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Artes de las Filipinas: Private Collections

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Private Collections (Bayanihan by Carlos "Botong" Francisco)
By: Christiane L. de la Paz

1, 111 artworks drawn from the art collections of 30 Filipino art collectors
30 art collections, 30 essays of formation, progression and completion

  • First book project conceived, managed and executed by Artes de las Filipinas
  • Six surveyed and chosen book covers present a unique mode of art book presentation and is thoughtfully designed to give the book a truly unique identity
  • Limited to 1000 copies; each of six covers has only 166 copies in print
  • Accompanied by an interactive CD-ROM which contains trivias about each collector, artworks and portraits of artists covered in the book
  • Amply illustrated with artworks, majority of these are never before seen and documented
  • Packed with many references on the works of the masters, established and emerging artists
  • An up-to-date and representative sample of Philippine modern and contemporary art
  • Delineates that fine art is not limited to traditional paintings and sculptures; lithographs, prints, drawings, comics, photographs, glass, ceramics, potteries, embroidery and stained glass all included
  • Thirty art collectors are featured individually; their brief biographies and stories of their acquisitions reveal their colorful histories, personalities, knowledge, tastes, methods in collecting and skillfully explain their reasons for collecting
  • Art collectors in the book are chosen and organized into three main chapters based on the criteria set by the author
  • Essays are concise and readable and are written in a way that has not been attempted in past publications and which other authors have ignored or simply passed over
  • Explores the idea that an art collection is an extension of oneself
  • Emphasizes that private art collecting has a beginning, middle and end stages and that it has a destiny – for the education and enjoyment of public
  • An insightful reference book for art students to pursue further research about private art collecting in the Philippines

 

 

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