#filipinoamericanartist

[harvardfineartslib]

"Carlos Villa (1936 – 2013) was a Filipino American artist, educator, and curator. He was born in San Francisco, California to immigrant parents. Villa was trained at the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1950s as an abstract expressionist. Over time he transformed his practice to address issues of ethnic and cultural diversity, and later focused on the history of Filipinos in the United States.

He was a leading figure in 'Third World' and 'multicultural' international art movements. His large-scale works reference non-Western traditions, including tattoo, scarification, ritual, and ceremony. He was also an important theorist, curator, and organizer of public forums that he called 'actions.' Villa sought to forge a new kind of art-world inclusion that reflected his own experience, commitment to diversity, and boundary-bending imagination. (Summarized from the publisher’s note.)

Image 1: Front cover featuring “Tat2 (Tatu Series), 1971, Ink on Itek photograph

Image 2: “Muscle (Tatu Series), 1971, Ink on Itek Photograph

Image 3: “Untitled (Notepad drawings), 1990, Pen on paper

Carlos Villa : worlds in collisionOakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] HOLLIS number: 99155985964903941

[milenaolesinska]

Alfonso Ossorio - Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism "Alfonso Ossorio synthesized Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Art Brut styles over the course of his career. His early works were inspired by Surrealism, although he created these paintings by pouring oil and enamel paint onto canvas—a technique aligned with abstract expressionist art. A meeting with Jean Dubuffet sparked Ossorio’s interest in Art Brut, as he was drawn to the form’s shedding of fine art preconceptions." #art #paintings #artistic #artist #painter #filipinoamericanartist #fineart #artworks #VisualArt #visualculture #painting #abstractart #SURREALISM #abstractsurrealismpainting #abstractexpressionism #contemparyart #culture #blog #artblog @expositionblog https://www.instagram.com/p/CD8WZkvnoTL/?igshid=1mvzklfiw9c5b

[cesarcondeart]

In my happy place - the smallest Art Studio in this building!!!! Mad lLove! #queerartistofcolor #cesarcondeart #condeart #laartist #chicagoartist #barcelonaartist #portraits #oilpaintings #love #figurativeart #filipinoamericanartist #artistofcolor #portraits #galleries #smallestartstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CVTxYFWr6eN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mazamoravisuals]

This is a latepost but I still think it was a lot of #fun shooting #infraredphotography scenes in a place as nice and #colorful as #santamonicapier 🎡🏝#followme #followback #santamonica #santamonicabeach #landscapephotography #asianamericanartist #mystical #asamcreatorrollcall #filipinoamericanartist #explore #humanity #infrared #hypercolor #pretty #beach #losangeles #friday #fridaynight #weekend #mood — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2RywU9U

[adoboexperimentsvlog]

Visiting the music and movie studio in Chicago. . . . . #filipinoamericans #musicstudio #behindthescenesshot #behindthescenes🎬 #musicstudios #musicstudıo #studio #behindthescenesphotoshoot #chicago #chicagoland #recordingstudio #chicagostylist #chicagoartist #musicstudiodesign #musicstudioproduction #musicstudiolife #musicstudioz #filipinoamerican #chicagogram #behindthescenesphoto #musicstudiopalace #studiophotography #behindthescene #musicstudios_ #behindthescenesphotography #musicstudiostuff #filipinoamericanartist #chicagophotographer #behindthescenes #filipinoamericanhistory (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5otdsaHHSo/?igshid=xp3hdngnas6q

[harvardfineartslib]

A Filipino-American artist Pacita Abad (1946-2004) was born in Batanes, Philippines, and lived in Philippines until her parents urged her to leave Manila in 1970. As a law student, Abad had begun to organize demonstrations opposing the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand Marcos. Her organizing activities led her and her family in Manila to become targets of political violence. Abad took her parents’ advice and left Philippines. She enrolled at the University of San Francisco to study Asian history while supporting herself as a seamstress and a typist.

Abad became interested in art and eventually became a global artist. She has lived in many countries, including Bangladesh, Yemen, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, incorporating many different techniques and styles she encountered in her travels into her artwork. Abad would sew, stitch, and collage objects such as stones, sequins, glass, buttons, shells, and mirrors onto painted canvas to create vibrantly colorful works.

