FINALE ART GALLERY

Established in the early ‘80s, Finale Art File is considered as a premier gallery institution in the Philippines , having showcased hundreds of exhibits by some of the most talented names in contemporary visual arts. It has successfully balanced the demands of a commercial establishment and an artistic venue, occasionally featuring experimental works that push artistic boundaries and challenge audience expectation.
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Finale Art File,
Warehouse 17,
La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1),
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City (across Philippine School for Interior Design).

Mon. to Sat. 10AM to 7PM
Tels (632) 813 2310,
812 5034

Bembol De La Cruz
Inkslingers

Opening reception on July 9, 2009   6pm
Tall Gallery
Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1)
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City (across Philippine School for Interior Design)
Makati City

On View from July 9 - August 4, 2009

Pliny the Elder’s account of the origin of painting seemed to classify it as essentially a portrait. This as to deduce it from the attempts of Corinthian maiden Dibutades to trace the likeness of her lover even as a silhouetted profile from a shadow cast by a single light on a wall. The motive for which was to serve as a memento in his absence. Jan Willem-Dikkers, in an introduction to the unwavering role of portraiture and its persistent relevance in the practice of image making further reiterates that such an instinct stems from it being “ the most common type of visual language” that articulates such impulse in affixing relationships between people and “lived experiences” within those relationships.[1] All such markings which may be rudimentarily made as a pictogram comprising of a circle, 2 dots and a line, or as complexly modeled by pigment to effect contour and tone, serve to quantify and establish identity, hence encompass our dealings with this world of appearances that inevitably ingrains itself indelibly on our memories.

Inkslingers by Bembol De La Cruz

Ranelle Dial
REDEFINED SIGNALS

Opening reception on July 9, 2009   6pm
Upstairs Room
Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1)
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City (across Philippine School for Interior Design)
Makati City

On View from July 9 - August, 2009

How we perceive the world is but a matter of our capacity to articulate it. This articulation may come in the form of symbols. All other devices that we, as humans have come up to further engage ourselves with this world all tally to an infinitesimal archive of these symbols permutating with each utterance, stroke, breath and quiver which our porous anatomy is indubitably built for the osmotic contingencies of our being.

 

Redefined Signals by Ranelle Dial

Bea Camacho
DISCONNECT THE DOTS

Opening reception on June 9, 2009   6pm
Video Room
Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1)
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City (across Philippine School for Interior Design)
Makati City

On View from June 9 - July 5, 2009

Opening on June 9 at the Finale Video Room is the second part of Bea Camacho's "Disconnecting the Dots." In this exhibit, the artist addresses ideas of distance and disconnection through works that examine the space that separates one person from another and also propose ways of making this space visible and tangible, in an effort to better understand it. Rather than attempting to create connections, these works deliberately expose the “in-between” and engage in a process of taking apart. In these works, the “space between” is not a void; but rather, it is rich with content and meaning.

As a construct of the disconnection, Camacho mounted the first half of the show at SLab's smaller gallery 20Square. On view from June 2- June 20, 2009. Pls. visit Slab at http://slab.silverlensphoto.com/slab.htm

 

Disconnect the Dots by Bea Camacho

Annie Cabigting
Pictures of Pictures

Opens June 16, 2009 6pm
Tall Gallery
Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1)
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City (across Philippine School for Interior Design)
Makati City

On View from June 16 - July 6, 2009

Pictures of Pictures by Annie Cabigting

Carlo Acerden Gabuco
Post-Mortem

Opens June 16, 2009 6pm
Upstairs Gallery
Warehouse 17, La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1)
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City (across Philippine School for Interior Design)
Makati City

On View from June 16 - July 6, 2009
In Carlo Gabuco's "Post-Mortem," the artist investigates the tumult of images and (mis-)information that cloud our attention as we are immersed in the sea of "game shows, soap operas, billboards and fast-changing advertisements." In our complete devotion to them, we are hostaged from urgent and real concerns of daily life, tending to overlook "some of the complex and more significant issues.

 

Post Mortem by Carlo Gabuco

Paulo Vinluan
Folk Lore

Opens june 13, 2009 6pm
Blanc Compound
359 Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City
Contact: +63920-92764367 | +632-7520032
www.blanc.ph

Ten Young Artists
ATAT

Opens june 5, 2009 6pm
Tin-Aw
Upper Ground Floor; Sommerset Olympia, Makati Avenue, Makati City
Contact: +632 8927522 | www.tin-aw.com

Curated by Leo Abaya

All fresh out of art school, make a scintillating mix of chutzpah, conceptual rigor, fresh tradionalism and visual delight, in a group show that can hardly be considered academic.

• Carlo Aranton
• Kathleen Beredo
• Ings Isungga
• Aris Padua
• Lee Paje
• Goldie Poblador
• Joannis Sicuya
• Adeo Sta. Juana
• Ryan Villamael
• Liv Romualdez Vinluan

SHOE BOX DIORAMAS (PART 2)

Opens on June 4, 2009 at 6:00pm
West Gallery
48 West Avenue, Quezon City
+63 2 411 0336 | www.westgallery.org

Shoe Box Diorama 2 stems from the idea that craft-based or handmade materials make beautiful art works. Like the exhibit held at Mag:net Gallery last month, it continues to explore what can be created from traditional craft materials to found objects. Bea Camacho, Christina Dy, Eugene Jarque, Hitoshi Kanamura, Ikeuchi Yoshie, Ikoy Ricio, Jordin Isip, Lena Cobangbang, Louie Cordero, Lyra Garcellano, Mac Valdezco, Mariano Ching, Mike Muñoz, and Yasmin Sison have long been fascinated with viewing crafts as art.

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UPCOMING SHOWS & EVENTS

FINALE ART FILE Warehouse 17

Tall Gallery

• June 16 to July 6, 2009
  Annie Cabigting
  
• July 9 to August 4, 2009
  Bembol de la Cruz
  
• August 7 to September 1, 2009
  Paulo Vinluan
  
• September 4 to October 1, 2009
  Lyra Garcellano
  
• October 6 to 26, 2009
  Soler/Mona Santos
  
• October 28 to November 22, 2009
  Nona Garcia
  
• November 26 to December 31, 2009
  Liv Vinluan
  

Upstairs Gallery

• June 16 to July 6, 2009
  Carlo Gabuco
  
• July 9 to August 4, 2009
  Ranelle Dial
  
• August 12 to 30, 2009
  Redd Nacpil
  
• September 4 to 27, 2009
  Jojo Serrano
  
• October 1 to 29, 2009
  Poklong Anading
  
• November 5 to 24, 2009
  MM Yu
  

Video Room

• June 9 to July 5, 2009
  Bea Camacho
  
• July 14 to August 9, 2009
  Ditdit Van Der Linden
  
• August 12 to 30, 2009
  At Maculangan
  
• October 1 to 29, 2009
  Ronald Achacoso
  
• November 5 to 24, 2009
  Rafael del Casal
  

Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City

• October 30 to November 15, 2009
  Yasmin Sison