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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The Art Works of Pacita Abad-Filipino-American Artist

About a week ago Aileyn Ecob, co-resident here at THD showed me a few photos she took at the Pacita Abad special exhibits displayed now at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFOMOMA). I am posting some of the pictures Aileyn sent me.  Thanks a million Aileyn for these photos. 


The Pacita Abad Exhibitions will closed on January 28. 2024 
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Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad: Life in the Margins, Spike Island, Bristol, UK, 2020; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Spike Island, Bristol; photo: Max McClure 
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric Mueller
Pacita Abad, My Fear of Night Diving: Assaulting the Deep Sea, 1985; collection Lopez Museum and Library, Manila, Philippines; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Lopez Museum and Library
Pacita Abad, European Mask, 1990; Tate: purchased with funds provided by the Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2019; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Tate; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric Mueller
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Pacita Abad (installation view, SFMOMA); photo: Tenari Tuatagaloa
Pacita Abad, If My Friends Could See Me Now, 1991; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Peggy Guggenheim; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate; photo: Don Ross
Pacita Abad, Anilao at Its Best, 1986; courtesy the Pacita Abad Art Estate and MCAD Manila; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad: A Million Things to Say, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, 2018; image: courtesy the Pacita Abad Art Estate and MCAD Manila; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad: Life in the Margins, Spike Island, Bristol, UK, 2020; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Spike Island, Bristol; photo: Max McClure 
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric Mueller
Pacita Abad, My Fear of Night Diving: Assaulting the Deep Sea, 1985; collection Lopez Museum and Library, Manila, Philippines; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Lopez Museum and Library
Pacita Abad, European Mask, 1990; Tate: purchased with funds provided by the Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2019; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Tate; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric Mueller
Pacita Abad, L.A. Liberty, 199

Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad: Life in the Margins, Spike Island, Bristol, UK, 2020; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Spike Island, Bristol; photo: Max McClure 
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric Mueller
Pacita Abad, My Fear of Night Diving: Assaulting the Deep Sea, 1985; collection Lopez Museum and Library, Manila, Philippines; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Lopez Museum and Library
Pacita Abad, European Mask, 1990; Tate: purchased with funds provided by the Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2019; courtesy 

Pacita Abad Art Estate and Tate; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric

View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric 
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Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad: Life in the Margins, Spike Island, Bristol, UK, 2020; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Spike Island, Bristol; photo: Max McClure 
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric Mueller
Pacita Abad, My Fear of Night Diving: Assaulting the Deep Sea, 1985; collection Lopez Museum and Library, Manila, Philippines; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Lopez Museum and Library
Pacita Abad, European Mask, 1990; Tate: purchased with funds provided by the Asia-Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2019; courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Tate; photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios
View of the exhibition Pacita Abad, Walker Art Center, 2023; image: courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; photo: Eric 







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I am very proud to write a short article on Pacita Abad.  All Filipino-Americans should be proud of her artistic accomplishments known over the world.  


Here's the ad on her SFO MOMA Exhibition.       

https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/pacita-abad/

Pacita Barsana Abad (October 5, 1946 – December 7, 2004) was an Ivatan and Filipino-American artist. Her more than 30-year painting career began when she traveled to the United States to undertake graduate studies in Spain. She exhibited her work in over 200 museums, galleries and other venues, including 75 solo shows, around the world. Abad's work is now in public, corporate and private art collections in over 70 countries.

Legacy

Pacita Abad's works have been displayed in numerous galleries and museums in the Philippines during the annual Philippine Arts Month and art festivals.

On July 31, 2020, Abad was commemorated with a Google Doodle.

In 2023, the first major retrospective of Abad was held. The exhibition opened at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and will travel to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, followed by MoMA PS1 in New York, and then the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. It opened as the largest museum exhibit in the United States devoted to an Asian American female artist.

Quote

"I always see the world through colour, although my vision, perspective and paintings are constantly influenced by new ideas and changing environments. I feel like I am an ambassador of colours, always projecting a positive mood that helps make the world smile."

For Detalis visit the following two sites.

https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/pacita-abad/

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacita_Abad

This is supposed to be Marcos eating the Filipino people-for his corruption activities during his presidency
SFO MOMA Flyer Ad: "Experience vibrant works by a daring artist who traveled the world.The first retrospective of Pacita Abad (born 1946, Basco, Philippines; died 2004, Singapore) features more than 40 works including her signature trapunto paintings: stuffed, quilted canvases Abad adorned with materials and methods she investigated during her lifetime. Over a 32-year career, the prolific artist made a vast number of artworks that traverse a diversity of subjects—from colorful masks to intricately constructed underwater scenes to abstract compositions—revealing visual, material, and conceptual concerns that still resonate today.

When Abad left Manila in 1970, she stopped to visit her aunt in San Francisco where she found a city thrumming with radical political and creative activity. This context of Bay Area progressiv­ism formed the crucible of her growing engagement with art, and her extensive world travels, beginning in 1973, solidified her commitment. Abad, who became a U.S. citizen in 1994, spent time in more than 60 countries across six continents, including Sudan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Afghanistan, with longer stays in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore. Through her travels, she interacted with myriad artistic communities, incorporating diverse cultural traditions—from Korean ink brush painting to Indonesian batik—into her expansive practice. The portability of these works and use of textiles Abad collected on her travels further reflected her peripatetic existence.

Abad’s embrace of quilting and other kinds of needlework confounded critics, who dismissed her works as naïve, childlike, and ethnic. In fact, Abad’s multifaceted practice articulated a powerful material politics, reflecting her vision of a nonhierarchical world. This exhibition celebrates Abad’s bold self-determination, commitment to social justice, and radical artistic experimentation".  The Pacita Abad Exhibits will close on January 28.  

Personal Note: My Love for Art starts in the Family:  Here's Ditas Paintings.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txBtqoHNIhI


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