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Peewee Roldan Collects New Histories

Norberto Roldan, "The Beginning of HIstory and the Agony of Power"

"The Beginnning of History and The Agony of Power", detail

In her essay, The Hint of Transition, curator Joselina Cruz writes “Norberto Roldan is first, and foremost, a collector.  A collector of objects and paraphernalia, of images and imagery, of symbols and text.”  The essay had been penned for the catalogue of The beauty of history is that it does not reside in one place, “Peewee” Roldan’s solo exhibit at Art Stage Singapore.  He mounted the show for Taksu, the gallery that represents him in Singapore and Malaysia. Continue reading →


Portraits from Inside: Martha Atienza, Bea Camacho, Sam Kiyoumarsi, Pow Martinez

Now this is my kind of group show.  The concept is simple, and you don’t get overwhelmed by the range of pieces on view.  Four

Pow Martinez, "Walking Corpse"

artists seem to be a good number for the venue, both to give each artist enough space to showcase their work, and for the viewer to take in the variety of styles present. Continue reading →


The Sacred And Profane for Peewee Roldan

This October and November, Norberto “Peewee” Roldan brings his works to KL and Singapore, to the spaces of TAKSU in

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Peewee's smaller-sized assemblages, "Sacred Devotions 7 and 8"

both cities.   Six weeks ago, the weekend before Typhoon Ondoy forever changed our definition of calamity, Peewee mounted a preview for both these shows at MO’s Space.  The preview only ran for five days, and I had the good fortune to catch it. Continue reading →