“Bastards of Misrepresentation” Exhibition
Topaz Arts
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Topaz Arts presents “Bastards of Misrepresentation: New York Edition”, curated by internationally renowned artist Manuel Ocampo, featuring 20 leading artists from Manila’s thriving arts scene, with contemporary works from painting and installation to video and performance.
“Bastards of Misrepresentation” is a show about the cultural scene happening in the Philippines yet is not a definitive show about Philippine art. The 20 artists included represent the “now” of contemporary art in Manila whose works entice and challenge perceptions. Many of the artists have been recognized by the country’s most prestigious awards from the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Artist Awards and the Ateneo Art Awards, and are establishing reputations in Europe, Australia, and Asia, while locally others are highly visible as performers in the underground art, performance and music scene.
“Bastards of Misrepresentation” is seen for the first time in NYC, previously shown with 14 artists in 2010 in Berlin at the Freies Museum and Hamburg at 8 Salon, and at H Gallery in Bangkok in May 2012. Simulating Manila’s energetic arts scene – from alternative spaces and Chelsea-like galleries to university museums and high-end galleries in the city’s ubiquitous malls – the artist-run project is dispersed throughout NYC, headquartered at the painting-focused show at TOPAZ ARTS, to performance work and video at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, to various media works “Doing Time on Filipino Time” at Crossing Art Gallery situated in Flushing’s Queens Crossing Mall, and transforming the Queens Museum of Art/Partnership Gallery with an installation of a fictive call center office. As the Philippines is a country with a hybrid culture, the show deals with issues about aesthetic autonomy, social critique and the philosophical politics of expression. While the exhibition is focused on Manila artists, Bastards of Misrepresentation represents a complex cultural scene, addressing global issues, shared histories and the urban experience.
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Schedule
from October 27, 2012 to December 30, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-11-27 from 15:00 to 18:00