• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
Former Himamaylan Board Member Hernan Emmanuel “Julian” Gatuslao and visual artist Charlie Co, Orange Gallery co-founder, led the opening of an all-male art exhibition titled “Resilience 2.0” at The Negros Museum in Bacolod City Friday.
The show features the works of Ryn Paul Gonzales, Jay Tabligan, Mike Borromeo, Beto Tiano, and Revo Yanson, and will run until October this year.
“Resilience wells from within and is drawn from numerous factors, all summed into one’s core strengths. From belief systems to choices, it keeps the inner threads tightly locked from unraveling as we navigate unchartered terrains.
“With unique levels of resilience, we are always in a learning path trying to access this anchor….
“These art pieces on exhibit attempt to capture and translate the visual vignettes of five individuals as they try to keep in pace with their dance with turbulences, amidst one of the most challenging eras of history. These works are foremost primal, allowing a peek into how the individual cadences work for these five artists,” the artists’ statement said.
Borromeo is currently the senior concept and environment artist at Holysoft Studios Philippines. He enjoys working in watercolor, acrylic, pen and ink, graphite, and digital arts.
Tiano currently hones his path towards contemporary art, developing a style that draws from his main influences: abstractions and comics illustrations. He loves high contrast themes and strong angular strokes.
He is both performer, frontliner and writer for the band Nancy Brew, a jazz/funk band since 2004.
Gonzales expresses his artistry through mural painting and installation arts with concepts that call for the protection of the environment when he settled back in Negros in 2002. He uses his art to raise awareness of different issues encompassing life.
Yanson is a practicing visual artist in both traditional painting and digital arts.
His works focus on the psychological and metaphysical condition of living entities. He is interested in art that transcends social borders and reflects the innermost realms of our consciousness.
He serves as chairperson of DIHON – a visual art section of Concerned Artists of the Philippines – Negros and currently, as Board of Director of Arts Association of Bacolod – the oldest running art group in Negros, and co-founded ArtTambay, a multi-disciplinary art collective, and co-manages Gallerie G, an artists-run art space in Bacolod.
Tabligan, in the other hand, found his love for art in comic books and aspires to be a comic book artist. Without formal training and mentors, his art relied in comics for inspiration and references. Being a member of AAB has inspired him to explore painting, and expose himself to mediums he wasn’t accustomed to.
His medium would be as basic as pencils, pen and ink, watercolor and now acrylic. His love for comics, toys, film and pop-culture would always be seen in touches of fantasy in his works.*
