Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

Asimilasyon Radikal, post-punk aesthetics

Andres Barrioquinto, Alfred Esquillo, Kwatro-Kantos, (England Hidalgo, Marcius Noceda,

Carlo Ricafort, Mel Vera Cruz), Robert Langenegger, Romeo Lee and Santiago Bose

January 22 - February 22, 2009
2nd floor, Bulwagang Vicente Manansala
3rd floor, Bulwagang Guillermo Tolentino
Opening Reception: January 22, 6:00 pm

Asimilasyon  Radikal, post-punk  aesthetics presents the work of Filipino painters whose work emerged from 1980s to the late 1990s.  This exhibition represents a unique complex aesthetic amongst artists from this period who started to experiment with more  challenging structures,  nihilisitic themes or self-conscious art-based image -  Retaining punks  initial iconoclastic stance of having a tumultuous  relationship  in  popular  culture,  a  struggle to resist commercialization and appropriation  in  History - Lian Ladia

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