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.
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.”
Hidden in a subdivision in faraway Antipolo, a museum showcasing the works of upcoming artists has gradually expanded through the...
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.
Dr. Joven Cuanang and I are pleased to report that the Apolinario Mabini sculptural wheelchairs are coming along nicely. These labors of love are slated for a small art parade on Apolinario Mabini’s birthday on July 20, which also coincides with Rehabilitation Week.
Nicole gave me a pieceof coral-colored soap (Dior), in a sculptured container. It smelled good, mmmmmmm. It took months of agony to decide to use such an expensive soap, it seemed just too good for li’l ole me.
Dr. Joven R. Cuanang, newly “liberated” from being medical director of St. Luke’s Medical Center—he retired last December after 10 years on the job—saunters easily through the lobby of St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City, like a man with time on his hands.
Dr. Joven Cuanang and Pinto Art Museum’s latest exhibit opened April 6, featuring the sculptures of Salvador Joel Alonday, musical composition by Nonong Buencamino (performed by Renato Lucas), oratorical piece by Hammed Bolotaulo and bas relief of José Santos III’s “La Misma Duena” by Alab Pagarigan.
The Ilocos Norte government through Gov. Imee Marcos in cooperation with Dr. Joven Cuanang of the Pintó Art Museum will present a rare exhibition of works by the late Filipino Modernist painter Ricarte Puruganan (1912-1998) at Paseo de Paoay in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. The show “Ricarte Puruganan: The Filipino as Modernist” opens on Dec. 27, 3 p.m.
The convergence of science and myth is the springboard from which the Antipolo-based artist Antonio Leaño created the multimedia works...
