Ayala Museum’s exhibit at Harbor Point Mall
Botong Francisco : A Nation Imagined’ June 16 to 27 • Harbor Point Fashion walk
OLONGAPO CITY — Hailing all the way from its most recent stopover in Cebu City, the Ayala Museum-produced traveling exhibit “Botong Francisco: A Nation Imagined” heads to Harbor Point Mall, an Ayala Mall, in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, from June 16-27, 2014.
The show features 25 reproductions of National Artist for Visual Arts Carlos “Botong” Francisco’s paintings from institutional and private collections. Accompanying these images is a film produced by Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Peque Gallaga on Botong’s vision and artistry.
This outreach initiative of AFI’s Arts and Culture Division is a traveling version of the museum exhibition held last December 2012 to March 2013 in celebration of Botong Francisco’s centennial birth anniversary at Ayala Museum in Makati City. The exhibition showcased over forty original paintings by Botong supplemented by a short film that captured his large-scale works and murals commissioned for public buildings. The film had also been selected for inclusion in the documentary category at the 2013 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Before reaching Olongapo City, the traveling exhibition was launched at the District North Point Mall in Talisay, Negros Occidental and subsequently toured to Museo Negrense de La Salle at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod; Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City; Abreeza Mall in Davao City; Centrio Mall, Cagayan de Oro City; and Ayala Center Cebu, Cebu City.
By partnering with malls and centers of education such as universities and museums, Ayala Museum believes that the life and legacy of the artist will be widely promoted, particularly to students and general audiences outside Metro Manila, where its main building and exhibition spaces are based.
The Zambales leg of Botong Francisco: A Nation Imagined is presented by Ayala Museum with the support of Harbor Point Mall and Air 21. For more information, email hello@ayalamuseum.org or call (632) 759.82.88. /mje.6.13.2014
