26 Nov 2013 -

28 Feb 2014

Tall and BSP

Galleries

An exhibition featuring some 80 sculptural forms created by National Artist for Visual Arts Napoleon Abueva in the span of his productive creative years from 1951 to 2009.

Cid Reyes in the book Abueva sums it all up: after almost 60 years and more than 600 works to his name, Abueva, through decades of unswerving commitment, created modernistic sculptures of significant form, transcending and eventually transmuting his earlier influences. His achievements justify the signal honor of being the youngest, at 46, to be conferred in 1976, the highest title of National Artist for Sculpture.

Abueva still manages to direct the studio works for him by his son Mulawin, after a stroke debilitated him in 2008.

Isang eksibisyong nagtatampok sa walumpung natatanging iskulturang nilikha ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining na si Napoleon Abueva sa loob ng mga taon ng kanyang malikhaing pagsasanay na sumasaklaw mula 1951 hanggang 2009.

Sa pagbubuod ni Cid Reyes sa kanyang aklat na Abueva: matapos ang halos 60 taon at mahigit 600 obra sa ilalim ng kanyang pangalan, Abueva, sa loob ng mga dekada ng kanyang maalab na paglilingkod, lumikha siya ng mga modernong iskultura, na humigit at nang naglaon ay bumago sa kanyang mga naunang impluwensya. Pinagtibay ng kanyang mga nagawa ang natatanging pagkilala sa kanya bilang pinakabatang nakatanggap, sa edad na 46, ng pinakamataas na gawad bilang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Iskultura, noong 1976.

Patuloy niyang napapangasiwaan ang mga gawain sa loob ng kanyang estudyo sa tulong ng kanyang anak na si Mulawin, matapos nang makaranas ng atake noong 2008 na nakapanghina sa kanyang pangagatawan.

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ams LECTURE SERIES: Napoleon Abueva: an artist, a sculptor and a mentor

January 2014

A tribute to Napoleon Abuevas desire for the development of Filipino art education, this three-part lecture series will cover his works and philosophies of sculpting from the perspective of an artist and a teacher.

JAN 18 CURATORS TALK by Dannie Alvarez

JAN 25 ABUEVA through the eyes of Junyee

JAN 31 THE ABUEVA DIALOGUE: Pioneering Modern Philippine Sculpture by Cid Reyes

DOCENT TRAINING ProgramDecember 2013 - February 2014

A unique opportunity for individuals to experience first-hand museum work, successfully-trained docents will be tasked to guide museum-goers through the Abueva exhibition and the museums permanent collections. Docents will also be taught to aid and relay the Abueva exhibition to people with disabilities as part of the Touch-the-Artists-Vision program.

Schedule may change without prior notice. Further details will be announced in our official Facebook page. For more information, contact info@metmuseum.ph.

TOUCH-THE-ARTISTS-VISION ProgramJanuary-March 2014

The TAV program aims to help the visually impaired, hearing impaired, and the mute to perceive and appreciate art through the use of various tools. Scheduled tours, tactile and braille guides shall be made available to accompany the public during their visit.

CLAY SCULPTURE WORKSHOP for ChildrenFebruary 1 and 8, 2013

Kids will be introduced to the works of Napoleon Abueva in this workshop by letting them make their own mini sculptures from clay.

1953Continued to earn a string of prizes

in various AAP competitions capped by Kaganapan which won him First

Prize and special award at AAPs

Graduated in UP with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts

1954Received Philippine Republic

Award for Sculpture

Mounted his first one-man exhibition at Manila Hotel

Studied in Cranbook Academy of Art under Smith-Mundt and

Fulbright scholarships

1955After receiving his masters degree at Cranbook, went on to the Institute of

Arts & Applied Design in Kansas to study ceramics

January 26, 1930Born in Manila of parents Teodoro, a

former congressman of the 3rd district of Bohol and Purificacion, a teacher

1944-1946Did apprenticeship work at Fidel

Aranetas Sculptural Works in Cebu

1949Enrolled in the UP School of Fine Arts

in Quezon City

1950Mentored by National Artist Guillermo

Tolentino to study sculpture

1951As a student at the UP School of Fine

Arts, under a Pura Villanueva-Kalaw scholarship, won 2nd prize at the 4th

AAP annual art competition for his entry entitled The Kiss

Ika-26 ng Enero, 1930Ipinanganak sa Maynila, kina Teodoro, dating kongresista ng ikatlong distrito ng Bohol, at Puficicacion, isang guro

1944-1946Nagsimulang magtrabaho sa ilalim ng Fidel Aranetas Sculptural Works sa Cebu

1949Nagpatala sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, sa Kolehiyo ng Sining (UP School of Fine Arts), Lungsod ng Quezon

1950Nagsanay sa ilalim ng gabay Pambansang Alagad ng Sining na si Guillermo Tolentino, upang pag-aralan ang iskultura

1951Nang magawaran ng tulong pinansyal ni Pura Villanueva-Kalaw bilang mag-aaral sa UP School of Fine Arts, nagtamo ng ikalawang gantimpala sa ika-4 na taunang paligsahan ng sining sa kanyang obrang The Kiss

