"Evince" by Demosthenes Campos

"Evince" Exhibit- May 1-16, 2009, @ Whitebox Studio, Cubao, Quezon City

Demosthenes Campos' 4th solo exhibition features thirty-three (33) 3.5 sq. ft. works using acrylic with elastomeric paint on paper. Looking at the first 12 abstract works hanging on one side of the wall could easily give the audience an impression that he is looking through the window of a building that had a view of all the roofs of the shanties within its horizons, or that each square foot of work has become like suspended creatures just morphing into yet other forms right before one's eyes. The dominant yellow paint in all works even hints at Klimt's golds, all magnetically drawing in its audience further to closely investigate each stroke and line.



Demosthenes Campos, a 36 years old graduate Fine Arts graduate (major in advertising) of Technological University of the Philippines, is open about his admiration of the works of Rothko and Rauschenberg, and even of fellow TUP artist Eugene Jarque. Growing up as the eldest of four boys in Paco, Manila, Campos remembers being drawn to the art of painting by a cousin whose penmanship and drawing he admired as a child.

Demosthenes Campos relates that his very first serious foray into art was when he joined the PYLOX Spray Art contest in 2000 where he won first prize for a sculpture titled "Aligasin", a piece which he fashioned out of an old toilet bowl. He won his first big money in the said contest worth P50 thousand along with a PC computer. Most notably, Demosthenes Campos won 3rd prize during the 59th AAP Annual Art Competition under the mixed-media category.

Demosthenes Campos' very first solo exhibit was in 2007 with "Influence" at the Big & Small Art Co. (SM Megamall), followed in 2008 by "Unfinished" at The Crucible Gallery (SM Megamall), and "Decoloration" at Galeria Astra in Makati City.

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