PAINTINGS / INSTALLATIONS / OBJECTS IV Nestor Olarte Vinluan February 4 to 25, 2017 A RT D I R E C T O R
Silvana Ancellotti-Diaz
EXHIBITION TEAM
Johanna Labitoria Anna Rafanan Thess Ponce Bing Francisco Mayet Taluban Roy Abrenica Ulysis Francisco Edgar Bautista Jose Jeoffrey Baba Gabriel Abalos EXHIBITION NOTES GRAPHIC DESIGN
Lec Cruz Anna Rafanan
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Paintings/Installations/Objects IV WORDS BY LEC CRUZ
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n surveying through body of art works, a keen observation can resolve into realization on the interconnectedness of things; on how personal history seeps through every forms; and how chosen forms can encapsulate the artist’s own history. In Paintings, Installations/Objects IV, the affinity of Nestor Vinluan to nature is magnanimous, that each series draws us to the very essence of natural elements around us. His works highlight the indisputable influence of the heavens and of the earth in art making. The semblance of his forms to nature, from the circular shape of the moon, the vertical lines of the trees or the horizontal color palette of the skies, is an invitation to partake in a meditative journey transcending the walls of the gallery. Throughout his career as an abstract artist, Vinluan exemplifies spontaneity and control in equal measure. In his quintessential artistic gesture of layering paint on canvas, he is able to orchestrate his brush spatters to commence a desired effect. At a distance, the layers radiate like tiny specs dashed across the space. At arms length, they emanate congruence as if the sky drizzled rain in equanimous manner leaving a harmonious imprint on the ground. In Vinluan’s hands, earthly tones and primary colors that bear resemblance to the natural world find their way in his canvases, collected and breath taking like the visage of a seascape underneath the dawning sun.
From the Earth Series, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 182.88 × 182.88 CM / 72.05 × 72.05 IN
Red on ochre to white, 2016-2017 Acrylic on canvas 121.90 × 121.90 CM / 48.03 × 48.03 IN
In his decades of potency and prolificacy as an artist, he has established his unique visual language, one that distinctly separates him from other abstractionists. Emerging in the 1990s is his use of circular shape as a dominant element in his works. In Flowing Form series, the two immersive circular forms can easily subsume their viewers and take them into the realm of the cosmic and the mystic. A sizeable circular shape occupies each panel and in them, Vinluan lays his layers of hues of ochre and blues creating a pulsating aura that optically animates the once simple outline. Their orb like feats approximates that of the planets or of surreal objects from an imagined plane. Upon closer investigation, they lead us back to earth, to an abstracted land and water. In them, we find vertical wave-like line delineating each circle, a gesture comparable to a topographical view of a tilled land, as the soil is prepared to commune with the surrounding water. It somehow serves as a footnote to Vinluan’s fondness to agriculture and a disentanglement of his childhood memories in the province. In Red Paintings series, our gaze is drawn to a horizon of red color as it ruminates in a bed of shades of blue. The warm and cool color fuse along the borders of the canvas and the piercing vermillion simultaneously solidifies and scatters halfway through the center.
