Major sculptural works from the CCP Visual Arts Collection are on view at the CCP while variations of the iconic Mona Lisa by thirty artists will go on exhibit on April 24.
Site and Space: Modernist Directions in Sculpture, now ongoing at the CCP Main Gallery and Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3/F Hallway Gallery) includes works by National Artists Napoleon Abueva, Arturo Luz, and J. Elizalde Navarro, the first CCP Director Roberto Chabet, as well as by Eduardo Castrillo, Rey Paz Contreras, Alan Cosio, Edgar Doctor, Lao Lianben, Julie Lluch, Pablo Mahinay, Nelfa Querubin, Paz Abad-Santos, Solomon Saprid, Francisco Verano and Roberto Villanueva.
Sculptures in the CCP VAC are relatively few in number, compared to the paintings, drawings and prints. Nevertheless, the collection includes works by artists who have marked important junctures in modern and contemporary Philippine art, particularly in the last four decades of the 20th century.
Like the Modernists of the past century, many of the works in this exhibit have gained iconic stature in contemporary art history. Yet they continue to challenge our way of looking and seeing, as they offer fresh insights to understanding our sense of site or locality, and our sense of space.
Also included in Site and Space: Modernist Directions in Sculpture is a set of scale models of sculptures created for the Liwasang ASEAN at the South Side of the CCP Main Theater Building. Featured artists include Ramon Orlina (Philippines), Bro. Joseph McNally (Singapore), RedzaPiyadasa (Malaysia), GregoriusSidhartaSoegijo (Indonesia) and Awang bin Sitai (Brunei Darusslam) during the last ASEAN Sculpture Symposium held at the CCP in 1989.
In The Mona Lisa Project, opening on April 24 at the CCP Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery) and Pasilyo Victorio Edades (Fourth Floor Hallway), thirty contemporary artists present their personal “take” on one of the most recognized images in the world-Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Among the participating artists are Roberto Chabet, Nilo Ilarde, Stevesantos, Lyle Buencamino, Louie Cordero, Bjorn Calleja, Froilan Calayag, Raymond Halili and Lynard Paras.
Site and Space: Modernist Directions in Sculpture ends on May 19 while The Mona Lisa Project ends on June 16.
Admission to the exhibits is free.
Viewing hours are from Tuesdays to Sundays, 9:00AM to 6:00PM. For more information, visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph or call the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division at (+632) 8321125 local 1504 to 1505 or (+632) 8323702.
