Start:	Jan 17, '08
End:	Jan 31, '08
Location:	Utterly Gallery ( Singapore )

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STRANGEWAYS

Human beings may be at the top of the evolutionary pyramid, but hardly behave as noble and enlightened masters of God’s creation. Instead as portrayed by Barrioquinto, they seem to dwell in a tragic twilight, living out wretched existences of their own devising. A keen observer of human failings, the artist paints desperate souls longing for all available representations of affection in this world… wanting to possess every woman, man or object of satisfaction, and still being discontented in the end. The show is about man’s greatest, and most insatiable desire — to love, and be loved in return.



A continuation of the artist’s evolving ‘blue period’, Strangeways manifests as a despondent blend of Barrioquinto’s fractured cubism, increased shades of blue, compositional dynamism and an eeriness due to a disturbing distortion of the human face and anatomy. Infused with a greater sense of narrative and attention to background details, they tell sorrowful stories of the human condition: the mama’s boy who clings to his parent, the unwanted daughter who gets in the way of her mother’s conquests, the perversion of a national figure, the futile wait of a single man for his true love, the disturbing affection of a stepfather for his youngest daughter... Strangeways is Barrioquinto’s visual chronicle of daily events and broken characters as seen through the surreal filters of his eyes — subtle, gloomy, and somewhat ironic.

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click the image to see other paintings of andres barrioquinto.


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Start:	Oct 30, '07 7:00p
End:	Nov 30, '07
Location:	unit 502 fss bldg. no.20 scout tuazon cor. sct. castor st. QC

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The three man show parades the distinction
of the peculiarities of man into the exceptional
who are branded unconventional and often rejected
by many, the eccentric who are embraced and
well-favored and those who are tepid and in between.








another important event na aabangan nyu lahat.
three contemporary artist na astig ang mga paintings!
all artist out there im calling all your attention... this is a must!

you may contact the gallery for questions and other
details that you want to ask.

(02)3765948 or 84


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etu yung isang libro na trip kong ma purchase. gawa ng Canvas. nakakaaliw kasi yung story pati illustration. isinulat ni FERNANDO ROSAL GONZALEZ at pinta ni Rodel Tapaya-Garcia.
nilalagay ko dito dagdag inspirasyon. para balik balikan ko. syempre para maalala ko rin na bibilhin ko ito.

enjoy reading.

“Ang Batang Maraming Bawal” is the winner of CANVAS’ second annual Romeo Forbes Children’s Storywriting Competition, and is a simple tale of innocent hope and imagination.

Written originally in Filipino, our biggest difficulty was the title, for which we could not find any appropriate translation.

Suggested English titles like “The Boy Who Couldn’t Do Much,” “The RX Kid,” “The Boy Who Couldn’t” or, what probably is the closest translation, “The Boy Who Wasn’t Allowed to Do a Lot of Things” – all couldn’t capture the spirit and humor of the original title.

In the end, we chose the easiest solution, which was to simply refuse to translate the title.

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Kung ang ibang bata, takot sa ospital, ako yata, sa lahat ng mga bata
 ang maninibago sakaling lumipas ang isang buwan na hindi man lamang
 nakakadalaw sa aking doktor.

Kami raw ang mga batang sa pagkasilang pa lang ay mayroon ng mga
kapansanan. Sabi ng iba, kami raw ang mga tipo ng bata na kahit kailanman
ay hindi tatanda. Ang tawag nila sa akin, si Romeong Mapangarapin.
Mahilig daw kasi akong managinip nang gising.  At napansin din ng iba na
ilang buwan pa lang nang ipinanganak ako, parati na akong nagtututuro ng
mga bagay na kahit kailanman ay hindi ko maaabot.

Nawili akong pagmasdan mula sa ituktok ng bahay namin ang mga paisa-isang
lobong kumakawala sa tuwing may kaarawan sa kapitbahay. Nahilig din ako
sa pagtanaw sa mga ibon sa alapaap, sa mga paruparong tumatalon-talon
sa bawat bulaklak, at maging sa bahaghari.

Sa panaginip ko, parati akong lumilipad.
Kapag binabanggit ko ang mga ito kay Tatay, nangingiti lang siya sa akin.
“Mahilig ka kasing manood ng mga paborito mong superheroes sa TV,
” sinasabi niya. “Kaya dala mo hanggang sa panaginip ang paglipad tulad nila.”

Kapag nagigising na ako sa totoong mundo, pakiramdam ko’y muli na
namang mananaig ang kalungkutan, ang pakiramdam na ako’y nag-iisa
- malayo sa mga bata, malayo sa laro.

