Andres Barrioquinto paints the many faces of female sadness
DOLORES is a female name from a Latin word meaning “sorrows.” It is usually applied to contexts of mental pain and suffering.This exhibition which features the moody portraitures of Andres Barrioqunto presents a collection of different women, depicted in either a vast landscape or a lively kaleidoscopic bed of flowers.
According to the artist, the placement of his figures in such vast and remote scenery creates a certain feeling of isolation and loneliness. “I want to emphasize or somehow portray the effects of men, or maybe the backwash of life in general towards women.” Barrioquinto says.
Generally, his concepts for this art show are inspired by all the women around him, from the youngest tramp strewn across the street to his very own birth mother. This is a tribute to them, for the scars and afflictions that life has left them with.
It is highly noticeable that in this present batch of paintings, the figures somehow bleed a certain blanket of mourning for the human soul. “My paintings are usually dark and macabre, and they still are now, only in a different and more subtle sense of expression."
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andres Barrioquinto (b. 1975, Philippines) graduated in Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of Santo Tomas in 2000. A prestigious recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award (2003) bestowed by the Cultural Centre of the Philippines, Dolores is his sixteenth solo art exhibition and fourth in Singapore. The exhibition progresses from the geometricism and detailed realism that he has been developing in the past year.
VENUE: Utterly Art Exhibition Space (diagonally opposite the Sri Mariamman Temple, Pagoda St Exit) 229A South Bridge Road (2nd Level) Singapore 058778
TEL: 6226 2605
EMAIL: utterlyart@pacific.net.sg
OPENING HOURS: Mon-Sat 12 noon - 8 pm Sun 12 noon - 5.30 pm
"Dolores" by Andres Barrioquinto ends on 31 May 2009
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