POP-EYED

Seta members with “Pop” tendencies will unveil a suite of paintings heralding the reemergence of and emphasis on figuration in their art. The birth and proliferation of the Pop Art Movement in the 1960s marked the onset of the post-modernist period in art history, which was a reaction against the “excesses” of the anti-figure Non-objective Abstraction.

This rediscovered affection for the figure didn’t mean, though, a return to Academism. Far from it. Because expectations of and excessive concern for such staples of academic art as bravura brushstrokes, a single source of light, harmonious color schemes, oftentimes idyllic settings, etc. are eschewed altogether in favor of non-traditional techniques in the application of paints, printed and digital motifs that saturate contemporary mass and social media, and characters that are nowhere near resembling the anatomically-correct figures of classical-realist art.

Pop Art therefore is all about breaking away from the usual images prevalent or the total absence of them in past art styles. Pop Art is also about experimentation on how to portray or present best and in a novel manner the contemporary and the kitschy, and the popular and the quirky.

Like what happened elsewhere, Pop Art had spawned here and segued into various variants that mimicked those abroad, and to which each of us exhibit participants professed being an adherent of. And that is a good thing, because Pop Art in its many forms further spices Philippine art with its fun and whimsical and very contemporary approach to artmaking.

Featured Artist:

Agnes Batallones
John Wesley Bautista
Ovidiu Espiritu Jr.
Ovidiu Espiritu III
Isagani Fuentes
Jojo Garcia
Lei Manto
Arnaldo Mirasol
Tito Rolly
Ray Sayo

Location:

L6, Unit 625, Shangri-La Plaza, Main Wing, Mandaluyong

Schedule:

Artist Reception: Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 4PM

Exhibit runs until June 10, 2025

Contact:

For more information and inquiries, you may contact us here:

0916-567-3351

(02)8696-3244