Do You Believe In Rodel Tapaya?

Rodel Tapaya, "Kagat Daliri", detail

Rodel Tapaya mounts an exhibit of paintings in a style he knows best, what art writer Professor  Alice Guillermo labels in her essay, The Hauntings of Rodel Tapaya, as cultural surrealism.  He continues to mine our Filipino folk traditions for narratives that he can translate onto his canvases.  This time, he casts his eye on superstitious beliefs, adages passed down from those wives of yore, practices that still come alive in parts of the country untouched by urban jadedness. Continue reading