Dr. Joven Cuanang and I are pleased to report that the wheelchair project that we embarked on has gained ground. Out of the target of 17 to 20 embellished wheelchairs, we have received sponsorships, partial and full, for 11. Names will be released when Doc is back from his, ehem! Paris jaunt.
Hidden in a subdivision in faraway Antipolo, a museum showcasing the works of upcoming artists has gradually expanded through the years. The latest addition at the Pinto Art Gallery is a house with a central garden designed in the California Mission-style. Three connected hallways look out into the garden named after the owner’s late sister, [...]
When someone told Dr. Joven Cuanang that I had held my own wake, he said, tongue-in-cheek, as usual, “Tell her if she decides to ascend, I will supply the crane and the choir. I’m serious.”
Headless figures and wild horses, roiling in chaos, seemed to express the human condition with violent directness. Titled “U-Turn,” this monochromatic mural, an allusion to the Apocalypse, became a turning point for artist Antonio “Tony” Leaño. It won him first prize in the first Metrobank Foundation National Painting Competition in 1988.
