 | Zoom MANILA, Philippines - The 10 Mindanao regional winners of the Philippine Art Awards (PAA) have been chosen and their works are on view until Dec. 18 at the Exhibition Gallery, third floor, the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental in Cagayan de Oro. Governor Oscar Moreno played host to this years’ regional awarding. Beginning with its 2009-2010 competition season, PAA has accepted multi- dimensional works to accommodate many artistic styles and media being explored by artists today. “PAA is not just about painting. The admission of multi-dimensional works is most liberating for artists,” said Cid Reyes, a member of this year’s panel of judges. The other members are Cedie Vargas of the Lopez Memorial Museum; Dr. Patrick Flores of the UP Vargas Museum; artist Jose Tence Ruiz, and Ambie Abaño, president of the Print Association of the Philippines and 2006 PAA grand prize winner. The winners were Michael Bauzon of Davao City for his work “Bombings: Man’s Cruelty Against Man”; Bryan Cabrera of Davao City for “Consumed”; Soliman Poonon of Bukidnon for “Cultural Identity”; Michael Bacol of Cagayan de Oro City for his “A Story for Lola Basyang”; Edgar Carreon of Davao City for “Katawan at Kaluluwa”; Rodney Yap of Davao City for “Generations of Women: Adapting the Attempts to Proliferate”; Jericho Vamenta of Cagayan de Oro for “Ang Paglalakbay ni Ino”; Marcelino Necosia of Bukidnon for “Relasyon”; Nicolas Aca of Cagayan de Oro for “People’s Flower”; and Oscar Floirendo of Cagayan de Oro for “Self-Portrait, Too”. “We are heartened to see how the Mindanao winning artists have risen to the challenge: exploring idiosyncratic media like soil, fabric, and rattan; appropriating hyper- and surrealism as a vehicle of allegory; quoting from the photographic archives to structure reverie; and commenting on issues that are at once grave and intimate. All this cuts a sharp profile of art from Mindanao: lush and yet so keen on loss,” observed Dr. Patrick Flores of UP Vargas Museum. The 10 Mindanao winners received P40,000 each and will compete with 30 other winners from Metro Manila, Luzon and the Visayas region in the National Competition slated next year. All the regional winning works will be exhibited at the National Museum during the national competition. At the National Competition, the grand prize winner will receive P350,000; P120,000 each for the five Juror’s Choice Award of Excellence winners; and P80,000 each for the two Juror’s Choice Award of Merit winners. An all expense-paid trip to the World Expo and Art Fair in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China also forms part of the prize pool for all national winners. “The Philippine Art Awards can’t be done by Philip Morris Philippines alone. And through the years, our partners such as the National Museum, Asian Tigers Lane Moving Philippines, the distinguished panel of judges, our collection centers nationwide and our provincial hosts, have provided the needed infrastructure of expertise and resources on which the consistent credibility of the Awards is founded,” said Chris J. Nelson, managing director of PMPI. “Now in its 15th year, the Philippine Art Awards has served as gateway for emerging artists to be recognized nationally. It is also the only competition that showcases the winning works regionally, where local communities are given the chance to view the homegrown creative works,” added Bayen Elero, director of PMPMI corporate affairs. “We look forward in finding out the results of the judging of the entries from Luzon and Metro Manila today and the Visayas on Dec. 11. We are confident that the winning works from these regions will be another showcase of the superb talent of the Filipino contemporary artist,” said Cora Alvina, director of the National Museum. For inquiries, visit www.philippineartawards.org. | ||
Monday, December 21, 2009
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