Tag: BenCab

  • Propaganda at Lopez

    On Trauma, Postmemory, and Modernity in Propaganda at the Lopez Museum The first half of 2015 in the Manila art scene has been marked by an endless parade of the second-rate, the trying-hard, and the copycat. Attend any art fair or gallery opening and you are confronted by the fact that, despite the sheer volume…

  • Max Balatbat a.k.a. MaxBal and his Action Star Paintings

      Artists represented by Silverlens are some of the most successful names in Philippine art today. By virtue perhaps of good business practices or critical choices made by its proprietors or the fact that the gallery takes hold of their artists like no mama bear can. In spite of this, I never gave anyone who…