Red Painting (A), 2015 Acrylic on canvas 121.83 × 121.83 CM / 48.00 × 48.00 IN
Red Painting (B), 2015 Acrylic on canvas 121.83 × 121.83 CM / 48.00 × 48.00 IN
Red Painting (C), 2015 Acrylic on canvas 121.83 × 121.83 CM / 48.00 × 48.00 IN
On Ocher II, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 182.88 × 274.00 CM / 72.05 × 107.96 IN
Memory from the Landscape, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 182.88 × 274.00 CM / 72.05 × 107.96 IN
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From the Radiance Series (C), 2016 Acrylic on canvas 98.99 × 200.50 CM / 39.00 × 79.00 IN
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From the Radiance Series (B), 2016 Acrylic on canvas 98.99 × 200.50 CM / 39.00 × 79.00 IN
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From the Radiance Series (A), 2016 Acrylic on canvas 98.99 × 200.50 CM / 39.00 × 79.00 IN
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From the Morning Mantra Series III, 2016 Mixed media on canvas 182.88 × 182.88 CM / 72.05 × 72.05 IN
From the Morning Mantra Series III, 2016 (detail)
Red Vertical, 2016-2017 Stone, cement, wood and acrylic paint 250 × 20 × 30 CM / 98.5 × 7.88 × 11.82 IN
Cut, Painted, Composed, 2015-2017 Wood and paint 2 PIECES; 72 × 3 CM (POST), 12 × 12 × 6.5 CM (SQUARE PIECE)
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
(1) A view of Gallery B showing from left to right: ‘Flowing Form I’, ‘Red vertical’, ‘Untitled’, ‘Cut, Painted, Composed’, ‘From the Earth Series’, ‘Flowing Form II’ and ‘Teal on a river stone’ with the ‘Red Painting’ series in he background. (2) Guests during the opening night held on February 4, 2017 (3) Detail photo of ‘Teal on a river stone’
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(1) Detail view of the ‘Red Painting’ series (2) Detail view of ‘Vertical with spheres’
Nestor Olarte Vinluan in front of his work, ‘Memory from the Landscape’
There is an organic unity of colors that in multitudes of red we see order flowing in and out, creating a scenic panoramic view. From the Radiance, makes a dynamic movement upward that seems to open up towards the skies. The vibrant atmosphere trails from the bottom up, simulating a jolt of a water fountain springing from the ground. Every work in Painting, Installations, Objects IV transmits an infectious spiritual outlook to viewers. A close encounter to Vinluan’s On Umber Field (1 & 2) readily places the eyes into a meditative state and sets the gaze into a balance leading into a trance. The laid out spatter of umber forming a field like view takes us to Vinluan’s act of art making, a diligent process of working with his brushes commanding it to move in uniformity – like a monk repeating a mantra. A perfectly placed outline of a circle directs its viewer to a certain focus, the circumferential perfection of a spatial unity. In Memory from the Landscape, Vinluan breaks down the elements of a typical landscape painting into its bare essentials. His profound vision of abstraction allows us to see a horizon dividing the sky and earth from a body of water. In it, onlookers can decipher a scenic autumn or a rural setting being observed at a distance.
Untitled, 2017 Stone and casted cement 40 × 33 × 33 CM / 15.76 × 13 × 13 IN
Forming..., 2017 Wood and acrylic paint DIMENSIONS VARIABLE
Casted, left to the element, composed, 2015-2017 Pebble stones, concrete, wood and yarn 145 × 35 × 30 CM / 57.13 × 13.79 × 11.82 IN
From the fire tree on pond series, 2016-2017 Acrylic on canvas 121.90 × 121.90 CM / 48.03 × 48.03 IN
Flowing Form I, 2015 Acrylic on canvas 182.88 × 182.88 CM / 72.05 × 72.05 IN
Flowing Form II, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 182.88 × 182.88 CM / 72.05 × 72.05 IN
In this piece, the color, texture and mood of a certain memory of a landscape are preserved thus fossilizing time with all its heft and complexity. Vinluan’s installation works transmute his abstraction in three-dimensional plane, opening up an experiential vantage point. He amalgamates his textures and forms in his use of textured concretes, driftwoods, river stones and pebbles and arranges them with ergonomic flow and spatial balance. In each ‘combine’ of organic and geometric forms, man-made and the natural elements create a symbiotic relationship made possible through the artist’s vision. Painting, Installations, Objects IV is a continuation of Vinluan’s historical tradition of realizing intimacy with life through personal reflection and actualizing connectedness of everything and everyone around us in the guise of abstraction. • MICHAEL JOHN ‘LEC’ CRUZ LIVES AND WORKS IN Q. C.. CRUZ IS A GRADUATE OF BA PHILOSOPHY AND STUDIED FINE ARTS MAJOR IN STUDIO ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, DILIMAN. HE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE ART WRITER SINCE 2015 FOR ARTIST EXHIBITIONS IN MULTIPLE GALLERIES INCLUDING ART INFORMAL, UNDERGROUND GALLERY, BLANC GALLERY AND HONG KONG ART BIENNALE.