1953Sunud-sunod na nagwagi sa ibat ibang patimpalak ng Art Association of the Philippines (AAP), pinangunahan ng kanyang likhang Kaganapan na nanalo ng pinakamataas na gantimpala at nagkaroon ng natatanging pagkilala sa Semi-Annual Art Exhibitions ng AAP

Nagtapos sa UP nang may Batsilyer sa Sining Biswal

1954Ginawaran ng pambansang pagkilala sa larangan ng iskultura

Nagbuo ng kauna-unahang sariling eksibisyon sa Manila Hotel

Nag-aral sa Cranbook Academy of Art sa tulong ng Smith-Mundt at Fullbright Scholarship

1955Nang matapos ang kanyang Masters degree sa Cranbook, nag-aral ng ceramics sa Institute of Arts & Applied Design sa Kansas

timeline

1955Received international recognition

for his work Unknown Soldiers at the London International Sculpture

competition and for his work in wood entitled Kiss of Judas at the Detroit

4th Religious Art Competition

Mounted his first one-man show outside the Philippines at the St. Louis Museum

1956Mounted a one-man exhibit at the University of Kansas Art Museum

Studied art history at the Harvard University in the summer

1957Married Sergia Valles,

a medical doctor, also from Bohol

1958Received Most Outstanding Alumnus of the College of Fine Arts on the occasion

of the golden jubilee of the UP

Participated in the Spanish-American Biennale in Havana, Cuba

1964Elected President of the

Art Association of the Philippines

1966Created sculptural relief works and

door for the Dambana ng Kagitingan in Mt. Samat, Bataan

1968Founded the Society of Philippine Sculptors with Virginia Ty Navarro

1975Became member of the ASEAN

Conference in Art in Kuala Lumpur

1976Gawad CCP para sa Sining

National Artist for Visual Arts in Sculpture

1978Served as Dean of the UP College

of Fine Arts until 1989

1955Nagtamo ng pandaigdigang pagkilala sa kanyang obrang Unknown Soldiers sa London International Sculpture Competition para sa kanyang likhang kahoy na Kiss of Judas sa Detroit 4th Religious Art Competition

Nagbuo ng kanyang unang sariling eksibisyon sa labas ng bansa at sa St. Louis Museum

1956Nagbuo ng kanyang sariling eksibisyon sa Univesity of Kansas Art Museum

Nag-aral ng art history sa University of Harvard (sa panahon ng tag-araw)

1957Ikinasal kay Sergia Valles, isang doktor, na isa ring tubong Bohol

1958Nakatanggap ng parangal bilang pinaka Natatanging Alumnus ng Kolehiyo ng Sining kasabay ng UP Golden Jubilee

Lumahok sa Spanish-American Biennale sa Havana, Cuba

1964Naihalal ng Presidente ng Art Association of the Philippines

1966Ginawa ang mga likhang nakaumbok (relief work) at pintuan para sa Dambana ng Kagitingan sa Mt. Samat, Bataan

1968Nagtatag ng samahan ng mga iskultor ng Pilipinas kasama si Virginia Ty Navarro

1975Naging miyembro ng ASEAN Conference in Art sa Kuala Lumpur

1976Nagtamo ng Gawad CCP para sa Sining

Kinilalang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Iskultura

1978Nagsilbing Dekano ng Kolehiyo ng Sining ng UP hanggang 1989

2008Suffered a series of strokes

2009 onwardsContinuously served chair of judging panels of the Petron Art Competition

Abuevas work can be viewed in various public spaces around Metro Manila, showing us his engagement in an art form meant for the appreciation of all.

Makikita ang mga likha ni Abueva sa ibat ibang pampublikong lugar sa kalakhang Maynila. Naipamamalas nito ang kanyang pagpapahalaga sa paglikha ng sining na para sa lahat.

2008Nakaranas ng sunud-sunod na atake

2009-kasalukuyanPatuloy na tumatayong puno ng mga lupon ng inampalan para sa sining patimpalak na inorganisa ng Petron

2000Served as member of judging panels

of numerous art competitions (PAA, ASEAN Art Awards, etc.)

2005Received Outstanding Citizen

Award during Quezon Citys 66th Foundation Ceremony

2007Received Outstanding Manilan Award

2000Nagsilbing miyembro ng lupon sa ibat ibang patimpalak na pang sining (PAA, ASEAN Art Awards, atbp.)

2005Nagawaran bilang natatanging mamamayan ng lungsod ng Quezon kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng ika-66 na anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag ng nasabing lungsod

2007Nagawaran bilang natatanging mamamayan ng Maynila

banghay

Transfiguration, 1979Eternal Gardens Memorial Park, St. Joseph, Quezon City

Neptune and AphroditeMetropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, Quezon City

Mother and Child, 1950Torso, 1951Family, 1952National Museum of the Philippines, Manila

Tribute to Higher Education, 1966UP Manila Campus, Manila

Sunburst, 1994The Peninsula Manila, Makati

in the City