MANILA: THE NIGHT IS RESTLESS, THE DAY IS SCORNFUL
MAYNILA: MAHAPDI ANG ARAW, MAALINSANGAN ANG GABI
Mike Adrao, Gabriel Barredo, Santiago Bose, Zean Cabangis, Jigger Cruz, Alfredo Esquillo, Dex Fernandez, Kawayan de Guia, José Legaspi, Pow Martinez, Alwin Reamillo, Kaloy Sanchez, Norberto Roldan, Jose Tence Ruiz and Tatong Torres
Curated by Norman Crisologo
ARNDT Singapore
12 July to 30 August 2014
Opening, 11 July 2014, 6-9 pm
The artists Pow Martinez, Alwin Reamillo, Norberto ‘Peewee’ Roldan and the curator Norman Crisologo
will be present at the opening.
The exhibition will be on view simultaneously at our space at Block 22, Gillman Barracks, and at our new space at Block 9, Gillman Barracks.
Manila is a city of extremes, and at a time that only the extreme makes an impression, it still manages to shock. To wander into its streets, to be among the crowds, to be caught in the din of history that barrages you at every corner is to participate in a drama that began centuries ago, but whose cries and whispers echo resound well into the present. The sacred and the profane, the amatory smiles and the feral gaze are all on display here, as the unforgiving sun of its days give way to the artificial neon of night.
This exhibition is a guided tour of Manila, by asking its best contemporary artists to act as Virgils ushering us into its depths as well as pointing out the stars of the darkened heavens above this infernal city.
Erwin Romulo, 2014
Please click here for a first selected preview of the art works exhibited.
Gallery opening hours: Wed – Sat, 11 am – 7 pm | Sun, 11 am – 6 pm
Contact: Sonia Jakimczyk, sonia@arndtberlin.com
