Inner Weather by Jem Magbanua
Artery Art Space is pleased to present “Inner Weather” featuring works by Jem Magbanua, primarily reflecting on the poetics of space – where the surrounding nuances are symbolic of individual subjectivity, states of mind and soul, variations on site become catalysts for change; the color blue, which dominates the works in the exhibition, are forays into the unknown that represent the boundless human imagination and frontier spirit.
Using a more painterly gestural approach to these larger expanses of space, Magbanua pushes her pictorial compositions with fractured placements of various landscape elements that seem to disengage our perceptions of time and material, providing her audience with an inspired combination of poetry and analytical study. At the same time, she offers a critical awareness of nature beholden as a conceptual construct on matters of the sublime that produce a spectacle, in relation to our experiences out in the wild so to speak, and consequently, the landscape being a space of conquest and ownership.
Jem Magbanua is a full-time freelance visual artist and illustrator based in Manila. Grounded firmly in the practice of drawing, her work explores the nature of place, of human beings in place, and of the structures- organic and artificial- that shape (human) nature. Jem’s work has been exhibited in Singapore at Grey Projects and DECK Gallery, the United States with Light Grey Art Lab, in Japan at Mabuya Community Center Gallery and at Studio Kura, and the Philippines with Artery Art Space and Underground Gallery.
DETAILS
What: Inner Weather by Jem Magbanua
When: July 29, 2017 (6 pm) to August 19, 2017
Where: Artery Art Space, 102 P. Tuazon Blvd., Cubao Quezon City
Contact: (02) 725-2837
Email: arteryartspace@gmail.com
