Romulo Galicano and Orley Ypon open two-man show at Altro Mondo

As part of its summer offering, Altro Mondo gallery is pleased to present two of the Philippine’s most noteworthy figurative realist painters, Romulo Galicano and Orely Ypon, in a two-man show titled Into The Light, showing from April 11 to May 10, 2013.

 

Into the Light features ten works from each distinguished artists, who both hail from Cebu, which showcase their talents not only in the technically demanding craft of painting, but also in the execution of conceptually challenging compositions.

 

In Galicano’s works like Self-Portraits, Tertulia, Bangka, and Sungkaan, the traditional subject matter set in elegant colonial surroundings is given strength by powerful tonal depiction and detailing, but updated through his trademark use of vertical stripes which modernizes Galicano’s vision of art. In the case of Ypon, the use of dramatic lighting charges his rural scenery with energy and vigor comparable to the late-19th Century works of Luna and Hidalgo. This can be seen in his Boracay series of beach scenes, or in Emergence, wherein his famous forte of depicting a mass of struggling male youths mired in mud is comparable to the pathos seen in Luna’s Spoliarium.

 

In both Galicano and Ypon, light is therefore a crucial element in defining figures in paintings, as well as a concept that is carried into the execution of themes and topics with the highest standards of rigorous intellectual and artisanal practice. 

 

Altro Mondo gallery is located at Unit GB5-328, 3rd level Greenbelt 5, Ayala Center, Makati City. For further information, please contact Oliver Ortega at (02) 5013270, 0918 802 6549, or email altromondo.info@yahoo.com

 

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