“Huwag kang lumabas ng bahay, Romeo.
Bawal sa iyo ang tumakbo at baka ikaw ay madapa.
Bawal sa iyo ang magalusan o masugatan.
Bawal sa iyo ang magkapasa.
Bawal sa iyo ang makipaglaro ng ball games dahil baka
matamaan ka kung hindi ng kalaro mo, ay ng bola…”

Kaya madalas, mas inaasam-asam ko ang bumalik na lang sa aking mundo
 ng mga pangarap. Sa mundong iyon, malaya kong nagagawa ang mga
bagay na kahit kailan ay hindi ko maisasakatuparan sa totoong mundo.

Isang araw, napag-isip ako.
Totoo kayang ang mundo’y para lang
Sa malalakas,
Sa magagaling,
Sa mabibilis,
Sa mahuhusay,
Sa mga maliliksi?

Buti na lamang at nandoon si Tatay para kausapin ako.
“Tandaan mo, anak. Hindi mo man magawa ang ibang bagay, hindi iyan
makasasagabal sa mga bagay na maaari mong gawin.  Nandito kami
ng nanay mo para suportahan ka.”

May kakayahan daw akong lumikha ng mga tula, isang bagay na
ikinatutuwa ng ilan kong mga guro sa paaralan.

    Saan nga ba pumupunta ang hangin
    Kung hindi sa mga awitin?
    Kahit pa ang mga daho’y nalalaglag
    Ang puno’y nananatiling matatag

“Saan mo hinuhugot ang mga katagang iyan, Romeo?” tanong minsan
sa akin ni Inay.
“Ginagaya ko lamang po si Balagtas!” biro ko sa kanya.

Mga aklat at babasahin ang malimit kong kasama. At pinuno ko ng mga
tula and mga kwaderno ko sa paaralan.

    Ang nais ko’y makasama kayo
    Para hindi na ako nag-iisa
    Pero naisip ko, bakit ba ang maya
    Lumayo ma’y bumabalik rin sa kanyang Ina?

“Makata ka talaga!” Tuwang-tuwa si Inay nang minsang mabasa
ang isinulat ko.
Niyakap niya ako. Ako na ang pumigil sa kanya.
“Inay, huwag masyadong mahigpit, at baka magkapasa ako!”

Isang gabi gumawa ako ng tula para sa aking mga magulang.

    Kung Bakit Espesyal Kayong Dalawa Sa Akin
    Ni Romeong Mapapangarapin
    Para kayong asukal sa matabang na kape
    Ang asin na pampalasa sa ulam na kare-kare
    Yelong pampalamig sa gulaman at sago
    Ang sari-saring ulam sa nag-iisang kaning ako!

“Ano bang gusto mo para sa iyong kaarawan?” Minsan ay nabanggit
sa akin ni Tatay.
“Gusto ko, ‘Tay, ng mga bagay na lumilipad – tulad ng lobo, ulap, ibon, o bahaghari…”
Dahil magaling na pintor si tatay, ngumiti na lang siya at sinimulang gumuhit
sa kanyang kuwadro.
Nang dumating ang aking kaarawan, masaya niyang ibinigay sa akin ang
kuwadro – buhay na buhay niyang iginuhit ang mga bagay na
paboritong-paborito ko: mga lobo, ulap, ibon, at iba pang mga bagay na lumilipad.

Kinagabihan, lubos ang kasiyahan ko nang ako’y makapanaginip na
ako daw ay nakasabit sa parachute at pirmeng tinatangay ng hangin
at hindi makalapag-lapag sa lupa.
“Paano kaya kung libutin ko ang buong Pilipinas sa loob ng isang araw?”
bulong ko sa sarili.
Wala na’ng kalarong mangangantiyaw sa akin. Walang mga nanunukso.
At higit sa lahat, wala nang bawal na maaari kong gawin.

Tila yata may nakarinig sa kahilingan kong mamasyal at libutin ang
buong Pilipinas sa loob ng isang araw.
Noong gabing iyon, ang dami kong narating.
Tangay-tangay ng higanteng parachute, nakita ko ang malawak na
Banaue Rice Terraces, ang Bulkang Mayon, at maging ang mayuming
Hundred Islands ng Pangasinan.

Masayang hinagod ng mga mata ko ang mga palayan sa Central Luzon,
ang mga makasaysayang simbahan sa Ilocos, at ang mga balyenang
lumulutang sa Donsol.

At kay haba-haba pala ng San Juanico Bridge na nagdurugtong sa
Samar at Leyte! Kay taas din ng Mt. Apo at kay rikit ng Pagsanjan Falls!

