Extended Play!

With the digital age a lurking behemoth, it’s tendrils rooted in these fast times and even faster lives, we’re taking the time to look back and pay homage to a slower more deliberate era. A moment where artists and listeners were not by-product and end-product; they were collaborators, each taking time to create, digest, and fulfill all the expressions that would eventually make it to that one magical record. This symbioticrelationship has faded somewhat in a distant, digitized world, the effort between the collaborators and the listener taking time to
support the dedication behind the artful forces of music not commonplace. We miss it.

As with the most important things in life, nothing is ever truly lost. Merely forgotten. Join us, as we remember.

We have carefully hand picked some of the most enigmatically creative artists to capture that perfect moment wherein time and space is at seize and all senses are just directed onto that single record.

With a slew of artists, paint here and there, and a number of vinyl records in need of a little punch, for our third year anniversary a fusion of music and art will take place once again in scintillating proportions. Looks like third times the charm.

Igan D Bayan
Anjo Bolarda
Froilan Calayag
Bjorn Calleja
JP Cuison
Jigger Cruz
Mideo M. Cruz
Kiko Escora
Dex Fernandez
Ramona Dela Cruz-gaston
Kawayan De Guia
Arvin Javier
Luis Lorenzana
Raffy Napay
Nemo
Epjey Pacheco
Neil Pasilan
Dee Jae Paeste
Mark Salvatus
Randy Solon
Dexter Sy
Gabby Tiongson
Ungga
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Dr. Sketchy's Moloko Horrorshow

Don't miss the first Dr. Sketchy's of the year! Being a tribute to Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange,' this Dr. Sketchy's will be nothing short of twisted and amazing.

Joya - A Modern Native

Hope you can drop by and join us in opening this marvelous show which includes two large and rarely exhibited murals by the late National Artist Jose Joya from the late 70's and over twenty of his on-the-spot sketches from his travels abroad.    

This retrospective, which is brought to you by Gallery BiG in close collaboration with Rockwell Land, Allied Bank Credit Cards and Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, also features an array of artworks paying homage to the beloved Dean (as Joya was fondly called during his lifetime) from renowned artists such as Ramon Orlina and Michael Cacnio and other well established and promising talents such as Randy Solon, Froilan Calayag, Ramona Gaston, Mike Villagante, Erick Villarruz, Iyan De Jesus, Dino Gabito, Jepoy Almario, Michael Zaracias, Jr Urao, Onard Alfonso, Dennis Bato, Adrian Evangelista, Buen Abrigo, Anthony Palo and Camille Ver among others

"Joya - A Modern Native" at the Rockwell Tent at 6 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013 and will run until January 27, 2013. 

See you there!

To 2013

It may be a tad bit early but we here in Vinyl on Vinyl would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Here's to more art, music, new experiences and great company! Cheers everybody!

It's all in the Mind

All in the mind

In the mind’s eye lives a delirious blur of illusions, both chaotic and serene. A clash of colors, abstract figures and the faint hint of familiarity lead’s the mind to think against itself and question its truth. Is it real? Or is it all in my head? In the crevices that separate the real from the surreal, we find the rhythmical and colorful chaos that Arkiv Vilmansa weaves.

With the immaterial proportions of a dream, Arkiv plays with irony and attempts to encapsulate madness in a box. With fluid lines and an ebbing tide of brazen colors, a spectrum in disarray and a backdrop of ambiguous imagery, equilibrium is formed.

Take a step into Arkiv’s world and gaze upon the faces and symphonies that play with reality and beg to question if it is all in the mind.

Indonesian artist Arkiv Vilmansa has certainly come along way from home. Since his debut in 2005 his work been featured in countless galleries all over the world, from Indonesia to the U.S., from Germany to the Philippines; all of which has made him a household name within the contemporary art and toy scene.

With the 2011 Biennale, a slew of exhibits past, forthcoming shows and an upcoming auction at the renowned Sotheby’s under his belt, Arkiv shows no signs of slowing down

Frown not!

RAINBOW DECAY

speak upon you
as you stroke the first lines
of this thing that defines
something you know art

a body of flesh we are, i told you
you answered were not

a gathered fact, in a span of time
defines your existence

but you have said it's not

i asked you
to define
what is you about?

you draw a skull
in his lollipop

were always be the young men, you said
trapped on our rotting bodies
our youth plays, you said
in a coy of living dirty

your things look down upon me with compassion
even that famous mustache
had not escaped
your imaginations

giving life to dreams
and stories of real time
oh, this is not history in your imagery

when we were skulls
eventually...and literally
soon we'll be powderized
oh so freakin literally

frown not, our bodies travel
on the cosmic
on the mountains
on winter soil
and summer breeze
landing some of our pieces
on someone else's teacups
traveling on their physical bodies
to their imaginations
and dreams

they would say they know you
but they know not
creating another life
of a young boy and his bike
and his cat
and his father
and his chap.


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Ren Quinio was born on a not so cloudy day of August, 26 years back. Since knowing how to use his brain on such passion, his room had been flooding out of imaginations and dreams of becoming and having something like this - a solo exhibit of his creations.
Once inspired by street art and still life ( a not so nice combination) he then found his eye for Pop Surreal and Low brow art, creating his own style of bringing out rainbows on a decaying stage of life.

Going past the SURFACE

What is a portrait?

Pressed against the black painted walls of Vinyl on Vinyl are portraits of countless characters, with or without a face. From empty frames to seemingly empty silhouettes, the exhibit paints a picture worth a thousand words.

Pilipinas Streets Plan’s very own, DEFS and VR, takes refuge in VOV and redefines the meaning of a portrait. From the plain-Jane notion of a ‘composed image of an individual’ comes a new definition that goes beyond the face of man.  From faces of the flesh to blank surfaces, DEFS and VR creates ‘something admired, something that makes you want to look forward to seeing on a daily basis, and something iconic.’

‘Surface’  was displayed in Vinyl on Vinyl last September 29-October 17, 2012. Pass on by and get re-educated on surfaces and portraits.