JAN. 26 - APR. 15, 2012

IKON: Iconography

This exhibit presents a conversation between Russian Icons from the PCGG Collection and selections from the 18th to 19th century religious paintings from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Collection. It also explores the unique, often similar, imagery of both Russian and Filipino religious iconography. It allows us to understand what is obvious before our eyes while moving our spirit to spiritual appreciation.

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JAN. 27 - MAR. 31, 2012

The Exhibitors:

Ralph Acasio
Joey Alvero
Jay Man Bravo
Mary Joyce Co
Inna Cristobal
Joy Therese Cruz
Inno Delarmente III
Louise Ann Manuel
Jesed Moreno
Artu Nepomuceno
Justin Cass Reyes
Cai Soriano
Remington Tiu
Apple Marie Villalobos
Arrianne Yonzon

One Day in the City: PASAY

The majority of the world's population resides in cities. Sometime in 2007 a UN study indicated that for the first time in history the number of people living in urban areas has outweighed those living in the rural. With the growth of megacities, or cities like Metro Manila with populations exceeding 10M we are seeing that for the majority of the world's population, life in the 21st C will most likely be spent in urban areas.

The city is a space. It is composed of areas defined in many ways by different factors. The science of city planning and the politics of its management have seen our urban spaces grow in various permutations resulting in constant shifts in the physicality of the cities we live in.

The city is a place. We live, work, play within its confines and conditions. It is a repository of our memories, provides stimuli for our daily experience and defines who we are. As its inhabitants we imbue it with character and culture, and the cities grow as we do, in a symbiotic relationship that only urban citizens feel and understand. The peculiarities, moods, spaces and places of the city and its dwellers are what we want to capture in this show.

"One Day in the City: Pasay" is a photographic exhibit focusing on Pasay City. The show depicts facets of the urban fabric and the experience of city dwellers as seen through the eyes of student photographers from the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde AB Photography program. The photography project is a way of showing how life is in one part of a 21st century Asian megalopolis like Metro Manila, and will provide a counterpoint and a response to the Spanish photography show "Photo By Photo: A Portrait of Spain", on going at the Tall Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila until January 14, 2012.

The show is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts, The City Government of Pasay, Canon Philippines Inc. and the Spanish Embassy Manila.

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