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By Rome Jorge, Lifestyle
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“Bukal ng Apoy at Tubig
[Spring of Fire and Water]”
by Jerry Morada, 50x48, oil
on canvas |
Summer brings about the most intense colors. In
a season mad with festivals, fruits ripen and flowers bloom to
riotous colors under the harsh tropical glare. The same sunlight
that gave Amorsolo’s bucolic paintings their white-hot edge now
colors our fever dreams. Haunting images take on the theatrical
hues. Jungian symbols acquire a pulsating iridescence. The summer
even colors the season’s paintings.
Jerry Morada and Mario Parial open their exhibit
at the Centre Gallery and Main Gallery respectively of Galerie
Joaquin Main on March 27 at 7 p.m. Both internationally renowned and
recognized by auctions, the two artists both explore the festivities
and the colors of summer. But the art of Morada and Parial could not
be more different.
Morada’s exhibit, entitled “Obra Pro Nobis,”
demonstrates his precise representational skills. They are at par
with the best surrealists of today. But many of today’s dream
painters use gothic conventions of cadaver-white bodies and sparse
backgrounds of rust, grey and black—conventions rendered trite by
anyone who has seen the cover artwork by Dave McKean for Neil
Gaiman’s Sandman comic book series. Instead, Morada’s paintings
have all the detail, color and theatricality of our most vivid and
haunting dreams. Much like the works of René Magritte, his
thought-provoking images trigger one’s own mind to wander into the
subconscious.
The 39-year-old Morada is a favorite of the
Southeast Asian auction circuit, his works prominently included in a
recent exhibit in Singapore. He is one of the most promising artists
today.
For his part, 63-year-old Parial captures the
vibrancy of the season with his exhibit entitled “Festivo.” His
otherworldly portrayal of idealized festivals uses feverish colors
that seem to irradiate one with their overly saturated hues. His
portrayal of rural folk has them all smiling placidly with generic
mask-like faces and marionette-like poses—there is much more to
his images than meets the eye.
A versatile veteran artist whose mediums include
print, sculpture and photography, Parial has created paintings that
have been sold at Sotheby’s. Like Morada, Parian hones his skills
at the College of Fine Arts of the University of Santo Tomas and
went on claim numerous awards.
Jerry Morada and Mario Parial—two men with two
very different visions of summer—bring the colors of the season to
the canvas this March.
Galerie Joaquin is located at 371 P. Guevarra
Street corner Montessori Lane, Addition Hills, San Juan, Metro
Manila.For details, call 723-9253, 723-9418 or visit
www.galeriejoaquin.com.
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