Galerie Francesca presents Chance Encounters, an exhibition of six painters and a poet, whose works deal somehow, with chance. Chance, is often viewed as a stroke of luck, and therefore, is often opposed to skill. However, as this exhibit attempts to show, chance often works for the prepared mind. Novelist and journalist Scott Anderson says, “History is often the tale of small moments—chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidence—that seem of little consequence at the time, but somehow fuse with other small moments to produce something momentous, the proverbial flapping of a butterfly’s wings that triggers a hurricane.”
Artists Louie Ignacio, Cid Reyes, Joy Rojas, and Fred Tan, rely heavily on the beauty that fluid paint produces. Working with the flow of paint on textured surfaces, these artists work in harmony with their medium, and the earth’s gravitational pull; to create dynamic abstract works which evoke emotion. Their aesthetic choices are manifested through skillful use of chance as they flick, pour, mix and scrape paints of their peculiar palettes. Collectively, their work exemplifies a deep respect and understanding of their medium, and a peculiar acceptance of it, resulting to working with it, instead of on it.
Sio Montero on the other hand is preoccupied with wear and tear as they manifest time’s passing. His work involves scraping off and peeling off layers of paint, to show what lies beneath. His wabi-sabi aesthetic seems to illustrate an acceptance of impermanence and the transitory nature of life.
Painter Fitz Herrera tries to create harmony by juxtaposing opposing visual elements – dull versus bright, colorful versus neutral, textured versus smooth, and sharp versus undefined. In creating the works, each element is a reaction to something that is already there. The end, of course, is like a tapestry of life, where harmony is achieved between these different and differing elements.
Oliver Ortega provides autopoetry, poems created from removing words from existing works by other artists. Like the works of the painters, his poetry tries to mine the inner and hidden beauty of what is out there, and in plain sight.
Artists:
Fitz Herrera
Louie Ignacio
Sio Monetera
Joy Rojas
Cid Reyes
Fred Tan
Oliver Ortega
Chance Encounters is presented by Galerie Francesca Festival Mall in Alabang located at Unit 3319 2nd Level Festival Mall Expansion Wing Civic Drive Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang Muntinlupa City 1770. It is curated by Ricky Francisco. It opens on October 7 and ends on Oct 19, 2018. For inquiries please call (+632) 659-2667/ 5709495.