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| The Man of the Hour, Nasser Lubay. |
The nursery of visual artist Nasser Lubay is finally open
to public, this is Nursery of Curiosities, a solo painting exhibit that opens
last May 15, 2016 at Arte Pintura in The Address in Wack-Wack, Wack-Wack Road in Mandaluyong City. It features
24 artworks of Lubay that varies in different sizes.
More of Lubay’s pieces are colourful, and it talks about
daily living of people and how he imagine it in a very artistic way, from
dreaming to brushing of hair to the mirror and many stuff that we routinely
does, but mostly are called captured moments as Lubay describe it.
“Nag-start ako mag ipon 2009, tapos maraming process na
pinagdaanan, may mga personal struggle, may mga kung anu-anung elements ganun,
siguro I try to work the best as I can.” Lubay said.
Lubay is also in experiment stage regarding the mediums
he use for his artworks, mostly combining color paints that result to more colourful
paintings.
The Nursery of Curiosities will open until May 31, from
9am to 6 in the evening. Lubay is the
only Filipino to have won at the prestigious Celeste International Art Prize by
way of his outstanding work in 2009 titled " Rebirth. " In the same
year, " Rebirth " was exhibited at the 2nd Animamix Biennial at the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei, Taiwan.
Nasser also participated in the 2010 Ondarte
International Artist Residency in Akumal, Mexico. Upon returning to the
Philippines, Nasser was chosen as one of Jollibee’s Young Ambassadors, cited
for his achievements in the Arts. He also design the interactive visuals for
Ginugunita Kita that was staged in Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2015.
Lubay is also one of the founders of Artist Playground, an arts performance
company.
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| Actor and artist Ian Veneracion with Nasser Lubay. |
During the opening of Nursery, notable artist and
personality grace event such as sculptor Ramon Orlina, Dean Joey Yupangco,
Ballet Philippines Artistic Director Paul Alexander Morales, Art Writer Cid
Reyes, Theater and Film artist Banaue
Miclat-Janssen, Visual Artist Toym Imao and
Actor and painter Ian Veneracion.
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