18 x 24 @ Metro Gallery

By the exhibit's title alone, one need not wonder about the sizes of the works, but what to see on those canvases made the pulse run quicker, especially with this viewer having just come from another great exhibit opening (Jarque's & Valdezco's).

Metro Gallery mounts “18x24,” opened on May 16 (and on view until May 26), at Metro Gallery, 455 P. Gueverra St., San Juan (right beside Cafe Ysabel).




The show featured the works by Jason Montinola, Tyago Almario, Vincent De Pio, Aileen Lanuza, Wesley Valenzuela, CJ Tanedo, Randalf Dilla, Alrashdi Mohammad, Kris Jan Gavino, Clint Catalan, Marlon See, Parker Encisa, Jigger Cruz, Keka (Becca Rodriguez), Carlo Ongchangco, Gino Tioseco, Joselito Jandayan, Kadin Tiu, Raffy Napay, Rovi Salegumba, Averil Paras, Marcial Pontillas, Heraldo Corpuz, Epil Franklyn, Mike Velasco, Ronald Caringal, Cesar Delgado, Egg Fiasco, JJ Zamoranos, Scott Garceau, Benjie Bermudez, Robert Shook, Julmard Vicente, Rianne Salvarita, Bjorn Calleja, Lawrence Borsoto, John Suter Pongongan, Demosthenes Campos, Henry Royales, Bernardo Del Mundo, Mitch Valera, Nemo Aguila, Ferdinand Cacnio, Delf Campos, Rizaldy Garra, Jojo Lofranco, Adonai Artificio, and Mark Salvatus.

Cesar Delgado's work (uppermost right) highlighting the face of a baby, and below it the work of Corpuz and Mohammad.

Artist Marlon Magbanua admires a work.

Campos' signature abstraction work in the middle.

It is a great feeling to have bumped into Dumaguete-based artist and once co-officemate Rian Salvarita, who eagerly told me that his work had been sold. I checked out all the works and signature pieces of Cacnio, Dilla, Campos, Mohammad, Corpuz, Jandayan, and Delgado, among others. Delgado has returned to painting after a brief absence, having found work abroad, but tells us that he has gone back into his first love, this time on a full time basis.

Artist Salvarita and his Dali-inspired work above us.

For information on the exhibit, call or SMS Chitty Cometa at 0917-8115399.