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Monday, March 12, 2007 |
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The Legacy of
Francesco Riccardo Monti |
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By Perry Gil
S. Mallari
His works have
become familiar markers in the Philippines’ urban landscape but
save for a few who are in the know, Italian sculptor Francesco
Riccardo Monti is virtually an unfamiliar name among Filipino art
patrons. Among the most visible of his works are the Siamese Dancer
displayed at the exterior of the Metropolitan Theater in Manila;
Santo Domingo located at the façade of the Santo Domingo Church in
Quezon City; and the two untitled identical figures of a woman and a
carabao—one found in Bacolod City and other in the Bureau of
Animal Husbandry compound in Quezon City.
Monti came to
the Philippines in 1930 from Cremona, Italy, and stayed in the
country until his death on August 11, 1958. He teamed up with local
artists and architects during this period and also taught fine arts
at the University of Santo Tomas from 1948 to 1958 where he was the
first to teach sculpture classes. Among his students who became
luminaries in the art world are Virginia Ty-Navarro, Leonardo
Hidalgo, Ting Ping Lay and Ang Kiukok.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Supersized art
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We live in the
age of the shopping mall. We live our lives there. You can have your
workout, your liposuction procedure, your tarot reading sessions and
even your holy communion as well shopping at all in one place.
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Grand dame of US
theater visits RP
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Theater icon
Ellen Stewart, though fragile on a wheelchair, defied odds and
traveled all the way from New York City to grace the National Arts
Month celebration of the National Culture Commission for the Arts (NCCA).
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‘Natural’ an
art exhibit by Cota Deles-Yabut
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MANY art
lovers will be very eager to view an art exhibit of black and white
drawings by Cota Deles-Yabut, Mentored by the Masters, Fernando
Amorsolo and Guillermo Tolentino, Cota, a graduate of the UP College
of Fine Arts...
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Ambeth Ocampo
talks on Tsinoy: Mestizo
Art in Colonial Times at Ayala Museum
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The discussion
is in line with an ongoing exhibit Tsinoy: Mestizo Art in Colonial
Times, which offers an insight into the works of 19th century Tsinoy
artisans.
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CULTURE
VULTURE
By Rome Jorge
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Election culture
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Our
politicians don’t deserve our country. They don’t care about
party affiliations, ideology or even past criminality. They switch
political parties like their parties didn’t stand for anything but
alliances of convenience.
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GLOBAL
VILLAGE
By Manny
Baldemor
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Reminiscing about
Jerusalem
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Israel is
described as the Promised Land “flowing with milk and honey” but
it is definitely far more than that. It is also a land of wheat and
barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates and olive trees.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Get a grip
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One of the
possessions I value very much is just about worthless if you
consider its monetary value. You see, I often have great difficulty
opening the cover of a jar, an ink bottle, even the cork of a honey
bottle.
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