{"id":66126,"date":"2022-08-17T17:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=66126"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:57:26","slug":"see-the-whimsical-works-of-averil-paras-at-phantasmagoria-at-artistspace-from-aug-19-sept-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/08\/17\/see-the-whimsical-works-of-averil-paras-at-phantasmagoria-at-artistspace-from-aug-19-sept-1\/","title":{"rendered":"See the Whimsical Works of Averil Paras at Phantasmagoria at ArtistSpace from Aug 19 &#8211; Sept 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Averil Paras continues to open his narrative scope in <strong>Phantasmagoria<\/strong>, a series of works melding the mystical and mythical, in the artist\u2019s signature style of whimsical painting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66130\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_invitation_to_phantasmagoria_exhibition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_invitation_to_phantasmagoria_exhibition.jpg 424w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_invitation_to_phantasmagoria_exhibition-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Ayala Museum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It will be on view from August 19 to September 1, 2022 with an Artist\u2019s Reception this Friday at 6:00 p.m. at the ArtistSpace located at Ground Level, Ayala Museum Annex, Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66131\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_tanglaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_tanglaw.jpg 449w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_tanglaw-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Tanglaw \/ IMAGE from Ayala Museum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In these mythic tableaux, sylvan scenes are populated by wistful characters and phantasmagoric creatures, arrested by a tuneful atmosphere that courses throughout, be it from the music of a lute, a fiddle, and a bassoon, or the quiet of still waters and open fields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66132\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_matayog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_matayog.jpg 453w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_matayog-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Matayog \/ IMAGE from Ayala Museum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Told in his distinctive visual language bearing the influences of cubism, surrealism, and magic realism, Paras works with a more limited palette that cloaks his mise-en-sc\u00e8nes with splendor and mystery. Central to each work are strong female figures, modeled after the formidable Filipina, whose stories of headstrong ambition and steadfastness Paras transcribes in works like <em>Matayog<\/em> and <em>Kaagapay<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">About the Artist<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66133\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_profile_photo_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_profile_photo_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_profile_photo_1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/rsz_averil_paras_profile_photo_1-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Ayala Museum<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Averil Paras has been capturing his audience\u2019s attention through his stories carefully crafted in his paintings. A consistent Metrobank Art and Design Excellence finalist, he had formal training in Fine Arts (as an Advertising major) at FEATI University. His passion to transcribe stories onto his contemporary canvas has earned him spots in the Ateneo <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Art Auction for two successive years, and in the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) Auctions for three years.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">For queries on the exhibition, you may call or email Galerie Joaquin at 0917-158-9243 or info@galeriejoaquin.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">About the ArtistSpace<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">ArtistSpace, an art gallery established in 2004, is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary visual arts featuring a wide range of styles and media from local and foreign artists in two-week exhibitions.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The gallery is open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">For more information on ArtistSpace, you may call or email Ms. Jane Salvador at 0917 826 4425 or hello@artistspace.org.ph.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This is a press release. Minor edits were made prior to publishing.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHANTASMAGORIA, presented by Galerie Joaquin, is a solo exhibition of Filipino visual artist, Averil Paras. It will be on view from 19 August to 1 September 2022 with an Artist\u2019s Reception on 19 August (Friday) at 6:00 PM at the ArtistSpace located at Ground Level, Ayala Museum Annex, Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":66129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[15722,5402,15721,3120,15720],"class_list":["post-66126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-art-exhibits-in-makati","tag-artistspace","tag-averil-paras","tag-ayala-museum","tag-phantasmagoria"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Phantasmagoria.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66126"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66146,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66126\/revisions\/66146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}