Geronimo Cristobal

  • The Black Bouquets of Juvenal Sanso

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    Bouquet Elegant by Juvenal Sansó, c. 1960, ink on paper Let me begin by telling you the story of how I crossed paths with Sansó. It happened, quite amusingly, two years ago at a group exhibition I organized in an SM Megamall gallery. Sansó happened to be passing by on his way to a different…

  • An Echo from the Fields

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    An Echo from the Fields Lex Marcos paints a Miguel Hernández tribute Geronimo Cristobal, Jr. April 16, 2010 The Spanish poet Miguel Hernandez’s last verse written on a hospital wall said, “Goodbye, brothers, comrades, friends: let me take my leave of the sun and the fields.” In this gripping final act of poetry, Hernández was…

  • Krzysztof Wodiczko “Guests”

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    The Polish pavilion – actually a windowless cube – is surprisingly transparent this year. Floor-to-ceiling windows with rounded arches open the view to the outside. Through the slightly milky panes, the visitor standing in the dark of the exhibition space can observe people doing different activities. Some are chatting, others are busy cleaning the windows,…

  • Destiny of Empty Caskets

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    This critical reflection on Soledad’s Sister (Anvil 2008), second novel of Jose Dalisay was written as final paper for Professor Maria Celeste Coscolluela’s Comparative Literature class at UP. (2008) Paez doesn’t appear on any road map, but it occupies as enduring a place in the Filipino imagination as Tondo or Rosales. Because Paez is in fact…

  • A portrait of downhearted objects

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    Caroline Ongpin at Paseo Gallery September 1-15, 2009 Paintings in oil abound the gallery walls in Caroline Ongpin’s exhibition, ‘Spaces for Contemplation’, at Paseo Gallery, 4th Floor Building A, SM Megamall. The paintings invite us to settle with the gallery, each one a depiction of rooms and several household objects. They are reminiscent of Edward…

  • Pictures/dreams

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    The Ulla and Heiner Pietzschs Collection New National Gallery, Berlin June 19, 2009 – November 22, 2009 When the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection in the Eastern Student Building opened as an annex to the Neue Nationalgalerie vis-à-vis the Museum Berggruen last year, Berlin was given the opportunity to familiarize itself permanently with “Surreal Worlds” for the first…

  • ‘Lost Dragonfly’: Tradition and translation

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    By Oscar Campomanes Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 18:39:00 07/12/2009 Filed Under: Arts and Culture and Entertainment, Poetry MANILA, Philippines – “The process of cultural translation,” says eminent anthropologist Talal Asad, “is inevitably enmeshed in conditions of power.” Cultural critic Rey Chow chimes in that one form of power involved in the translation of anything—from…

  • Mike Kelley Educational Complex Onwards, 1995 – 2008

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    WIELS Contemporary Arts Center, 12.4. – 27.7.2008 The barren title Educational Complex Onwards evokes analysis and an unsettling association with school as both an educational institution and a metaphorical torture chamber. Mike Kelley initiated his critique of the educational system in 1995, prompted by widespread assumptions that his prolific work—especially his stuffed animals—stemmed from a…

  • Luneta Hotel, a Remnant of a Beautiful Era

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    I wrote this article during my freshman year in college. At the time, there were very few in-depth articles about the old hotel, and it ended up being read by quite a few people and cited as a reference in some news articles. Every time I see it quoted, I feel a bit embarrassed because…

  • Knife to the heart

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    Zhang Yimou choreographs fighting bodies that turn every action into the purest calligraphy It’s obvious, flying is commonplace in Chinese cinema but certainly isn’t its exclusive domain. The acrobatics witnessed in the Matrix, where Trinity seems to stand in the air like a black angel has been an international trend. We can also witness gravity-defying…

  • In the mood for love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

    In the mood for love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

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    Hong Kong 1962: Ambitious newspaper editor Chow (Tony Leung Ka Fai) and shy secretary Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) are among the many immigrants who have fled to the British crown colony after the conquest of Shanghai by the Chinese Communists. Although both are married and receive a regular salary, they can afford only a subleased room…