Valentine Willie Fine Art - June 2006
Geraldine Javier: Plaster Saints
As one of the Philippines' finest young painters, Geraldine Javier was awarded the Cultural Centre of the Philippines (CCP)’s 13 Artists Award in 2003. The artist made her first appearance in Malaysia in the same year at VWFA’s group exhibition entitled Silent Declarations. Since then, she has been exhibiting her increasingly sophisticated and enigmatic works on a regional level. This June, she holds her first solo exhibition outside the Philippines at VWFA. Belonging to a new generation of Filipino artists with fresh ideas and clever, original strategies, Geraldine Javier is a master of the uncanny and the strangely disturbing. Her exquisite and masterful painting plays on the allure and beauty of a darker side of experience.
In Plaster Saints, the artist paints a series of religious icons and dolls inspired mainly by photographs and movie stills. Despite the daunting size of the gothic stone sculptures and the haunting presence of the toys, according to the artist, these objects are “symbols of innocence, purity; I chose to depict them weathered by use and time, a testament to living. I hope to reassess the value of these icons in our life – from our childhood to adulthood, sort of a companion and an embodiment of our joy, despair, hope; something that will provide comfort and assurance in our many emotional needs.”
Geraldine G Javier graduated from the University of the Philippines with a bachelor's degree in Nursing (1991) and in Fine Arts (1997). She is one of the founding members of Surrounded By Water, an alternative art space in Manila as well as a fellowship of artists, which has been active since 1999.
Duration: 15 June – 24 June, 2006
Location: 1st Floor No. 17, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Gallery and Resource Room Opening hours: From 12 - 8pm Monday to Friday, and 12 - 6 pm Saturday. Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays.
Admission is free.
Tel: 03-2284 2348 / Telefax: 03-2282 5190 / e-mail: daniel@artsasia.com.my
Website: www.artsasia.com.my
As one of the Philippines' finest young painters, Geraldine Javier was awarded the Cultural Centre of the Philippines (CCP)’s 13 Artists Award in 2003. The artist made her first appearance in Malaysia in the same year at VWFA’s group exhibition entitled Silent Declarations. Since then, she has been exhibiting her increasingly sophisticated and enigmatic works on a regional level. This June, she holds her first solo exhibition outside the Philippines at VWFA. Belonging to a new generation of Filipino artists with fresh ideas and clever, original strategies, Geraldine Javier is a master of the uncanny and the strangely disturbing. Her exquisite and masterful painting plays on the allure and beauty of a darker side of experience.
In Plaster Saints, the artist paints a series of religious icons and dolls inspired mainly by photographs and movie stills. Despite the daunting size of the gothic stone sculptures and the haunting presence of the toys, according to the artist, these objects are “symbols of innocence, purity; I chose to depict them weathered by use and time, a testament to living. I hope to reassess the value of these icons in our life – from our childhood to adulthood, sort of a companion and an embodiment of our joy, despair, hope; something that will provide comfort and assurance in our many emotional needs.”
Geraldine G Javier graduated from the University of the Philippines with a bachelor's degree in Nursing (1991) and in Fine Arts (1997). She is one of the founding members of Surrounded By Water, an alternative art space in Manila as well as a fellowship of artists, which has been active since 1999.
Duration: 15 June – 24 June, 2006
Location: 1st Floor No. 17, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Gallery and Resource Room Opening hours: From 12 - 8pm Monday to Friday, and 12 - 6 pm Saturday. Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays.
Admission is free.
Tel: 03-2284 2348 / Telefax: 03-2282 5190 / e-mail: daniel@artsasia.com.my
Website: www.artsasia.com.my
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