About the Event
Lee Paje opens her solo exhibition “Diin, San-o, Sin-o” at Kapitana Gallery in Balay ni Tana Dicang on November 17, Friday This is the culmination of her two-month stay in Talisay, Negros for the artist residency program of Kapitana, in partnership with Tin-aw Art Management Inc. Paje presents oil on copper works that feature the Spanish-era and pre-war buildings and houses that dot the Negros island. Paje says “These structures not only survived decades of colonization and wars, but adapted and accepted change through the growth of new buildings and modern
“Diin, San-o, Sin-o” or Where, When and Who is a continuation of Paje’s study on identities. In this residency, she explores the link between place and identity. “I wanted to create spaces that allow redefinition and reorientation of identities. Negros towns and cities’ landmarks melding with another city’s structures to create a different space, time and place. It is somewhere familiar yet oddly new.” The artist is a Bachelor of Fine Arts magna cum-laude graduate from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She has had four solo exhibitions and has also shown her works in Singapore and Taiwan. In 2014, she was selected as a Young Artist Discovery for Art Taipei.
This is Kapitana Gallery’s second year for its artist residency program. Kapitana invites artists from< around the Philippines to stay in Negros, explore the island and develop an exhibition about the place and its people at the end of the residency. In 2017, Kapitana will launch ABungalow, a house made of re-constructed pieces from a pre-war structure. This will serve as home for future residency participants.
“Diin, San-o, Sin-o” runs until December 7, 2017. For details, please contact Kapitana Gallery at Balay ni Tana Dicang, 36 Rizal St., Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Contact Joann at +6334-712-6800 or +6334-495-4638.