MANILA, Philippines - Dina Gadia, Christina Dy and Maya Muñoz hold simultaneous shows “Convenient Culture Prop,†“Wonder Room,†and “Rainbow’s End,†respectively which open on July 11 at Silverlens, second floor, YMC Bldg. II, 2320 Don Chino Roces Ave. Ext., Makati City. The shows run until Aug. 10.
For inquiries, call 816-0044, e-mail info@silverlensgalleries.com or visit www.silverlensgalleries.com.
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Jason Dy at CCP
Jason Dy presents photographs taken during the commemoration of All Souls’ Day in 2012 in “Testimony of What Remains,†which opens on July 4 at the Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery), Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. The show runs until Aug. 18.
For inquiries call 8323702 or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.
Cezar Arro at Galerie Anna
Cezar Arro discovers what lies behind the tear-stained face or the blank expression that veers between contrasting emotional states — stillness and serenity of expression alternating with doubt and anxiety — in “Farout: In-your-Face Confrontation,†which is on view until July 11 at Galerie Anna, Artwalk, fourth floor, SM Megamall A, Mandaluyong City.
For details, call 470-2511 or visit www.galerieanna.com.
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RM de Leon and Tosha Albor at Artinformal
RM de Leon and Tosha Albor hold simultaneous solo shows, which open on July 4 at Artinformal, 277 Connecticut St., Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City. The shows run until July 22.
In “From a Distance Beyond 18 Inches,†De Leon transforms classic imageries anew, eliminating the mystifying respect for the “old†and the hype for the new.
In “Dig,†Albor continues to focus on the fundamentals of drawing and the ways in which it reveals, through the physical act of mark-making and gestural painting, a site of excavation and construction.
For information, call 725-8518 or SMS 0918-8992698.
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Lexygius Calip at CCP
Lexygius Calip equates memory with the notion of the “void,†a viewpoint associated with Asian philosophy in “Memories Are Sacred,†which is on view until Aug. 18 at Pasilyo Vicente Manansala, Cultural Center of the Philippines in Roxas Blvd., Pasay City.
For inquiries, call 832-1125, e-mail ccp.exhibits@gmail.com or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.
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Alwin Reamillo at Nova Gallery
Alwin Reamillo unearths, restores and creates new works fashioned out of found and salvaged objects in “Requiem,†which opens on July 4 at Nova Gallery, Warehouse 12, La Fuerza Plaza Compound, Don Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. The show runs until July 25.
For details, call 392-7797.
Bob Nuestro at The ArtPrints Alley
Bob Nuestro combines his techniques in photography and painting in “A Love Affair with Life,†which opens on July 5 at The ArtPrints Alley, Suite 324 LRI Design Plaza, Nicanor Garcia St., Bel Air II, Makati City. The show runs until July 20.
The images are chosen from the digital stock of the artist’s street photography portfolio, taken in different locations such as New York, Chicago, Makati and Hong Kong. The images are then printed on watercolor paper and painted with acrylic and graphite to create tension and continuity between the two media. The need for editions is forgone, thus producing one original work.
For inquiries, call 836-8799.
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Francisco Verano at Meme Contemporary Art Gallery
Francisco Verano puts together fragments of ideas and emotions throughout his career as an artist in “Fragmentos,†a collection of abstract paintings and sculptures from 1959 to present, which is on view until July 26 at vMeme Contemporary Art Gallery, second floor, CK Bldg., 61 Visayas Ave., QC.
For details, call 964-5951 or visit www.vmemecontemporary.com.