Fortunate for those who can visit Harvard, Abad’s work is now being shown as a part of “Future Minded: New Works in the Collection” at the Harvard Art Museums, which is free to the public.

Image 1: Pacita Abad featured in the publication, Obsession

Image 2: “The Great Barrier Reef,” 1991. Mixed media. Currently being exhibited at the Harvard Art Museums.

Obsession Pacita Abad; [catalogue edited by Jack Garrity; with essays by Ian Findlay-Brown and Ruben Defeo]. [Singapore : Pacita Abad Foundation], c2004. English HOLLIS number: 990107751490203941

[harvardfineartslib]

Alfonso Ossorio (b.1916, Manila, Philippines – d. 1990, New York, NY) was born in the Philippines to wealthy parents of Chinese, Filipino, and Hispanic ancestry. He moved to the United States in 1930. He studied at both Harvard University and the Rhode Island School of Design and then served in the military as a medical illustrator during the World War II.

His oil painting entitled “Beachcomber” (1953) is densely patterned with non-Western visual icons and images similar to the tribal art of Oceania which Ossorio admired at the Peabody Museum while an undergraduate at Harvard. The entire canvas is filled with endless sea of abstract forms, creating horror vacui, leaving a very little emptiness for viewers.

Image 1: Front cover of “Asian|American|Modern Art

Image 2: Alfonso Ossorio, “Beachcomber,” 1953, Oil on canvas, 84”x 144”

Asian American modern art : shifting currents, 1900-1970 Daniell Cornell and Mark Dean Johnson, editors ; Gordon H. Chang ... [et al.]. San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. English HOLLIS number: 990117463940203941

[harvardfineartslib]

Born in San Francisco, Carlos Villa (1936 – 2013), was an Asian-American of Filipino descent. He once described himself as “a Filipino not born in the Philippines—I am an American, not fully accepted because I am a Filipino in America.” 

Villa’s work explored cultural diversity and identity. He lived in Los Angeles and New York in the 1960s, but returned to San Francisco in 1969. There he began teaching art and became involved with multicultural activism. 

Image 1: “Tatu”, 1969, ink on itec print, 22”x 18”

Image 2: Black and white photograph of Carlos Villa by Irene Poon, 1997

Leading the way : Asian American artists of the older generation Photographic portraits and biographical sketches by Irene Poon ; [introduction by Paul Karlstrom ; foreword by Nanying Stella Wong ; historical essay by Lorraine Dong]. Poon, Irene.  Wenham, Mass. : Gordon College, 2001. 108 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm. "The creativity and careers of the pioneering artists featured in this publication is the subject of a ground-breaking exhibition at Gordon College. Selected art works and Irene Poon's photographic portraits of these senior Asian American artists provide an insightful introduction to the Asian American artists who led the way in the decades of the 30s through the 60s. Many of these artists continue to be productive in the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET. English 2001 HOLLIS number: 990087693250203941

[harvardfineartslib]

This is the Part I of the life and career of Filipino-American artist Pacita Abad (1946-2004). Abad was born in Batanes, Philippines. Her father was a congressman,  who hoped that his daughter would follow in his career path. While studying law  at the University of the Philippines, Abad began to organize demonstrations opposing the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand Marcos. Her family and their home in Manila became  targets of political violence. In 1969, her parents urged her to leave Manila and finish her law degree in Spain. Abad left the Philippines in 1970.

On her way to Europe, Abad intended to visit a relative in San Franciso, CA. Instead, she decided to stay, enrolling at the University of San Francisco to study Asian history while supporting herself as a seamstress and a typist.

Abad was briefly married to painter George Kleiman, who introduced her to painting. She traveled extensively with her second husband, Jack Garrity, a development economist, and lived abroad in Bangladesh, Yemen, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. Abad incorporated many different techniques and styles she encountered in her travels into her artwork. Abad would sew, stitch, and collage objects such as stones, sequins, glass, buttons, shells, and mirrors on painted canvas to create vibrantly colorful works. (summarized from the artist’s website)

Stay tuned for Part II of Pacita’s life and career.

