Christian Tamondong
Chalk Zaldivar
Julius Redillas
ABOUT THE SHOW
As in the early theories of art, it was stated that there is a tendency for artists to copy figures and scenes directly from nature. Once, these imitations of nature were thought of as counterfeit. However, mimesis in art has come to embody more than just direct representations.
Mimesis has also come to mean a re-presentation of nature and of different subjects abound. In the exhibition of the same title, the embodiment of re-presentation is seen through the ways in which the artists transform notable figures of history and mythology into their own characters utilizing their impressive, individual style. What is re-presented is reconstructed using the artists’ own visual language that is indicative of their sophistication as pop and pop-surrealist artists.
Mimesis invites us to engage and take pleasure in the exuberant works of Julius Redillas, Christian Tamondong, and Chalk Zaldivar. The exhibition takes one on a journey to view Redillas’ phantasmagoric portraits mimicking familiar subjects, Tamondong’s cartoonish figures spiritedly emerging from the canvas, and Zaldivar’s comic provocations as an exegesis of imitation and re-presentation in the visual art.
The exhibition is an exploration on the representational nature of art and offers transcriptions from artists coming with diverse backgrounds and evolved stylistic re-presentations. The figures impressed depicted in distinct, individual manner are displayed in a way that would stimulate the curious and playful minds of the viewer and engage them in thought of the references of the various symbolic gestures found in each of the canvases.
– Drew Rabadon
