David Cortez Medalla,


My Sister at the Sewing Machine,


1956, Casein and sand on paper w/strips of adhesive and scotch tapes, 92 x 61cm, Ateneo Art Gallery collection.





In the Eye of Modernity: Philippine Neo-Realist Masterworks from the Ateneo Art Gallery


14 November 2009 to 14 March 2010


Singapore Art Museum


In the Eye of Modernity presents the Neo-Realist Masterworks from the renowned Ateneo Art Gallery in Philippines. The landmark exhibition revolves around what many art historians consider to be one of the most important junctures in the development of modern visual art in the Philippines, the so-called Philippine Art Gallery years from 1950 to 1964. The show traces the development of Neo-Realism in Philippines, notably, artists in the 1950s to mid-60s who adopted a modernist approach to �re-presentation�, through semi-fi gurative distortion and abstraction. It presents major works from post-war modernists such as Arturo Luz, Vicente Manasala, Jose Joya, HR Ocampo and Cesar Legaspi.