Foundation News

The Opposite of Pleasant
Talk by Jose Santos Ardivilla
November 15, 2008, Saturday, 2-4 pm
Fee: Php120.00, discount for student groups of at least 30 persons
Lopez Memorial Museum

Fernando Amorsolo is often described as a gentleman. Perhaps it is for this reason that few associate him with political cartoons, described as ‘ungentlemanly art’ because of their subject matter and the manner in which these are dealt with in the artform. Amorsolo’s pen and ink cartoons, however, show that he ventured occasionally into the realm of the fool of the court, making funny but mostly true accounts and significant commentary of the day. To discuss the significance of Amorsolo’s cartoons and other editorial cartoons in the configuration of Filipino identity, the Lopez Memorial Museum, with the support of First Philippine Holdings, has invited Jose Santos Ardivilla to give a talk on November 15, Saturday, 2-4 pm.

Jose Santos Ardivilla, a cartoonist, has lectured on political cartooning and mass-produced art during the American Colonial Period in the Philippines and on the cultural value of political cartoons and Filipino komiks. Mr Ardivilla has represented the Philippines in the Nihon Shimbon Kyokai and Confederation of ASEAN Journalists, and in the Witty World Conference. Apart from exhibitions and articles for publications, Mr Ardivilla teaches at the UP Manila.

The talk complements the exhibition Tell-tale: The Artist as Storyteller, Amorsolo as Co-Author, ongoing until April 4, 2009. The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours are Mondays-Saturdays, 8am-5pm, except holidays. For more information, please call Ms. Fanny San Pedro or Ms. Jane Pagkalinawan at 6312417 or email admin@lopez-museum.org.

Alliance Française de Manille
and
Museum Foundation of the Philippines

Presents

Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi “PERIGORD STILL LIFE”

Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi, 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 Gelvezon-Tequi’s colours from the bright tropical hues of her past paintings to more subtle chromaticisms of grey, green and yellow. The subject matter, late summer gourds and old provincial pottery, suggests a glimpse of the world where Gelvezon-Tequi 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 Perigord region. The Perigord, in the Southwest part of France, is known for its “foei gras” and truffles, its thousand chateaux, its decorated prehistoric caves. But with her strong spirit and usual vivacity Gelvezon-Tequi 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 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 Francaise de Manille’s Total Gallery. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm.

Gelvezon-Tequi 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 Fees
Members: P100.00
Non-members: P150.00
Students: P50.00

Rene Barbier wine will be served.
(Sponsored by: ADP Industries Corporation)

For more details about the artist’s talk and for confirmation of attendance, kindly contact Elvie Magpayo of the Museum Foundation of the Philippines at Telefax no.: 404-2685, mobile no.: 0928-503-9392 or email add: elvie.magpayo@gmail.com or call 810-6912 and look for Ms. Tonie Bautista, or call at 722-9073 and look for Flor Cortez.

Stories on Philippine Art
Academia: Art Schooling of Filipino Artists in the 19th century
with Mr Jose Maria A. Cariño
September 13, 2008, Saturday, 2-4 pm
Fee: Php50.00 for students, Php100.00 for Museum Foundation members, Php150.00 for non-Museum Foundation members
Contact Person: Ms Fanny San Pedro/Ms Jane Pagkalinawan/Ms Elvie Magpayo
Contact Details: 6312417/4042685/ admin@lopez-museum.org

The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid was established in 1744 by a royal decree of Felipe V. The king was encouraged to do so by painter Antonio Meléndrez who cited the examples of Rome, Flanders, Florence and Paris, and by the work of Italian sculptor Domenico Oliviero who established a sculpture workshop in the Palacio Real Nuevo. Now a museum and gallery, the Academia’s directors have included Francisco Goya and its students Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The said academy is significant in Philippine art history as some of the Filipino masters have received training there. Among them are Juan Luna, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, Fernando Amorsolo. Prior to receiving training in Spain, these artists were schooled in the Philippines, and they also went to Rome after Spain. To discuss the three (3) Academias established in the Philippines as well as Academia in Spain and in Rome where 19th century Filipino artists went, the kind of training in the Academia and the Filipino artists who received training there, the Lopez Memorial Museum and the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc invited Mr. Jose Maria Cariño to give a talk on September 13, 2-4 pm at the Lopez Memorial Museum.

Mr. Cariño has written a book on Philippine art in Spain, Jose Honorato Lozano and on paintings on shells, among others. He is career diplomat whose latest assignment is as Director, Office of United Nations and other International Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs in 2005. The Stories on Philippine Art lecture series aims to create more awareness of various personalities, art forms and practices in the country. For more information and for reservations, call 6312417 or 4042685 or email admin@lopez-museum.org. The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City.

The Creative Process: Drawing From the Well Within
a talk by Rose Yenko

silverlens gallery invites everyone to attend the last activity for Denise Weldon’s exhibit, EverydayLight. This coming Saturday, November 10, Rose Yenko will be giving a talk on “The Creative Process: Drawing from the Well Within” from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. This activity will also mark the last day of EverydayLight at silverlens.

Everydaylight is a show that is not just meant to be seen, but to be experienced. In it, the artist celebrates the spaces, or pauses that occur thousand-fold during the course of a day. This state is often referred to as that of the witness, and it is from this state that her images come.

Everydaylight is about being mindful and in awe of light and its outer and inner forms being acutely aware of its movement, its diversity and its constancy and being in gratitude for the pauses in life that allow us to be spectator of the beauty that abounds in the everyday.

Denise Weldon graduated with degree on Studio Arts, with a concentration on Photography from Wheaton College in the United States. Now living in the Philippines, she has been based in Asia for the past thirty-seven years. She has worked on commercial projects with companies such as ABS CBN Publishing, Asiaweek Magazine, Ayala Corporation, Ballet Philippines, Bench, Globe Telecom, Mega Magazine, Metro Magazine, People Asia, Philippine Tatler, and The Philippines Yearbook, among others.

silverlens gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2, Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10 to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 1 to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044, 09052650873 or email manage@silverlensphoto.com.

Dear Friends,

Please find attached an invitation to:An Insider’s Guide to Mounting Exhibitions which will be held on November 23, 2007, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Ortigas Foundation Library (morning) and the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library (afternoon).

A one day seminar which will discuss the Intellectual (researching), Conceptual and Practical (organizing) elements of mounting small and temporary exhibitions on art and history. Guest Speakers will be Ambeth Ocampo (Intellectual element), John Silva (Conceptual element) and Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez (Practical element).

For further information please call 631.2417 or 631.1231 local 222 or email maticat@ortigas.com.ph

An Insider’s Guide to Mounting Exhibitions is a collaborative project of the Lopez Museum and Ortigas Foundation Library which aims to promote and create more interest in history, culture and the arts.