All a child’s game at Ma’s ‘Laro Tayo’ at The Crucible
September 25, 2003 | 12:00am
Artist Wilson Ma invites the child within us all to frolic in his latest exhibit Laro Tayo, (Let’s Play) at The Crucible Gallery.
Drawing from his own childhood memories, Ma paints idyllic scenes of traditional Filipino games that are fast becoming extinct in this age of video games and the Internet. From tsa-to to tex, and from patintero to taguan pung, the artist revisits the games that we played in simpler times.
Combining the best of realism and impressionism, he paints lifelike characters set against a swirl of colorful brushstrokes, suggesting both motion and the haze of memory.
A member of the illustrious Saturday Group of artists, Ma also explores the visual and spatial connotations of the word "play," as he lets go of painterly conventions by using actual toys in several of his works. Thus, through the artist’s act of will, samples of tirador (slingshot), turumpo (spinning top), and plastic balloons are framed and lifted up to the level of art.
The Crucible itself is not spared from Ma’s playful streak, as the gallery’s floor has been turned into an interactive playground courtesy of the piko (hopscotch) lines that the artist has drawn on the floor, along with other toys and playthings scattered for everyone’s enjoyment.
From paintings to mixed media to installation art, Ma uses all of these in an exhibit that can only be described as an aesthetic romp in the park.
Laro Tayo, an exhibit by Wilson Ma, is ongoing until Sept. 28 at The Crucible Gallery, at the fourth floor of SM Megamall A, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. For more details, call 635-6061.
Drawing from his own childhood memories, Ma paints idyllic scenes of traditional Filipino games that are fast becoming extinct in this age of video games and the Internet. From tsa-to to tex, and from patintero to taguan pung, the artist revisits the games that we played in simpler times.
Combining the best of realism and impressionism, he paints lifelike characters set against a swirl of colorful brushstrokes, suggesting both motion and the haze of memory.
A member of the illustrious Saturday Group of artists, Ma also explores the visual and spatial connotations of the word "play," as he lets go of painterly conventions by using actual toys in several of his works. Thus, through the artist’s act of will, samples of tirador (slingshot), turumpo (spinning top), and plastic balloons are framed and lifted up to the level of art.
The Crucible itself is not spared from Ma’s playful streak, as the gallery’s floor has been turned into an interactive playground courtesy of the piko (hopscotch) lines that the artist has drawn on the floor, along with other toys and playthings scattered for everyone’s enjoyment.
From paintings to mixed media to installation art, Ma uses all of these in an exhibit that can only be described as an aesthetic romp in the park.
Laro Tayo, an exhibit by Wilson Ma, is ongoing until Sept. 28 at The Crucible Gallery, at the fourth floor of SM Megamall A, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. For more details, call 635-6061.
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