Hotel Elizabeth, Gibraltar Rd., Baguio City. Duration of the exhibition - July 19 to August 25 2008.
> Boat of Emptiness - ( installation art )
> Homage to Frida Kahlo - 36"X48" - acrylic
> TimeBound - 36"x48" - acrylic
> Into the depths of Calypso's dream - 30"x40" -acrylic |
'Florante at Laura' exhibition at 1/Of Gallery Florante at Laura, an exhibition inspired by the epic poem of Francisco Baltazar (also known as Balagtas) of the same title, will be shown at 1/Of Gallery in Shops at Serendra, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, from July 20 to 31, 2008. Celebrating the visual arts and literature, the exhibition features 22 figurative paintings inspired by different sections of the literary masterpiece and a sculptural introductory piece, all based on the edition edited by National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario. The artworks, reflecting a variety of styles, were made by Mark Arcamo, Buen Calubayan, Caña, Salvador J. Ching, Convocar, Marc Cosico, Cris Cruz, Leonilo Doloricon, Egai Talusan Fernandez, Alfred Galvez, Juan Sajid Imao, Jon Jaylo, Jerome Malic, Wilfredo Offemaria Jr., Vincent Padilla, Jonathan Rañola, Laya Roman, Don Salubayba, Fernando Sena, Rex Tatlonghari, Roger "Rishab" Tibon, Inna Vitasa and Janice Liuson Young. The exhibit was first staged during the Komedya Fiesta 2008 1st National Festival in February at the University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum. Meanwhile, the UP Diliman Chancellor's Office, under Chancellor Sergio S. Cao, has just published a UP Centennial edition of Florante at Laura which will be available at 1/Of Gallery. The full-color, softbound book features a reconstruction of the Balagtas text by Almario, an English translation by poet Marne Kilates and all the artworks featured in the exhibition. In the book's introduction, Cao says that the UP Centennial edition of Florante at Laura is not only a tribute to its acclaimed author, but is also an offering meant to broaden the appreciation for a Filipino classic. "Indeed, there is no better way to mark a university's one hundred years of history in molding young minds than by honoring one of the country's most enduring literary legacies. This book will certainly help us rediscover Balagtas. It is sure to deepen our interest in a celebrated masterpiece and make us realize how one man's work can transcend the ages and inspire people of another lifetime," notes Cao. Almario, who is also the dean of the UP College of Arts and Letters, calls Balagtas the "First Filipino Poet", claiming that the latter – through Florante at Laura – demonstrated a poet's power. For the first time, notes Almario, a poet dared to challenge his readers (in the exhortation "Sa Babasa Nito") to carefully consider his written words because these would be of immense use to them. "In a way, Balagtas broke free from the shackles of colonialism and paved the way towards freedom for the likes of Rizal, Bonifacio and many generations of contemporary poets," Almario points out. For more details, call 901-3152.
 Artist's Statement:
The mind is a subtle, multi-dimensional environment of images, symbols, words, feelings and emotions. It is a complex self-organizing and patterning system. An active mechanism that morphs and manifests in limitless forms, fusing, synthesizing and juxtaposing images, words emotions, etcetera in seemingly random and senseless ways, wherein everything is inter-related and interconnected, stringed with a thread visible only to wide and open minds. My paintings are frozen fractions of the mind's activity - recreated intuitively on flat canvasses of acrylics. Surreal pictures where reality and fantasy waltz in the depths of dreams, daydreams and the subconscious. Each painting is open-ended. There is no fixed interpretation or definite meaning. All the elements can be taken literally or symbolically acoording to the whims and personal experiences of the viewer.
| | Rishab's 6th Solo Painting and Installation Art Exhibition
July 19, 6:30 PM, Bliss Cafe - Hotel Elizabeth, Gibraltar Rd., Baguio City |
| Start: | Jul 19, '08 6:30p | | End: | Aug 19, '08 | | Location: | Bliss Cafe - Hotel Elizabeth, Gibraltar Rd., Baguio City |
Rishab's 6th Solo Painting and Installation Exhibit
‘Love Stories’ exhibit raises funds for Basilan scholars Art and romance make a lovely pair in Love Stories, a fund-raising exhibition of paintings and photographs organized by the Philam Foundation for its scholars in Basilan. The exhibit runs from February 11 to 20 at the Philam Lobby on U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Manila. Comprised of visual narratives on romance, Love Stories features the paintings of Wilfredo Alicdan, Mark Arcamo, Caña, Convocar, Marc Cosico, Joe Datuin, Vincent Padilla, Sherwin Tan, Roger “Rishab” Tibon and Inna Vitasa, and the photographs of Paul Escobar, Edwin Loyola, Martin Macalintal, Peter Marquez, Kaye Pizarro, Vic Sollorano and Harvey Tapan. Held in celebration of National Arts Month and the Valentine season, Love Stories will open on February 11, Monday, at 6 p.m. To underscore the exhibit’s theme, the opening-night program will feature poets Vim Nadera, Mike Coroza, Teo Antonio and Marra Lanot reading love poems and poet Pete Lacaba crooning his “salinawit” – romantic songs which he himself translated from English to Filipino. Love Stories is specifically intended to build up resources for the Aid for Basilan Children (ABC) Fund, a project of the Philam Foundation in partnership with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) since 2002. The ABC Fund sends over 500 children to school in war-torn Lamitan, Basilan, providing them with uniforms, books, school supplies and supplemental feeding over a period of six years to cover their elementary education. Through the years, various components such as a mentoring program, remedial sessions, teacher training and audio-visual materials have helped improve the learning capabilities of students as well as the teaching skills of the instructors. In 2007, the Philam Foundation and the PBSP reached an agreement to sustain the scholars’ secondary education. Through the Love Stories exhibit, Philam is creating a synergy between the various causes it upholds – promoting Philippine art and artists while also raising funds for its scholars. Starting with Love Stories, the Philam Foundation is looking at revitalizing the insurance company’s arts program this year. Already recognized for its corporate social responsibility efforts in Health, Education, Arts & culture and Livelihood and enterprise development (HEAL), the foundation wants to further strengthen its role in the field of arts. This is a nod to its history as a premiere supporter of the arts. Philamlife on U.N. Avenue was among the country’s pioneers in hosting exhibitions in the 1960s with its Lobby shows drawing crowds of art enthusiasts and patrons. In recent years, the Philamlife Theater, also on U.N. Avenue, has been home to the acclaimed Manila Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). Philamlife has produced Christmas CDs like “Payapang Pasko” (2004), featuring the MPO playing traditional Filipino Christmas songs arranged for an orchestra and “Iyo Kailan Pa Man” (2005), featuring traditional Filipino kundimans or love songs as sung by the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers. For inquiries on Love Stories and the ABC Fund, please call the Philam Foundation at 526-9449/ 526-9446 or e-mail philamfoundation@aig.com.
| | An international travelling exhibition - Kongju National Museum (September), Incheon Gallery Space Beam (October), Gallery Artspace C, Cheju Island (November) - South Korea. |
timeworks
grinding
spinning
in what seems
for eternity
the hands of time
with utmost precision
sets everything
in harmonious motion
tiny atoms
vast universes
the three worlds
animate and inanimate
from one form to another
orchestrating
balancing
the endless cycle
of creation
maintenance
destruction
but
indifferent to all
even to itself
the aged clock
breathless
succumb to
degradation
its hands and gears
frozen
beaten
eaten
by the unforgiving rust
still
its immortal spirit
almost invisibly
endures
steadfast
in its silent journey
untouched
unwavering
along its course
it heal broken spirits
broken hearts
yet
kill
annihilate
mercilessly
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