Fernando Cueto Amorsolo
Rizal Avenue in Ruins, 1945,
Oil on masonite
68 x 107 cm
Paulino & Hetty Que collection
Pablo Baens Santos
Manipesto, 1985
Oil on canvas
159 x 256 cm
Singapore Art Museum collection
Geraldine Javier
Self Portrait (Blue Moon), 2008
Oil on Canvas
213 x 152 cm
Quimbo Brothers collection
Philippine Art at the Singapore Art Museum
The Singapore Art Museum proudly presents Thrice Upon A Time: A Century of Story in the Art of thePhilippines and In the Eye of Modernity: Philippine Neo-Realist Masterworks from the Ateneo ArtGallery. The exhibitions are held in conjunction with the National Heritage Board’s Philippines Fiesta.
14 November 2009 to 14 March 2010
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Source: Singapore Art Museum
Thrice Upon A Time invites viewers on a journey filled with the stories and art of the Philippines, anadventure spanning over a hundred years. The Philippines has a rich tradition of storytelling, withstories from her pre-colonial past to present-day tales, and this exhibition presents the epic story ofthe country and her people through visual art. The role of the artist-as-storyteller is highlighted withinthis exhibition and ideas about representation, authenticity, identity and history of the nation and itspeople are explored. Playing with the classic line that begins those familiar stories, “Once upon atime”, the show suggests that the best stories are told over and over again. The exhibition presentsworks from the Philippine grand masters to some of her most exciting contemporary artists, includingFernando Amorsolo, Carlos ‘Botong’ Francisco, Ben Cabrera, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Charlie Co andGeraldine Javier. Audiences will also have the exceptional opportunity to see two of Philippines’ mosticonic and legendary masterworks, from Juan Luna and Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, and a rarelyseen painting by the Philippines’ national hero, Jose Rizal. There are eight sections in Thrice Upon ATime: Epic of a Nation, Magic Realities, Chronicles of Faith, Myths, Legends and Folktales, Largerthan-Life, Filipina: Romancing the Heroine, The Tale Untold and A Poem Painted.
In the Eye of Modernity presents the Neo-Realist Masterworks from the renowned Ateneo Art Galleryin Philippines. The landmark exhibition revolves around what many art historians consider to be oneof the most important junctures in the development of modern visual art in the Philippines, the socalledPhilippine Art Gallery years from 1950 to 1964. It presents major works from post-warmodernists such as Arturo Luz, Vicente Manasala, Jose Joya, HR Ocampo and Cesar Legaspi. Theexhibition is co-organised by the Embassy of the Philippines in Singapore, the Ateneo de ManilaUniversity on its 150th Anniversary, and the Singapore Art Museum.
Says Director, Singapore Art Museum, Mr. Tan Boon Hui, “Both shows, Thrice Upon A Time and Inthe Eye of Modernity presents the best of Philippine Art in the last 100 years. Thrice Upon a Timeitself takes a contemporary look at the very old notions of stories and storytelling in the Philippines,and highlights the role of the artist as the storyteller. In the Eye of Modernity gives local audiences asense of this period in Philippine art that broke with the past and set the tone for the future.Emphasis is given to the Neo-Realists school of thought.”
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