CCP, National Museum stage joint exhibit of ‘21AM Collection’
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the National Museum of the Philippines team up to present a collaborative exhibit, titled “Selections from the 21st Century Art Museum (21AM) Collection.”On view at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery XXVII and Gallery XXVIII on the fourth floor, the show is a continuation of CCP’s programs to promote its collection to a wider audience by gathering artworks that seek to outline the early trajectories of Philippine contemporary art from the 1960s to the 1980s. This effort is also in line with the institution’s goal to further promote Philippine arts and culture outside of the complex while the CCP Main Building is being rehabilitated.
The exhibition consists of two sections—“The Possibilities of Luminance” and “Man and Nature”—which are based on the initial formation of the collection under the CCP Museum and the now defunct Museum of Philippine Art, and the visual thematic of illumination, materiality, nature and spirited innovation that is aimed to spotlight artists who defied traditional art forms and broke new grounds in the creation of conceptual, experimental and abstract works.
“Possibilities of Luminance” is anchored on the concept of brightness or luminance as an artistic expression that ties across visual characteristics and affinities found in the artworks from the collection.
“Man and Nature,” contemplates on visual expressions surrounding human and environment, explored through the works of select National Artists for the Visual Arts.
Displayed in the two galleries are works by National Artists for Visual Arts Napoleon Abueva, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, Ang Kiukok, Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera, Jose Joya, Cesar Legaspi, Arturo Luz and Vicente Manansala; National Artist for Sculpture Guillermo Tolentino; Lee Aguinaldo, Raymundo Albano, Augusto “Gus” Albor, Constancio Bernardo, Roberto Chabet, Mariano “Nonong” Del Rosario, Lao Lianben, Ileana Lee, Alfredo Liongoren, Ben Maramag, Flora Mauleon, Romulo Olazo, Rodolfo Samonte, Dani Sibayan, Gerardo “Gerry” Tan, Phyllis Zaballero and Fernando Zobel.
The exhibit is on view until November 2024.
Entrance to the exhibit is free.
The National Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday, and is located on Padre Burgos Avenue, Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila.
