Epjey Pacheco has turned his pen to himself. Shift, his one-man exhibit at The Crucible, takes us on an autobiographical journey. Through a variety of portraits, we witness him morph from a man preoccupied with the worldly to a more spiritual being. The reason for the change, however, does not figure in the show. Continue reading
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Bad Boys at Manila Contemporary
First, graffiti in a museum. Now, tattoos in a gallery. Witness as Bad Boy art turns legit, and Manila’s welcoming response to this development. A show that carries a title as provocative as Painting With A Hammer To Nail The Crotch of Civilization with artist Manuel Ocampo as the curator is bound to draw in the art scene denizens. Throw in work by his colleagues, the likes of international art superstars like Albert Oehlen, plus free tattoo sessions on selected days of the show’s run, then you even get the dwellers of the alternative art scene to trek to Makati.