Philippine Star
ARTMAGEDDON By Igan D’bayan
Monday, August 25, 2008
Like some of the great adventures in art, it started with a small object. In this case a kaleidoscope.
Philippine Star
By Araceli Z. Lorayes
A chance meeting among neighbors paved the way for artist Mia Herbosa’s paintings to be exhibited until Oct. 31 at Bravo Restaurant at Festival Mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa. Thus, the restaurant’s patrons are able view art created in the European tradition with their pasta and osso bucco.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
By Victoria T. Herrera
THE HOLLYWOOD FILM “Dead Poets Society” (released in 1989) popularized the Latin phrase “carpe diem” to the youth of the 1990s as a call of admonition to live life to the fullest.
Philippine Star
ARTMAGEDDON By Igan D’bayan
One of the best poets in the country, Marjorie Evasco, once wrote, “Water has the texture of memory.” The same with oil, in the case of New York-based artist Mia Ongpin Herbosa. Talking about new pieces in her ninth solo exhibit titled “Carpe Diem” at Alliance Française Total Gallery, she says, “I am trying to paint a memory of my life.”
Businessworld
By Amelia H.C. Ylagan
Alfonso Ongpin contemplates his newborn son, Luis. The amber of dusk falls softly on his lapel from an imagined window just over his shoulder. The soft light picks up a dab of muted vermillion from a palette of ochres and siennas, glazing a pink glow on the baby’s cheeks. In the somber silence, one can feel the meditation in eternity between father and son, as they gaze into each other’s eyes.
