Art in a time of hunger

In 2012, in one of the first major exhibits and works of Ronald Ventura after his record-breaking sale at a Sotheby’s auction, he built an exhibit around the bul-ol, creating giant and miniature versions, striking contemporary poses and layered with pop culture images; it would also become the centerpiece of Art Fair Philippines 2013.

That same year, AX(iS) Art Project brought the Cordilleras to the Singapore Biennale, filling a wall with bul-ols as it built a historical re-writing of the changes that affected the region’s becoming.