Teal on a river stone, 2016-2017 Stones, concrete, driftwood and acrylic paint 125 × 27 × 21 CM / 49.25 × 10.64 × 8.27 IN
Vertical with spheres, 2015-2017 Stones, cement, paint and nylon string DIMENSIONS VARIABLE
NESTOR OLARTE VINLUAN PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PROFESSOR XII OF PAINTING DATE OF BIRTH: SPOUSE: CHILDREN:
GRANDDAUGHTER:
March 17, 1949 Maria Erlinda Romualdez Vinluan (deceased) Lel Cecilia R. Vinluan Paulo R. Vinluan Liv Victoria R. Vinluan Alexandria Caroline Nicole V. Borja
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: 1982 1972
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Minor in Printmaking, Pratt Institute Brooklyn, New York, on a Fulbright Hays Scholarship Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman
APPOINTMENTS (SELECTED):
Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1989 - 1992 Dean (1st term), College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1992 - 1995 Dean (2nd term), College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1995 - 1998 Dean (3rd term), College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1983 TO 2014 Thesis Adviser of undergraduate program 1987 TO PRESENT Thesis Adviser of graduate program 2015
AWARDS AND DISTINCTION (SELECTED):
Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City UP Artistic Productivity Award (Artist III) 2008 Most Outstanding Fulbright Alumni in Arts and Humanities Philippine Fullbright Scholar’s Association 2007 Artist in Residence, Stadt Atelier, Künstlerhaus, Salzburg, Austria 2006 KNP Citation for Arts and Culture, Kaluyagan Nen Palaris, Confederation of Pangasinan Associations 2004 Artist in Residence, Sculpture Square, Singapore Fernando Amorsolo Professorial Chair Awardee, College of Fine Arts UP Diliman 2002-2005 Vice Chairman, National Museum Panel of Experts on Art (Authentication and Evaluation) 2001 Gawad Chanselor para sa Pinakamahusay na Alagad ng Sining, UP Diliman 2000 Honorary Member, Asia Society Philippines 1997-1998 Member, Board of Trustees, Philippine Fulbright Scholarship Association 1995-1998 Executive Committee Member, National Commission on Culture and the Arts, Committee on Visual Arts 1995-1996 Member, Board of Trustees, Philippine Fulbright Scholarship Association 1996 Lecturer, “The Education of Artists”, VIVA Excon IV, The 4th Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibits and Conference, Iloilo City, Philippines 1995 TO 1998 Chair, Subcommittee for Fine Arts, Commission on Higher Education Technical Panel for Humanity, Social Sciences and Communication 1995 Gawad Chanselor as Outstanding Faculty Administrator as Dean of UP College of Fine Arts 1995 International Visitor Program of the US Information 1994 Speaker, Art Education in the Philippines Today with paper entitled “The Filipino Artists: Problems and Direction”, The Art Association of the Philippines Symposium, Metropolitan Museum of Manila 1993 Professorial Achievement Award in the Arts (Fine Arts-Painting), University of the Philippines Alumni Association Keynote Speaker, “The Use of Indigenous Materials in Art Making”, ASEAN Conference and Workshop on Research Documentation and exchange on Indegenous Materials, Manila Hotel 1992 Outstanding Faculty Administrator as Dean of the College of Fine Arts, UP Chancellor Award, First UP Diliman Week 1991 Australian Cultural Awards scheme 2015 2012
Represented the Philippines ASEAN Traveling Exhibition and Symposium on Painting, Photography and Children’s Art, Jakarta, Indonesia 1985 Represented the Philippines 2nd Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan 1980 Fulbright-Hays Grantee (January 1980 to December 1981) Seven Artists, Slide Presentations and Exhibition of selected graduate students (Richard Martin of Arts Magazine as the invited critic)Higgins Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York 1979-1982 Critic’s Choice, Ma-yi Gallery (Leo Benesa, Rod Paras-Perez, Emmanuel Torres) 1977 Represented the Philippines, Hongkong Arts Festival 1974 Thirteen Artists Award, Cultural Center of the Philippines 1973 Grand Award, Art Association of the Philippines, APP Competition and Exhibition (Painting Category) 1971 Celia Diaz Laurel Scholarship, UP College of Fine Arts 1st Place, On-the-Spot Painting Tilt, Sponsored by Shell Philippines Honorable Mention, Southeast Asia Art Society, Singapore 1970 7th Place, On-the-Spot Painting Tilt, Sponsored by Shell Philippines 1989
