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Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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Horrifyingly beautiful
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The surreal works of Tatong Recheta Torres
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ARTISTS have the ability to capture in visual
form the darkest recesses of the human psyche. This is evident in
the works of 28-year-old artist Tatong Recheta Torres. Torres’
works are arresting not only due to their superb draftsmanship but
also mainly because of their surreal character. One element is
ubiquitous in Torres’ most recent body of works—the “fat
man.” The imagery, Torres discloses, was inspired by his ordeal
being ridiculed as a fat kid.
The “fat man” played the central figure of a
tyrant in Torres’ first exhibit at the Hiraya Gallery in 2006
entitled “Dominion.” Perhaps a form of catharsis of a long
buried anguish, he portrayed in watercolor and charcoal the hulking,
bulging creature as an avenger slaying slender figures that most
probably represent his tormentors long ago.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Exotic Tinguian art
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Marvel at a gilded indigenous heritage
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OFTEN glossed over in tourist brochures and
guides on Northern Philippines, the province of Abra holds a
storehouse of simple pleasures for the traveler who wants to imbibe
nature and culture in refreshing doses.
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Cultural Calendar
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• Until April 11: Artworks sale at the Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP) gift shop of works by Ferdinand Doctolero, Jess
Flores, Ben Cabrera, Jay Anthony Gonzales...
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Harper heads for the Wall
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Bambi Harper is Intramuros’ new administrator
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LONG a vanguard of Philippine culture, historian, heritage
conservationist, and columnist Ana Maria Harper, known
affectionately to many as Bambi, now serves as administrator of the
colonial walled city of Intramuros. Tourism Secretary Ace Durano
swore her into office on March 24.
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CULTURE
VULTURE
By Rome Jorge
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It’s time for
everyone to be a superhero
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Things are so bad in this country, we don’t need just heroes. We
need superheroes.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Start shooting and
ask questions later
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WHEN problems arise in your relationship, there is the tendency to
draw your gun, start shooting and ask questions later. The gun is
the mouth and the bullets the hurting words that are spoken in
anger.
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