Image 1: Front cover

Image 2: Pacita Abad (on the front endpaper)

Image 3: 39°C, 2003 24-colour, paper pulp, mixed media collage on handmade STPI paper 167.6 x 132.1 cm

Image 4: Every day I see circles, 2003 12-color, paper pulp, mixed media collage on handmade STPI paper 101.6 x 127 cm

Pacita Abad : circles in my mind, prints and paper pulp works Abad, Pacita [artist, writer of added commentary]   Singapore : Singapore Tyler Print Institute, [2003] 84 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 26 x 29 cm English Catalog of an exhibition held at Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Oct. 31, 2003 - Jan. 25, 2004. ISBN : 9810494181 ISBN : 9789810494186 HOLLIS number: 990150428240203941

[harvardfineartslib]

This is the Part II of life and career of Pacita Abad whose vibrant and colorful work brightens our day and gives much joy, but also focuses on issues of social inequality, particularly for women of color. As Abad expresses in her artist’s statement:

“I am a painter who paints from the gut, but has a strong social conscience, and my early work often dealt with global social issues. I truly believe that, as an artist, I have a social responsibility for my painting, to try to make our world a little better. I have tried to do this in my small artistic ways: from socio-political paintings series like my “Portraits of Cambodia” and “Immigrant Experience” that make people aware; to abstract painting series like my “Abstract Emotions” and “Endless Blues” that make people think; to public art projects like my colorful “Painted Bridge” that makes people smile; and to the numerous workshops that I have given around the world to help students learn.

I have also been very fortunate to spend most of my artistic career painting in the far-flung corners of the globe and my journeys have been a major inspiration for my paintings. It also has been a tremendous learning experience that has made me acutely aware of the difficult lives many women lead in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Being a woman of color, I also became more sensitive to the less than equal treatment of both women, and people with darker skin throughout the world. This has also made me appreciate how very fortunate I have been as a woman to be brought up in the Philippines, educated in America and live all over the world.”

A disciplined and prolific painter, Pacita Abad created more than 5,000 artworks and even painted a 55-meter long bridge and covered it with 2,350 multi-colored circles just a few months before she passed away. She was a truly global artist with more than 60 solo exhibitions and participation in more than 70 group exhibitions at museums and galleries across the U. S., Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. (Summarized from Brooklyn Museum’s website.)

Image 1: Front cover

Image 2: Pacita Abad (title page)

Image 3: Daydreams (on the left) Oil, mylar, pastel, mirror, cloth on handmade paper 108 x 82 cm

Starry starry night (on the right) Oil, mylar, pastel, mirror, cloth on handmade paper 108 x 78 cm

Image 4: Orange sherbet batik (on the left) Oil, batik, pastel on paper 57 x 77 cm Purple circuit boards (on the right) Oil, batik, pastel on handmade paper 77 x 57 cm

Obsession Pacita Abad; [catalogue edited by Jack Garrity; with essays by Ian Findlay-Brown and Ruben Defeo]. Abad, Pacita.   [Singapore : Pacita Abad Foundation], c2004. 159 p. English ISBN : 9810515499 HOLLIS number: 990107751490203941

[cesarcondeart]

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[cesarcondeart]

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[cesarcondeart]

One of my favorite painting!!!! Loved making it. #queerartistofcolor #cesarcondeart #condeart #laartist #chicagoartist #barcelonaartist #portraits #oilpaintings #love #figurativeart #filipinoamericanartist #artistofcolor #portraits #galleries https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvWJhLLW_0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cesarcondeart]

Work in progress ! #queerartistofcolor #cesarcondeart #condeart #laartist #chicagoartist #barcelonaartist #portraits #oilpaintings #love #figurativeart #filipinoamericanartist #artistofcolor #portraits #galleries https://www.instagram.com/p/CUVkb4JlCyN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cesarcondeart]

Tuesday night painting ….. the late shift @condeart @cesarcondeart #queerartistofcolor #cesarcondeart #condeart #laartist #chicagoartist #barcelonaartist #portraits #oilpaintings #love #figurativeart #filipinoamericanartist #artistofcolor #portraits #galleries https://www.instagram.com/p/CUI05FCF54H/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cesarcondeart]

In my happy place! Nothing smells better than fresh oil paint and varnish!!!! #queerartistofcolor #cesarcondeart #condeart #laartist #chicagoartist #barcelonaartist #portraits #oilpaintings #love #figurativeart #filipinoamericanartist #artistofcolor #portraits #galleries https://www.instagram.com/p/CT76StzlcW2/?utm_medium=tumblr