LECTURES (SELECTED): 2008
2007 2004
2000
1991 1980
Conversations with Nestor Vinluan Ayala, Museum Painting Workshop with Nestor Vinluan Ayala Museum (Philippine High School for the Arts) Shell Art Interaction Program, University of Northern Philippines, Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines Sculpture Square, Singapore NAFA, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore La Salle- SIA College of Arts, Singapore National Institute of Education, Singapore National University of Singapore, Singapore On Abstraction/Figuration, Asia Art Society, Ayala Museum, Philippines Fernando Amorsolo, Realities: Representation or Abstraction, Ayala Museum, Philippines Artist and their Role in Modern Everyday Life, organized by SPAFA, Silpakom University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Seven Artists, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, Graduating Class
CURATORIAL WORKS (SELECTED): 2016 2014 2009 2008 2006
2005 2004 2003 2001 1991
Line Between Gesture and Color FINALE ART GALLERY, MANDALUYONG CITY UP Art Expo @ BGC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY Identity / Place / Fanstasy GALLERIA DUEMILA, INC., PASAY CITY Old Dogs, New Tricks by Paulo Vinluan TALL GALLERY, FINALE ART FILE, MANDALUYONG CITY Folk Lore by Paulo Vinluan BLANC GALLERY, SHAW BLVD, MANDALUYONG CITY New Paintings and Selection of Small Collages, Benjie Cabangis MAG:NET GALLERY, THE LOOP, ABSCBN COMPOUND, QUEZON CITY
Mapping the Field: Virginia Dandan PINTO GALLERY, GRANDHEIGHTS, ANTIPOLO, RIZAL Box Environment SFA 120 Z/ SFA 120 V AYALA MUSEUM, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES Paintings by Antonio Daroy MAG:NET GALLERY, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES Maningning Soliloquy at CCP, Home Coming/Coming Home CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Fulbright Artist Exhibition MANILA POLO CLUB, FORBES PARK, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES 1st ASEAN Traveling Exhibition of Painting, Photography and Children’s Art NATIONAL MUSEUM, MANILA, PHILIPPINES
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED):
Vertical on Configuration and other Recent Works WEST GALLERY From the Artist Studio CORREDOR GALLERY, UP COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, DILIMAN, QC Heaven and Earth: Works from 2011 - 2013 NOW GALLERY & AUCTIONS, 2305 PASONG TAMO EXTENSION,
2013
New Works, Inagural Exhibition
2010
Mystical Space SINING MAKILING ART GALLERY, DL UMALI HALL, LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA Radiance: New Works by Nestor Olarte Vinluan AYALA MUSEUM, GROUND FLOOR, MAKATI CITY Salzburg Impressionen Künstlerhaus, Salzach River, Mozart and the Arcs STADT ATELIER,
2016 2014
2009 2008
MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES CITY, PHILIPPINES
KÜNSTLERHAUS, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
NOW GALLERY & CONSULTING, 2305 PASONG TAMO EXTENSION, MAKATI
2007
From Künstlerhaus and Other Recent Works LEVER SM MEGAMALL
WEST GALLERY AND FINALE ART FILE, THE ARTWALK, FOURTH
2006
From Sculpture Square and Other Recent Works
2007
Paintings/Installations/Objects III SCULPTURE SQUARE LIMITED, SINGAPORE Paintings/Installations/Objects II MAG:NET GALLERY, ABS-CBN COMPOUND, Q. C. Recent Paintings THE LUZ GALLERY, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES From Blue to Earth with Red AYALA MUSEUM Of Earth, Sky and the Spirit ART CENTER SM MEGAMALL
2004 2003 2002 2001
C.
