Galleria Nicolas presents “Collective Elan: The Modern Era of Art”
October 17-21, 2018Galleria Nicolas brings together three (3) modern masters in “Collective Elan: The Modern Era of Art.” Works by glass sculptor Marge Organo, abstractionist Ombok Villamor, and master of neo-genre painting Dominic Rubio, will be showcased at ManilArt 2018.
Cited as one of “The 8 Notable Artists” of the year last ManilArt 2017, Marge Organo is not one to rest on her accomplishments. With her angular abstract glass forms, Organo manages to incorporate different figurations that play with the diffused light. In this manner, light bends through each refraction and reflection in ways that almost seem impossible. How she manages to achieve this effect in her practice speaks to a measured method and a highly intellectual approach to art.
Ombok Villamor has gained recognition from a variety of award-giving bodies, including being a finalist in the Non-Representational Category at the 2015 GSIS Art Competition, and a semi-finalist in the Oil Category of the 2002 Art Petron National Student Art Competition. Villamor’s works are characterized by fascinating abstractions of life-forms. The resulting paintings are organic narratives that bring out the rich dynamism and energy of life.
The powerhouse works of Dominic Rubio have done well in auctions such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Borobudur, Larasati, and Masterpiece. A founding member of the Guevarra and Blumentritt Group of artists, Rubio has become a favorite among major collectors in Asia, the U.S. and Canada. He has held major exhibitions where his signature figures in turn of the century garb with elongated necks have been a big hit with audiences.
The exhibition as a whole addresses a collective theme of flair, and the works in the show approach the theme from a broad range of perspectives. Each artist attempts to transform recaptured emotions and individual memories into beauty.
