Geronimo Cristobal

Tag: Manansala

  • Erased Fernando Zobel mural at Parish of the Holy Sacrifice (1953-1955)

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    I visited the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice at the University of the Philippines yesterday and tried to find out the exact location of Fernando Zóbel’s now erased mural. Completed in 1955, the circular church brought together some of the most important figures in Philippine modernism: architecture by Leandro Locsin, sculpture by Napoleon Abueva, floor…

  • La Perla de Lucban

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    This portrait, titled La Perla de Lucban (The Pearl of Lucban), is characteristic of the foto-óleo technique, where paint is applied directly onto a black-and-white photograph to bring depth and color to the subject. Created in 1891 by the Filipino artist Fabian de la Rosa, this piece captures Maria Isabel Nepomuceno de Ordoveza, who had…

  • Propaganda at Lopez

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    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…