Once again, Samsung recognize the Filipino talent in terms of expressing their emotions and ideas through visual arts in the latest exhibit of the Lopez Museum entitled Propaganda that will run from February 6 to May 30, 2015. Samsung brings the Facets application that can be downloaded in their smartphones and tablets that will give a new twist on the artworks by combining traditional media with digital content resulting in a unique and immersive museum experience.
It was used in Ayala Museum and Yuchengco Museum last 2014, and Samsung is bringing it in the Lopez Museum at the same time they deployed Samsung SMART TV and tablets within the area that will also contain information about the artworks and preserved print materials.
With the title Propaganda, Ricky Francisco, co-curator of Propaganda, said the exhibition was conceived to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with Don M. Salubayba, 2009 CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee and one of the most promising artists of his generation. Salubayba unexpectedly passed away during the planning process and the exhibition evolved to also be a tribute to him. It will show the great works including Pagsasabuhay, Abysmal Abound: Trinity of Passiveness, and his “anino-mation” (shadow puppetry animation) A Not so Giant Story (Legend of the Philippines) that have been sourced and borrowed with the help of Tin-aw Art Management.
Also featured are World War II posters, election-related archival materials, LVN movies still photographs, a collection of rare maps, Philippine imprints; a recreation of Santiago Bose’s 1983 installation Pasyon at Rebolusyon that has been reinstalled by Kawayan de Guia; commissioned works from social realist and Negros Occidental-based artist Nunelucio Alvarado; 2012 Thirteen Artists awardee Joey Cobcobo; and writer and Gawad Urian awardee film-maker Alvin Yapan. Enriching the exhibit and re-framing the exhibition issues are works by 18th century masters Juan Luna and Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, along with those of national artists Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Joya, Cesar Legaspi, Vicente Manansala, and J. Elizalde Navarro from the permanent collection.
And with the Samsung SMART TV and tablets with ultra-violet scanners, visitors of the Lopez Museum will see Juan Luna’s Espana y Filipinas in a modernize perspective, revealing details behind the painting; flip through digital copies of the library’s oldest books in its collections that date back to the 15th century; watch a video of the conservation process of these old books; and view several of Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo’s studies of Per Pacem Et Libertatem on a tablet device.
The Propaganda of the Lopez Museum was made possible by the partners Samsung Philippines, Gourment Frams, Inc., Tin-aw Artists Management, the heirs of Doña Narcissa de Leon (LVN collection), and ABS – CBN Film and Media Archives. For more information, call Tina at 6312417 or email lmmpasig@gmail.com. The museum is located at the G/F Benpres Bldg., Meralco cor. Exchange Rd., Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Museum and library hours are 8-5pm Mondays through Saturdays except Sundays and holidays.
