Marquis Events Place

July 3 – 5, 2026

Form is one of the oldest concerns in art. It gives shape to an idea, a memory, or an emotion. It can describe the world with precision or move away from it through abstraction. It can occupy space as sculpture or remain within the picture plane as painting. States of Form brings these possibilities together. The exhibition presents sculpture by various artists alongside paintings by Ycoy Sitchon and Katrina Cuenca, creating a conversation about the many ways form can be imagined, constructed, and transformed.

The sculptures reveal a wide range of artistic approaches. Some draw from the figure, capturing moments of work, play, ritual, and family life through careful modeling and narrative detail. Others look to animals, plants, and marine life, translating familiar subjects into stylized volumes and geometric planes. Several works move toward pure abstraction, where line, mass, color, and transparency become the subject itself. Bronze, resin, glass, wood, and mixed media each respond to light and space in different ways. Together, these materials remind us that form is never fixed. It changes through scale, texture, weight, and the hand of the artist.

The paintings by Ycoy Sitchon and Katrina Cuenca extend this discussion in another direction. Working on the flat surface of the canvas, both artists treat form as something that can shift between representation and invention. Their compositions rely on color, contour, rhythm, and spatial relationships rather than the space through perception rather than touch. In this context, painting and sculpture do not stand apart. They address the same questions through different means.

Rather than presenting a single definition of form, States of Form suggests that form exists in many conditions. It may be solid or fluid, descriptive or symbolic, geometric or organic. It may preserve tradition or propose new visual languages. Across every work in the exhibition, form serves as both structure and expression. It is the means through which artists give shape to experience, allowing diverse materials, techniques, and ideas to meet within a shared visual field.

“States of Form” featuring sculptural works of Richard Arimado, Michael Cacnio, Faico, James Gabito, Nap Limaten, Eric Masangkay, Jerry Morada, Oliver Ojeda, Marge Organo, and Gemo Velda, with paintings by Katrina Cuenca and Ycoy Sitchon will be on view at the Modern and Contemporary Art Festival (MoCAF) 2026, Booth 43, Marquis Events Place, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig from July 3 – 5, 2026. For inquiries, visit MoCAF’s Facebook (mocaf.net), Instagram (@mocafmanila), or email info@mocaf.net.