Exhibitions
View Luminosity: The Manila Collection Gallery| “LUMINOSITY” An Exhibit of Master Works Fresh from the success of QuattroMondial, his 10 metre tall sculpture of cast bronze and carved glass celebrating the 400th year of the UST, internationally renowned sculptor Ramon Orlina will be unveiling 40 major works in a show entitled “Luminosity: The Manila Collection”. Luminosity was the opening exhibit for Art Trek, a series of art events held in celebration of the Philippine National Day and presented by the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine community in Singapore in 2008. Inspired by this completely sold out show, (visit www.gjasianart.com) Orlina started working on the collection to be unveiled on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6 p.m. at Galerie Joaquin’s Main Gallery which was recently renovated to host this much awaited and prestigious exhibit. Galerie Joaquin is located at 371 P. Guevarra Street corner Montessori Lane, Addition Hills, San Juan. They may be reached by landline phone at (632) 723-9253 and (632) 723-9418 and more information is available at their website at www.galeriejoaquin.com. While most glass sculptures are heated and blown in order to form shapes while the medium is still malleable, Orlina’s style is creatively different. Art historian Dr. Rod Paras-Perez in an article written for the Asia Times titled “Heart of Glass” notes that what Orlina does is that he “molds the glass as a sculptor would a piece of marble or any stone. Often by painstakingly guiding each work into the shape or form he wants.” Under Orlina’s artistic sensitivity, glass is transformed into abstract emeralds. The artist successfully brings forth an unparalleled dynamism in his sculptures utilizing the sheen of the medium and encouraging interesting variations of light and color with his interventions. Orlina is an internationally acclaimed artist garnering international recognitions and awards such as Winner in 1999 at the Toyamura International Sculpture Biennial in Japan. In the Year 2000, he won First Prize in the Sculpture Category in a biennial in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain. He was a finalist in numerous biennials and triennials including the Osaka Triennials in Japan in 1992 as well in the Fifth International Exhibition of Glass in Kanaza at the Ishikawa prefecture in Japan and in the New Glass Competition of the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. The artist has had 30 one-man shows in a stellar career that has taken him to leading galleries in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States. He has also participated in group exhibits in Sweden, Australia, Japan, Norway, Italy, China, Czechoslovakia and Monaco. Having had some time to conceptualize this current exhibition and with the momentum of his Quattro Mondial work, “Luminosity: The Manila Collection” promises to be an even more exciting visual experience for Orlina’s collectors and aficionados. |
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