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Between Her

Oil on two canvasses

12 x 9 x 3/4 in

2017

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Erased Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (Triptych I)

Oil, enamel and chalk on canvas

48 inches x 151 inches

2017

As much of Philippine National Artist Nick Joaquin’s canonical play was painstakingly written on the blackboard-like surface, and then erased. The work suggests the provisional status of a national identity, and pedagogy’s role in constructing it, while exploring meaningful methods of creating a referential abstract image.

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I Faced it All, and I Stood Tall, and Did it My Way

Enamel and San Miguel Pale Pilsen and San Miguel Light bottles (unopened)

Variable dimensions

2017

The two kinds of beer are iconic for two different generations, while the piece invokes the informal exchange of secret information, honest opinion and provisional insights commonly practiced over beer in Philippine culture. With its title lifted from the song popularized by Frank Sinatra, it is an homage to Nick Joaquin.