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[ Artist's Statement ]
My
work is likely to be more sharply individualized than the realist,
therefore more dramatically my own, sometimes to the point of
eccentricity, their individuality becomes more natural when I'm
interested in probing my own soul rather than reflecting the world of
ideas, and in explaining a moody or inner world than revealing a basic
harmony in the one around us, I paint images so exaggerated or
distorted that they take us away from the familiar world into one of
emotion and feeling, at least that is my interest. In extremes, these
expressions may even become hysterical or nightmarish. I also try new
means of expression, seeking new direction, exploring new mediums and
methods of working.
This is an excellent time in my development
as an artist to experiment, to meet and enjoy the challenges of various
materials. Keep alert for the inevitable accidents that appear, as I
work I often take Advantage of them. In painting for instance, color
sometimes Bleed together or overlap to create an admirable but
unplanned effect, Pencil marks or under-painting may unintentionally
show through enhancing my work. Surprises can crop up in any materials
I use, often sparking new ideas.
- Barrioquinto
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[ About the Artist ]
It might be disappointing for some
of us to hear Andres Barrioquinto does not have to dwell on Bram
Stoker, Mars Ravelo, Alex Nino or some other more au courant preacher
of the gothic to arrive at his brooding, rust drenched compositions. He
needs only to contemplate his grandfather, physically frail and
near-somnambulistic, with a visage shorn of teeth, withered and
deepened by the weight of a lived life. He needs only to share the
inner world with his down-syndrome brother and probe, with filial
empathy, the parallel privacies and distances open to the loved ones we
call special. He needs only look out at suburbia, his home and peer
longingly into the pigeonholes that real-state developers lovingly
label as condos and townhouses, and notice his neighbors, friends and
acquaintances and their daily waltz with the horrors of the humdrum.
Creeper movies and pulp fiction can only hope to approximate the
unbearable lightness of being in Tandang Sora in the 90s. Barrioquinto
spent some formative years in pre-turnover Hong Kong, then jostling
with New York for the title of world's rudest city. The son of migrant
journalist, he evolved a repertoire of coping that included nights at
gang-infested video arcades, where the violence mostly electro-digital,
sometimes crossed over into real space. No classroom text could stand
in for this hard-knocks literacy. In his pre-teen years, before Hong
Kong, Andres would hang out at the art department of a major Filipino
daily where his father worked as a business editor. Returning to Manila
in '92, he re-visited this inclination and enrolled in the Fine Arts.
What has proceeded from this has become salvific, both for Andres, the
painter, and for us, who would give an ear to the lexicon of intensity
that living in the 'ordinary' world has bestowed upon one of us.
m.m.y.
By Jose Tence Ruiz
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[ Artist's Resume ]
Andres BARRIOQUINTO
Born April 6,1975, Philippines
1995-2000 Fine arts (Painting)
University of Santo Tomas
1995 Fine Arts (Painting)
University of the Philippines
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 UGALING BABOY,UGALING ASO…THIRD WORLD!!!
West Gallery,Mandaluyong City.
2003 FHAMVHENTA HEZPESYAL
West Gallery,Makati City.
2002 RIPE (with decay)
The Drawing,Room Makati City.
SORROW IN THE HOUSE OF BEAUTY
West Gallery,Mandaluyong City.
2001 MY LOVE GONE WRONG SONGS
Big and small art co.,Mandaluyong City.
STOP KILLING ME
West Gallery,Mandaluyong City.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 DOG GOD, UST TRAVELING SHOW
2004 13 ARTISTS AWARDS CCP
2001 THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, R.O.C.
WHO OWNS WOMEN'S BODIES? (Traveling show)
1999 THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, R.O.C.
NOKIA ARTS AWARD-ASIA PACIFIC Singapore
SELECTED AWARDS
2003 13 ARTISTS AWARDS,CCP Manila
2000 BEST ENTRY / LITHOGRAPHY Print Association of the Philippines
BENAVIDEZ AWARD 389TH Anniversary
(1611-2000) University of Santo Tomas
1999 BENAVIDES AWARD 388TH Anniversary
(1611-1999) University of Santo Tomas
HONORABLE MENTION 9TH Taiwan International Biennial Print and drawing Exhibition
JURORS CHOICE 52nd Annual Art Competitions Art Association of the Philippines
JURORS CHOICE 1ST Nokia Arts Awards Asia Pacific Singapore
1998 GRAND PRIZE 15TH Young Painters Annual National
Painting Competitions Metrobank Foundation
1997 THIRD PRIZE 50TH Annual Art Competition
Art Association of the Philippines
HONORABLE MENTION Watercolor Category
30TH National Student Competition Shell
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