1999-2000
MAG:NET GALLERY, KATIPUNAN RD., LOYOLA HEIGHTS, Q.
THE LUZ GALLERY
PINAGLABANAN GALLERY
1986
THE LUZ GALLERY
1985
SMALL GALLERY AND MUSEUM HALLWAY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
1984
GRADUATE GALLERY 107, HIGGINS HALL, PRATT INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
1980
GALLERY I-GALLERY II, SINING KAMALIG
1975
SMALL GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
1974
SHOP NO. 6, SINING KAMALIG
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2003 2002 1999
RROAR: Ricco Renzo’s Art Rage MRICCO RENZO ART GALLERY, SM AURA, BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY MET OPEN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF MANILA, BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS COMPLEX, MANILA Six Diliman Abstractionists GALERIE ANNA, ART CENTER, 4TH LEVEL, SM MEGAMALL, MANDALUYONG CITY Une Pleiade d’ Artistes’, Recent Works Altro Mondo ARTE CONTEMPORAHEO, THIRD LEVEL, GREENBELT, MAKATI CITY
Daloy, We Said Our Piece, 40th Anniversary Exhibition CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Unos at Banaag LIONGOREN GALLERY, AN EXHIBITIONS FOR THE VICTIMS OF ONDOY, QUEZON CITY Art After 40 SINING KAMALIG GALLERY, GATEWAY MALL, QUEZON CITY Salle de Pas Perdus, Maison de l’UNESCO, 7 PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS TRANSMISSIONS: UP Artists and the CCP Thirteen Artists Awards CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
Works from the 80’s AVELLANA ART GALLERY, PASAY CITY Inaugural Exhibition GALERIE ANNA, SM MEGAMALL, MANDALUYONG CITY Peers Ensemble PINTO ART GALLERY, GRANDHEIGHTS, ANTIPOLO CITY The 20th Asian International Art Exhibition AYALA MUSEUM, MAKATI CITY From the 17th Asian International Exhibition AYALA MUSEUM, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES Philippines Paintings, From the 17th Asian International Exhibition DAEJEON MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF ART, SOUTH KOREA
Homage to the Masters II TALL GALLERIES, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF MANILA, MANILA, PHILIPPINES Fulbright Master’s Suite (Abueva, Kasilag, Imao and Vinluan) MANILA PENINSULA, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES
Best Contemporary Philippine Art EMPRESS PLACE MUSEUM LOBBY, SINGAPORE 1988-1990 First ASEAN Exhibition of Painting, Photography and Children’s Art INDONESIA, THAILAND, 1993
SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, BRUNEI
1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1980 1979
Sikat: Two Decades of Philippine Art MAIN GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES “Subject Matter: Color” PASILYO VICTORIO EDADES, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Reality According to Artists CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Seoul Contemporary Asian Art Show THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, KOREA 2nd Asian Art Show FUKUOKA, JAPAN 10th CCP Annual CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES 3rd ASEAN Exhibition of Painting & Photography MANILA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, BANGKOK Asian Art BANGLADESH CCP Annual MAIN GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Seven Artists, Slide Presentation and Exhibition HIGGINS HALL, INTER-ART GALLERY, PRATT INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Museum Artists 1980 MUSEUM OF PHILIPPINE ART Philippine Painting Old and New THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS Exhibition of Philippine Contemporary Art HONGKONG MUSEUM OF ART A Decade of Developmental Art MAIN GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Critic’s Choice MA-YI GALLERY Work No. 4 at the Farm, An International Exhibition THE FARM, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971
