TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 8
INSTALLATION
ART PIONEER
AT THE CCP
Alan Rivera
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HE Cultural Center of the Philippines
is proud to present its last venue grant
exhibition for 2018 entitled CONTINUUM
/ The art of Alan Rivera / A reconstruction
of memories. Opening on 17 November,
Saturday, 4pm at the 4th floor galleries, it
is the first retrospective exhibition of the
late artist.
Most of the works of Rivera are installations–
conceptual…time and space related...thus in effect, they
are theories and philosophies culled from his psycho-socio-
cultural past that he struggled to externalize and elevate
into artforms for most of his lifetime. Rivera may have
succeeded in some art pieces, but there are still more
desiring for expression or for interpretation from other
artists, students, the critical public and plain viewers. Thus,
a reconstruction, a rebuilding of the past in the
perspective of the now and thereafter.
Alan Rivera (1941-2015) was born in Cebu City,
Philippines. He studied at the University of the
Philippines, architecture at the University of Sto. Tomas,
and industrial design in Mapua. Rivera joined his first
group exhibition in 1966 and had his first solo exhibition
in the CCP Small Gallery in 1972. Other solo exhibitions
followed in Luz Gallery, Alliance Francaise Manila, the
Northern Territory University Art Gallery (Australia), the
Ayala Museum, the Museo Iloilo Gallery and The Drawing
Room, among others. His work was shown in exhibitions
held in the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and
the United States. He was also known as co-founder of the
informal artist group Shop 6 in the 1970s. Commendation
of Rivera’s practice include the CCP 13 Artists in 1972, an
Asian Cultural Council grant in 1994-1995, the Art
Association of the Philippines Competition in 2000, and
residencies in the Samba Likhaan Artist’s Village in
Quezon City and in Perth and Darwin, Australia. Rivera
was a multi-faceted artist that expressed himself through
drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, installation,
performance, writing, photography, and film. www.
culturalcenter.gov.ph
The Godhead by
Alan Rivera
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