Scattering

A Group Exhibition
25 May – 5 July 2022

Likened to the dispersal of light during twilight, the exhibition is titled Scattering as different colors are seen to be thrown in all kinds of directions on their canvases. As they operate in different wavelengths, these artists work with the same material—color. It links one painting to another. It is the element present in all works of painting, and it seems that it is the only thing that one sees in a work of abstraction. 

Devoid of any figures or apparent subjects, abstract art primarily uses different pigments on a surface to leave a mark. Often, these marks are done spontaneously and there is chaos perceived on the canvas. However, for abstract artists Emil Alarcon, Andre Baldovino, Fitz Herrera, and Beatrix Syjuco, what is outwardly in disarray in their canvas is ordered in accordance with their individual styles. This is how one can recognize and differentiate one work from another. 

Alarcon’s works are known to possess the thick impasto he has masterfully swayed to depict abstract subjects; Baldovino’s scenic abstract expressionist style takes after his great uncle, the National Artist Jose Joya; Herrera’s works, deeply influenced by music, take the form of a colorful symphony of beats and notations and Syjuco’s abstraction offers a look into the illusory nature of the unknown.