(King of the Road)
6’ x 4’
oil on canvas
2018
as part of the two-man show, Echoes, with Daniel Evangelista at The METRO Gallery
SOLD
“Echoes” by Daniel Evangelista and Crystal Tranquilino
In the two-artist show, Echoes, Daniel Evangelista and Crystal Tranquilino grapple with objects, people, and situations that are on the verge of disappearance or, if still very much around, carry within them the reverberations of memory, of time long gone. For them, everything is subjected to time’s ravishing hands and art becomes the arresting force with its act of reclamation and commemoration…
…Tranquilino’s approach, is through still life, evoked by antiques that have deep roots in our history, heritage, and culture—from bulul to horses affixed on Sarao jeepneys to sarimanok. These objects, while seen in the context of the past, are actually physically assertive, seeming to bear with pride their historical associations. In the vernacular space, it is they that have integrity while the rest of the objects surrounding them are covered with paint drips (a signature of Tranquilino’s works) that “represent modern influence, colonialism, and the changes our country has undergone.”
In Echoes, both Evangelista and Tranquilino show how nothing in the world is solid since time is a mutable element that permeates every molecule of life. While some of the things we value may seem to have disappeared, they have merely taken on new incarnations, weaving through the grand fabric of the ordinary, the everyday, ending up in the skin and bone of canvas and frame.
- (part of full write-up by Carlo Daoana)
(Ingredients and Clay Pot)
40” x 54”
oil on canvas
2018
as part of the two-man show, Echoes, with Daniel Evangelista at The METRO Gallery
SOLD
3’ x 3’
oil on canvas
2018
as part of the two-man show, Echoes, with Daniel Evangelista at The METRO Gallery
SOLD
3’ x 3’
oil on canvas
2018
as part of the two-man show, Echoes, with Daniel Evangelista at The METRO Gallery
SOLD
(Antique Mill and Rice Ladle)
36” x 18”
oil on canvas
2018
as part of the two-man show, Echoes, with Daniel Evangelista at The METRO Gallery
SOLD
36” x 18”
oil on canvas
2018
as part of the two-man show, Echoes, with Daniel Evangelista at The METRO Gallery
SOLD