"Body Parts" exhibit installation view

It’s a bird!  It’s a plane!  It’s a life-sized bloom with slightly rusting petals ready to unfurl!  Pete Jimenez relishes nothing more than taking on a backyard full of scrap and transforming it into whimsical metal sculptures.  This man of steel creates art using discarded materials and found objects, a practice borne out by more than ten years of solo exhibits.  An advertising professional with a degree in Visual Communications from the University of the Philippines, he turned to sculpture in the late 1990s after good friend, artist and gallery owner Rock Drilon, encouraged him to do so.  Both belong to the UP Artists’ Circle Fraternity. This month, Drilon’s Mag:net Gallery in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City welcomes Jimenez back for Body Parts, a suite of sculptures put together from a dismantled VW Beetle and other vehicles. Continue reading →