Indonesia-based artist
Arkiv Vilmansa will be back in Manila for his second solo show titled "RELICS" - launching December 16th @
Vinyl on Vinyl @ The Collective (7274 Malugay St Makati). Thus far we have the show flyer-image (above-left) and a WIP artwork (above-right) to share. Also check out event snaps of Arkiv's OUT OF NOTHING show @ VoV in Dec 2010
HERE = one year anniversary, yes? Nice! Meanwhile check out the event-write-up posted below:
RELICS: "This exhibition marks the artist exploring the felt abstraction of memory, trying to capture the spirit of the Phillipines as he remembers it, rather than representing it figuratively. These works communicate the retained fragments of times past, that are now returning - as relics to the present. Memory is inaccurate and prejudiced, but theybestow depth to experiences and make them unique. These paintings do not directly show us coastal lines, palm trees and the turquoise sea of the tropics, but the experience of these phenomena as they are preserved in the artistís memory. His unique, curvaceous lines and luscious colours dance elegantly on these canvases as if to a graceful rythm. A rhythm we cannot hear, but feel. Memory is a wild terrain, where one could so easily lose their way.
This exhibition marks Vilmansa's way of taming the wilderness, to make sense of his memories, in order to share that experience with others." - by Mitha Budhyarto.
