Foundation News

Alliance Française de Manille presents
Ofelia Gelvezón-Téqui
“Périgord Still Life”

Ofelia Gelvezón-Téqui, painter and printmaker, comes once again on her annual pilgrimage to her homeland with an offering of some twenty or so still life paintings on exhibit at the Alliance Française de Manille starting November 6.

This new body of works reveals an evolution of Gelvezón-Téqui’s colours from the bright tropical hues of her past paintings to more subtle chromaticisms of gray, green and yellow. The subject matter, late summer gourds and old provincial pottery, suggests a glimpse of the world where Gelvezón-Téqui now lives.

Having always inhabited big cities, it was an apprehension for her to move — upon her husband Marc’s early retirement — to live in Limeuil, a small village of 350 souls in the heart of the Périgord region. The Périgord, in the southwest part of France, is known for its foie gras and truffles, its thousand châteaux, its decorated prehistoric caves. But with her strong spirit and usual vivacity Gelvezón-Téqui tackled with enthusiasm this different lifestyle and learned to love country living. The artist drew inspiration from the old objects around her — a kitchen table that had seen generations of use, chipped ceramic pots and pitchers that contained long gone walnut oil and duck confit, colourful gourds harvested at the start of autumn. She composed numerous variations of her subject matter that gently ask us to reflect on memory and time.

The exhibit is on until November 28 at the Alliance Française Total Gallery, 209 Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Reposo), Bel Air 2, Makati. The artist’s reception shall be on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at Alliance Française de Manille’s Total Gallery. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm.

Gelvezón-Téqui has accepted the invitation of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines (MFP) to give an Artist’s Talk on her life and art in the Perigord at its Fellowship gathering for members and other interested guests at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the same venue. Admission fee for members is P100, for non-members P150, and for students P50.

For high resolution images of the artworks and more details about the said exhibit, or the said artist’s talk, kindly contact Mr. Olivier Dintinger (AFM Director) or Mr. Earl Parco (Cultural-PR Officer) at 895 7441 / 895 7585 or email odintinger@alliance.ph or cultural@alliance.ph.

The Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. and the Lopez Memorial Museum would like to invite you to participate in the Docent Training Program to be held at the Lopez Memorial Museum. The program will discuss the different kinds of tours that may be done, general tips on guiding, looking at art and writing a tourscript, among others. There will be two (2) whole day sessions (October 13 and 14, 9am-12noon, 1-4pm) and a half day session where the participants will asked to demonstrate their understanding of the principles and skills learned during the Docent Training Program.

The program will be facilitated by Ms Isabel Kenny. Ms Kenny has served as docent at the Los Angeles Country Museum (LACMA) and has facilitated the said program at the Lopez Museum, the National Museum and the Ayala Museum. Fee of Php2500.00 covers materials only. For more information, call 6312417.

Patricia Eustaquio
Death to the Major, Viva Minor
Opening reception on October 16
Thursday, 6PM
RSVP 8160044

A highly anticipated exhibition in a much-awaited space: the Silverlens Gallery Group is proud to open their second gallery, SLab (Silverlens Lab), with visual artist Patricia “Patty” Eustaquio. Opening on October 16,Thursday, 6 pm, the new gallery is connected via bridge to Silverlens.

Death to the Major, Viva Minor is Patricia Eustaquio’s first solo show in four years. In that time, she made headway as a sought-after designer making sculptural art worn as clothing. She continued to paint and sculpt for various group shows in that time, and her pieces were consistently sold out whether here in Manila or in Kuala Lumpur, but is only now making a firm return to her primary medium at SLab.

A Magna Cum Laude graduate of the UP Fine Arts Program, Eustaquio’s paintings and sculptures are commentary to J.S. Bach’s piano exercise The Well Tempered Clavier. There are pianos made of leather and lace, a violin with a stilled anatomic heart made of ceramic, and bird shapes—odes to music in silence. Her shaped canvases of floral silhouettes filled with feathers are fine examples and color and technique in the tradition of the Dutch masters. Eustaquio’s thought processes in creating her pieces are as well honed as her technique, making her an exciting contemporary artist.

Death to the Major, Viva Minor by Patricia Eustaquio runs from October 16 to November 22, 2008 at SLab. Eustaquio will be having an artist talk and film screening on November 15, Saturday, from 3-5pm.

Visit SLab at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City. Silverlens Gallery will be showing Isa Lorenzo, 003: The Moro Negatives simultaneously. For more information, call 8160044/09052650873, email manage@silverlensphoto.com or visit www.silverlensphoto.com / slab.silverlensphoto.com.

Museum Foundation of the Philippines cordially invites you

On October 04, 2008, Saturday,
from 10h am-12h noon at the Ablaza Hall
of the National Museum Gallery of Art

to hear Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo talk on:

Hidalgo, Bustamante and the Big Black Wolf

What is the lecture about?

“Hidalgo, Bustamante and the Big Black Wolf” begins with Felix R. Hidalgo’s painting “Assassination of Governor Bustamante”, a bequest of the Locsin Family to the National Museum. From the painting, Prof. Ocampo traces the history of the story of Governor Bustamante from the bloody events of the 18th century and how it spawned the novel “La Loba Negra” (The Black Wolf) previously believed to have been written by Fr. Jose Burgos, and now proven to be a forgery.

The lecture will try and weave the various strands of the Bustamante story and relate them with other times, other works.

About Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo:

Ambeth R. Ocampo is the Chairman of the National Historical Institute (NHI) and Associate Professor, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University.

He is a public historian, and writes a widely-read opinion page column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He has published fourteen (14) books, mostly compilations of his historical essays. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards.

For inquiries and reservations, please call Elvie Magpayo at MFPI office: 404-2685 or 0928-503-9392, or Flor Cortez at 722-9073, or Toni Bautista at 810-6912.

The Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. invites its members to a Fellowship activity on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 6pm at Silverlens Gallery.

Isa Lorenzo of Silverlens talks on

Collecting Photography

On view at the gallery are the works of visual artist, Noelle Katigbak Tan.

Rene Barbier wines will be served.

Silverlens Gallery is at 2330 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City.

For inquiry and attendance, please call MFPI office at 404 2685 or 0928 503 9392 and look for Elvie.