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Monday, February 25, 2008 |
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Farley del Rosario’s fascination
with action figures
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After the well-received Singapore exhibit of his
“Playland” series, Farley del Rosario now takes play at a higher
level of critique by fusing distinctly Filipino elements with
Western popular culture and icons in his latest show “Action
Figures” at the Blanc art space in Makati.
In this collection, a version of 70’s favorite
Japanese anime Voltes Five is seen with lines for its neck and arms,
relieving heat with a native fan or pamaypay made of anahaw leaves
in I’m Hot.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Beautiful, blissful BATANES
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While artist-educator Araceli Limcaco Dans says that no painting or
photograph, no matter how expertly done, can capture the magnificent
beauty of Batanes, she and seven other artists displayed stunning
works of art in the recent preview of their exhibit “Glorious
Batanes!”
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Rats in New York City
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Taking off from the recent Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, Howie
Severino travels to New York City, the city with arguably the
world’s most notorious rodent problem.
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ART CAPSULE
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Poet-scholar to discuss
language and nationhood
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Language has always been a delicate issue in our country, one that
is complicated by considerations such as regionalism, politics, and
power.
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Taiwan Film Festival formally opens
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The Taiwan Film Festival and “Enchanting Taiwan” Photo Exhibit
formally opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tomas Aquinas
Research Center of the University of Santo Tomas.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Alcoholism is a
progressive disease
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Let’s talk about the most abused drug in the country and perhaps
everywhere in the world. I refer to alcohol. Though legal, it still
causes more pain and death than any of the drugs of abuse.
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