Beyond the Barrelman
Roberto Jamora. Perfect Lovers (Sundials), oil on canvas, 48 x 54, 2008
The latest Beyond the Barrelman exhibition opened on September 5th in Chicago. It includes 40 Filipino/Fil-Am artists. Our friend Roberto Jamora’s beautiful homage to Felix Gonzales-Torres (above) is featured in the exhibition.
The barrel man has also been identified as a part of Philippine culture […]
3 Designers to watch!
CUSP interviews Ivy Kirzhner of Dolce Vita. Interview here.
Melissa Dizon uses only natural fibers, like 100 percent organic cotton jersey that’s dyed by hand with tree bark and spices like turmeric and cardamom, then hand-stitched and hand-embroidered in Dizon’s native Philippines. [ source: dailycandy ]
Fashion designer Michelle Mangiliman opened her dream boutique five years ahead […]
Doveglion
Known as the “Pope of Greenwich Village,” Filipino writer José Garcia Villa was the only Asian poet among the literary giants of 1940s New York. John Edwin Cowen and Luis H. Francia discuss Doveglion, the centennial edition of Villa’s collected poetry (now available from Penguin Classics)
Listen here
Purchase a copy of Doveglion.
Remembering Weng Weng
Hey all. Our favorite designer friend Ivy Kirzhner (many of you may know as the lead of Aikostar - more on her later!), brought to our attention the life and work of the amazing Weng Weng.
LINKS:
Weng Weng on wikipedia
For Your Height Only on Amazon
A French site dedicated to Weng Weng
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Art In Site
Art In Site will be the Filipino magazine for artists, by artists, about artists.
For their 1st issue, they are giving artists the cover of the magazine to use as canvas, a blank sheet, a bullhorn, however you want to use it. With a print run of 3,000 copies, each magazine will have its own unique […]
Smile Project by Bren Bataclan
Bren Bataclan goes to New York City with 115 paintings for folks to take for free in New York City next week. This is his most extensive Smile Project to date (30 paintings in Boston on Oct. 2003 was his previous max).
“the painting is yours if you promise to smile at random people more […]