Out On The Prowl | Viking Scream Fest on May 17 at the Collective

Better practice your viking roars for the upcoming Viking Scream Fest happening this Friday, May 17 at the collective! Vikings? Valhalla? Open air? FREE movies? Count us in!

Ren Quinio's first one man show

Keep an eye out for Ren Quinio's solo show '8'! Filling the walls of Vinyl on Vinyl this May 7, 2014! Exhibit opens at 8pm. See you there!

tokidoki's creative director Simone Legno at VOV this April 26, 8pm!

 

In a world where countless trends and designs are churned out every second, standing out is feat not everyone accomplishes, let alone achieving global, cult-like status. Safe to say, Tokidoki is one that has succeeded in the task.
 

With its buffet of wide-eyed, criminally cute characters and playful aesthetic it’s not hard to see why the brand has achieved such success. Since debuting in 2005, Tokidoki, with its colorful characters in hand, has amassed a cult following and has emerged as a sought-after global lifestyle brand. With partnerships with big brands such as Hello Kitty, Karl Lagerfeld, LeSportsac, Barbie, Onitsuka Tiger, and Marvel, just to name a few, Tokidoki has risen to become a big brand in itself.
 

Tokidoki, which translates as “sometimes” in Japanese is the brainchild of Italian artist Simone Legno, with his partners Pooneh Mohajer and Ivan Arnold.
 

Simone Legno, the creative director of the brand, has had art as his companion since he was a child. It is with a box of pencils in one hand and a hunger for creating in the other that the beginnings of Tokidoki would eventually perpetuate.
 

Continuing his childhood passion and sharing it to the world, Simone has been a sought-after speaker around the world at museums, universities and conferences.
 

He will be showcasing his works in the Vinyl on Vinyl gallery in the Collective, Makati. Vinyl on Vinyl has had its fair share of international artists exhibiting in their space, from Jon Burgerman to Tara Mchperson, and Arkiv Vilmansa to, more recently, Gary Baseman.
 

Catch him and his technicolored creations on April 26, 2014 at 8pm, in the Vinyl on Vinyl gallery at the Collective, 7274 Malugay Street, Makati.

What happened in the Swimming Pool at Night | Two-show night with Kris Abrigo and Tano Panaligan

Last March 29, 2014, the walls of VOV were filled to the brim with the works of Kris Abrigo and Tano Panaligan. A two-show night, Super Swimming Pool and It Came From the Night and Fear, gave the viewers both ends of the spectrum, serving up the familiar and the unfamiliar, the colorful and quirky, and the dark and strange.

Missed the opening? Don't fret! We got you covered. Here's a little peek at what happened last March 29.

Three Days Left!

Three days left before Art in the Park! Show us some love and drop by our booth ;) See you there!

MARCH EXHIBIT SPACE | It Came From the Night and Fear by Christian 'Tano' Panaligan on March 29!

 

 It Came From the Night and Fear

When he was a little boy, instead of hiding under the safety of his blankets, Tano has always found himself seeking the creatures bedtime stories were made of.

From the night terrors that lurked in the shadows to the little creepers that lay just out of sight, 'It Came From the Night and Fear' is the stuff of childhood nightmares. It is a 20-piece collection of acrylic work on paper brought to life by the runaway imagination and the two very eager hands of Christian 'Tano' Panaligan.

MARCH EXHIBIT SPACE | Super Swimming Pool by Kris Abrigo on March 29!

Super Swimming Pool

It is safe to say that most, if not every fresh, wide-eyed, young artist who has wobbled their way into the belly of the creative beast has come across this statement at least once in their artistic journey: “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” It is an irony to cuff the statement with creativity, yet it is used to the point of cliché. We’ve become a culture of imitation, a sea of mirrors that reflect the next best thing.

Dive into the pool of the non-originals and the lifestyle of the something borrowed. We are at the age of copy and paste. An age where it is believed that self-preservation leads to stagnation and the stolen perspective becomes its own work of art.

Super Swimming Pool is a reflection of the art world where everything is inspired by something else and the only thing original is the vandalism of another. It is an exhibit that mimics the act of taking something that exists and making it your own, at the cost of swimming at the shallow waters of strained innovation and originality.

In true Repro Pop (Reproduction of Pop) fashion, Kris Abrigo dives head first into a pool of borrowed ideas and reoccurring techniques, and gives the place a much-needed taste of their own medicine. Yet unlike still waters, Kris tampers with the stillness and creates a calculated turbulence. Warning: a slight distortion may occur.

Kris Abrigo is a sculptor, a painter and an illustrator, just to name a few. He studied in Fine Arts and majored in Visual Communication in UP Diliman. He has won a national sculpture competition and has had a handful of group shows under his belt.  His work has gained much visibility over the years from doing street art for a year and doing illustrations and set designs for magazines, to creating murals for commercial and residential spaces, and crafting design sculptures for a furniture shop.