The artist collectively gives his insight
from way back into his childhood up to his
latter years. The culmination of the artist’s
negative experiences somehow enabled him
to point out global dilemmas right outside
his doorstep. The idea for “Whore Roar,”
for instance, was triggered by a red light
district located just three kilometers away
from his studio. “The place where women
sell themselves is right next to our local
meat market. And I pass by both places
every time I ride a jeepney back to the
studio,” the artist said. While the piece
“Vanity” depicts a Neo-Filipina as something
devoured by different concepts of beauty. It
describes their obsessive urge to flourish
themselves with cosmetics, surgeries, and
other physical enhancements; blinding them
from their potentials and prodding them to
dwell on the physical.
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