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July 26, 2010
6-9pm
Silverlens Gallery celebrates MANILART 10 with STEREO 2 by Juan Caguicla and Christina Dy, July 27-31, 2010 at Silverlens
STEREO by Juan Caguicla and Christina Dy continues on July 27 at Silverlens Gallery. As a special extension of the Silverlens Show at MANILART 10 , the Philippines’ second international contemporary art fair to be held from July 30 to August 01 at the SMX Convention Center, Caguicla and Dy join Frankie Callaghan, Leslie de Chavez, Mariano Ching, Chati Coronel, Christina Dy, Wawi Navarozza, Gina Osterloh, Hanna Pettyjohn and Rachel Rillo.
Showcasing the second part of two series marrying Caguicla’s edgy photography and Dy’s large-scale charcoal drawings, Caguicla and Dy present only one image, albeit a very strong one. As in January’s STEREO 1, the two choose their body as their subjects to produce an altogether new and grotesque image. It is indeed “stereoscopic”, as described by mutual friend Raymond De Veyra, the source of the show’s name.
In this show, called STEREO 2, Caguicla and Dy go much further with what they bare and where they connect. And by also going much bigger in scale, STEREO 2 is meant to make an impact. There is a thrill in seeing it for the first time.
Complementing STEREO 2 is their collaboration for Brian Tenorio and Emi Jorge’s design exhibition, Tenorio/Jorge on Fifth Avenue, which ran from April 29 through May 22 in The Philippine Center in New York. “As a backdrop to Tenorio and Jorge’s designs are two of the most-photographed faces in the Philippines, Piolo Pascual and Angel Aquino – both excellent specimens of quintessential Filipino beauty.”* Caguicla photographed Pascual and Aquino while Dy drew on the decorative details. To highlight what is ‘Pinoy’, they thought to put together Pascual and Aquino’s iconic beauty and Catholic iconography.
As in STEREO 2, they lay out imagery that is familiar, full of detail and with perhaps a milieu of metaphors to be found. But the idea behind Caguicla and Dy’s work is not to prescribe, but rather to look with new eyes.
STEREO 2 is shown alongside Beautiful Inside My Head Forever with Martha Atienza, Bea Camacho, Sam Kiyoumarsi and Pow Martinez, curated by Norberto Roldan at SLab; and Sure Sure, Happy Happy, Picture Picture by Maria Jeona at 20SQUARE.
MANILART10 will be at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City from July 30 to August 01,2010. For more information and tickets, please visit www.manilart.com
Words: Bea Davila, Image: Juan Caguicla and Christina Dy, Piolo Pascual / Filipino (left), Angel Aquino / Filipina (right), 2010
* Words by Brian Tenorio (www.briantenorio.com)
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