Nagising ako na kipkip sa dibdib ang kuwadro. Uhaw na uhaw akong
gumising at uminom agad ng isang basong tubig. Parang ang layo ng
napasyalan ko!
Sabi ni Tatay, mukhang masayang-masaya daw ako habang natutulog
dahil nakatodo ngiti raw ako.
“Tatay, napakaganda pala ng Pilipinas!”
“Talaga? Paano mo nasabi? Hindi ka pa naman nakakalayo dito sa
ating bayan ah?”
“Basta, sa mga panaginip ko, nakita kong na na napakaganda pala
ng bayan natin!”

“O, magbihis ka na. Lalakad na tayo.” Paalala ni Tatay.
Mayamaya lang ay pupunta muli kami sa doktor para sa aking
regular checkup.
At hindi na ako makapaghintay dahil ikukuwento ko sa aking doktor
at maging sa ilang kapwa ko pasyente ang nangyari sa aking masayang
paglalakbay!


http://canvas.ph/Ang_Batang_Maraming_Bawal.htm


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Start:	Aug 16, '07 10:00a
End:	Aug 28, '07 12:00p

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West Gallery, SM Megamall

August 16 to 28, 2007

Andres Barrioquinto’s new exhibit, titled Broken, takes another page from his day-to-day personal experiences. Featuring Barrioquinto’s latest works in oil, Broken will be on view at West Gallery, SM Megamall, from August 16 to 28.

Barrioquinto treats his canvas as a journal, diligently painting feelings, impressions, and encounters he cannot otherwise express as clearly with words. He notes that being an artist has an anti-social dimension to it, finding himself working alone in the studio and spontaneously trying to visually verbalize his “broken” thoughts. He does not use specific imagery as references, relying more on his imagination to depict or even exaggerate his subjects. He knows that each element in the paintings means something deeply personal and even painful. Yet he’d rather let his viewers draw their own interpretations as they view the works, and maybe they can connect to something familiar or create their own opinion. He is open to different views, as he likes it better that he talks less about his works and lets his art speak more for him.

Barrioquinto thinks that his thrust as an artist has not changed. It is only that he has found more tools in which to express his idea, as if finding new musicians to work with in interpreting the same song. In a statement, Barrioquinto notes, “I’m interested in probing my own soul rather than reflecting the world of ideas, and in explaining a moody or inner world than revealing a basic harmony in the one around us. I paint images so exaggerated or distorted that they take us away from the familiar world and into one of emotion or feeling.”

A fine arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas, Barrioquinto has mounted one-man exhibits here and in Singapore. He was a recipient of the CCP Thirteen Artists Award in 2003.

West Gallery is at the 4/L Building A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. For inquiries, call 634-1284


3X4ft.
oil on canvas
2007



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Start:	Aug 11, '07 6:30p
End:	Aug 26, '07 9:00p
Location:	Cubao Expo

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Match/match/

1. To act in harmony, to combine suitably, adapt, to be exactly alike; correspond exactly.


2. A short slender piece of flammable material tipped with a combustible mixture that ignites thru friction.

Four different artists, each unique in their backgrounds and disciplines, will combine together in a timely display of artworks, illuminating the shadowy corners of our present society in a clash of energy and pathos, in order to ignite our senses, minds, and hearts with the burning desire to be, and to be more.

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Start:	Jul 22, '07 09:00a
End:	Jul 22, '07 11:00p
Location:	World Trade Center

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third year anniversary of UNTV 37


GLOBAL

GENUINE

GODLY SERVICE

be there!

all are FREE!



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illustration by : Rodel Tapaya-Garcia


“Ang Batang Maraming Bawal” is the winner of CANVAS’ second annual Romeo Forbes Children’s Storywriting Competition, and is a simple tale of innocent hope and imagination.

Written originally in Filipino, our biggest difficulty was the title, for which we could not find any appropriate translation.

Suggested English titles like “The Boy Who Couldn’t Do Much,” “The RX Kid,” “The Boy Who Couldn’t” or, what probably is the closest translation, “The Boy Who Wasn’t Allowed to Do a Lot of Things” – all couldn’t capture the spirit and humor of the original title.

In the end, we chose the easiest solution, which was to simply refuse to translate the title.

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Start:	Apr 30, '07 6:00p
End:	May 21, '07
Location:	2E Crown Tower 107 HV. Dela Costa St.Salcedo Village, Makati City

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blanc
art space

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story by Agay Llanera
illustration by Farley del Rosario


The story of "Sol" was a finalist in CANVAS' very first storywriting competition. Agay Llanera's lyrical and enchanting prose made it easy for CANVAS to decide on the story's publication as a children's book. The only challenge left was to find the appropriate artist to bring the tale to life, and Farley del Rosario was an inspired choice.

Their collaboration in this project again validates CANVAS' effort to encourage and foster a closer connection between art and literature, and in the process, to create meaningful opportunities for our country's young, and extremely talented writers and artists.

CANVAS is very proud to present "Sol," an original story of love, music and light.