Critic’s Choice MA-YI GALLERY (LEO BENESA, ROD PARAS-PEREZ, EMMANUEL TORRES) Philippine Contemporary Art WASHINGTON, D.C Philippine Contemporary Art SEPIA WORKSHOP, NEW YORK 3rd Annual for the Visual Arts MAIN GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Windows SMALL GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES 20 Artists MUSEUM OF PHILIPPINE ART Museum Artists MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINE ART Roots, Basics, Beginnings CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Hongkong Arts Festival 40 Filipino Contemporary Artists MUSEUM OF PHILIPPINE ART Season’s and Generations SMALL GALLERY, CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Group Exhibition PHILIPPINE HOUSE, MAINZ GERMANY Group Exhibition PHILIPPINE HOUSE, CAIRO, EGYPT 1st CCP Annual of Recent Philippine Painting and Sculpture CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Contemporary Art in the Philippines MUSEUM OF PHILIPPINE ART Contemporary Philippine Art TOKYO, JAPAN AAP Grand Award Winners METRO MANILA New Directions in Philippine Abstract Painting CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Subject Matter CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Thirteen Artists CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES GRAND AWARD, AAP COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION (PAINTING CATEGORY)
Summer Exhibition CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Two-Man Show GALERIE BLEUE 4-Sight HOTEL-INTER-CONTINENTAL MANILA Painters Five RED GALLERY
COMMISIONED WORKS (SELECTED): 2015-2017
UP COVENANT MONUMENT, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY
2007
PAINTINGS FOR HERITAGE HOTEL, THE HERITAGE HOTEL MANILA
MILLENIUM HOTELS AND RESORTS, PHILIPPINES
2006
GREENBELT 5 WALL PROJECT, AYALA LAND INC. COLLECTION, MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES
1995 - 1996
PUBLIC SCULPTURE, “ROCK AND COLUMNS OF HEROES” DENR COMPOUND, Q. C.
WORKS FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS:
Ayala Museum, Museum of Philippine Art, National Art Center, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Philippine Budget Commission, Steven Leach and Association, Telecom Plaza, Citibank, Manila Hotel, Shell Philippines, Hongkong Bank, Central Bank of the Philippines, Prudential Bank, First National Bank of Chicago Active Banks, Museum of Bangladesh, National Museum, Manila, Hotel Intercontinental, Manila, Colgate Palmolive Philippines, St. Luke’s Medical Center - Global City, Mayor Imperial Hotel, Philippine Heart Center, Chase Manhattan Bank and other private collections in the Philippines and abroad BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED): ALBANO, RAY. “FORMS, COLORS, AND ANCIENT WINDOW STRUCTURES” DAILY EXPRESS, NOVEMBER 1975 P.25 ALBANO, RAY. “NESTOR VINLUAN COMES HOME” ARTS MONTHLY, JULY 1983 P.23 BENESA, LEO. “NESTOR VINLUAN AS PAINTERS PAINTER” DAILY EXPRESS, JULY 1979 P.17 BENESA, LEO. “VINLUAN INSCAPE-LANDSCAPES” DAILY EXPRESS, OCTOBER 1977 P.25 CCP ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ART, VOL.4 VINLUAN, NESTOR OLARTE” MANILA: CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1994 DEFEO, RUBEN DAVID F. “NESTOR OLARTE VINLUAN” THE CARILLON, (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1972) PP.4-5 GATBONTON, JUAN T., JAVELOSA, JEANNIE E.: AND ROA, LOURDES RUTH R. ART PHILIPPINES, PASIG, METRO MANILA: CRUCIBLE WORKSHOP, C.1992 GUILLERMO, ALICE G. “SINING BISWAL, AN ESSAY ON PHILIPPINE VISUAL ARTS” TUKLAS SINING 1991, PP.319-321 PARAS-PEREZ, RODOLFO. “A REAL ART MOVEMENT”, PHILIPPINE PANORAMA, APRIL 1976, P.12 SHELL REUNION ARTISTS: THE SPIRIT OF THE SHELL ART COMPETITION WINNERS, 1951-1992. MAKATI, METRO MANILA: SHELL COMPANIES IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1993 SYJUCO, CESARE. “RAISING ABSTRACTION FROM THE DEAD” MANILA TIMES TORRES, EMMANUEL, “NESTOR VINLUAN” KAYAMANAN, 1981, P.165 ZAFARALLA, P.B. “FOUR YOUNG ARTISTS IN EARNEST SEARCH OF INDIVIDUAL STYLES” THE MANILA CHRONICLE, MARCH 1971
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