Art Events in Manila and Beyond

Conrado Velasco will have an exhibition at 20Square Gallery from February 10 to 28, 2009. The show, Metallurgy of Desire,will be composed of altered pages from fashion magazines. A former art director/photograph er at GAP and Banana Republic, Velasco knows this world well.

An artist talk is scheduled to coincide with the show's closing reception on February 28, at 5pm. The talk will touch on a myriad of topics that form Velasco's current interests and influences. Following the artist talk, a new set of visual electronic compositions called Synthetic Haikus will be projected in the gallery.

Conrado Velasco's work inhabits the spaces where art, design, commerce and technology intersect. His career runs the whole range of disciplines - graphic design, photography, sculpture, industrial design, visual merchandising, illustration, motion graphics and electronic arts. For him the future of art lies in the volatile mix of technology and ideas. Conrado Velasco was born in Manila and is a graduate of the University of the Philippines. He has been an awardee of the Silverlens Foundation Photography Acquisition Grant for two years in a row. He presently divides his time between Ireland and the Philippines.

Metallurgy of Desire will run from February 10 to 28, 2009 at 20Square. Conrado Velasco will have an artist talk on Feb. 28, 5pm, followed by the show’s closing reception. Accompanying the show is Bukod Tanging Pag-ibig / A Don Fernando Register by Jose Tence Ruiz at the SLab Main Gallery and The Passing of Light II: Book of Illumination by Emmanuel Santos at Silverlens Gallery.

Visit 20Square at 2/F YMC Bldg.II, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City. Gallery hours are from 10am - 7pm Monday to Friday, and 1 - 6pm on Saturday. For more information, call 8160044 / 09052650873, email manage@silverlensph oto.com or visit slab.silverlensphot o.com.