Aldrino Abes
Bell the Cat
2019
Upcycle sculpture using bike materials
Arts and artists from the David Jonathan Bayot Collection (DJBC)
Siya Nga! Reflections with Art (DLSUPH, 2019) is a book of short reflections by Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ, a President of the Ateneo de Manila University. The volume, edited by David Jonathan Y. Bayot, dwells on fifty-two terms in the Christian faith. The purpose of this book of reflections is to make these familiar terms unfamiliar or defamliarizing once again. And in that way, and in Fr. Villarin’s own words, “the newness of God will never grow old, and the bigness of His love … never grow small.”
Each of the reflections is elucidated by an image of an art piece created by a Filipino painter or sculptor or photographer. The book gathers together the work of 49 Filipino artists, and it contains a total of 74 images of artwork.
This first virtual exhibition on the webpage of David Jonathan Bayot presents fourteen artworks from the DJB personal collection that are featured in the book, Siya Nga! A note on the works of Aldrino Abes, Javier Antonio Laurel, and Rico Lascano: Abes’ featured artwork in the book is a painting entitled Disassembled Assembly (2018); Laurel’s is a photo-art piece entitled The Gateway (2019); and Lascano’s, a painting entitled Continuum III. In lieu of the three cited pieces which are not part of DJBC, other artworks by the three artists from the DJBC are presented here.
Aldrino Abes
Bell the Cat
2019
Upcycle sculpture using bike materials
Rico Aunzo
A Father's Love
2018
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 14 in
Jerome Choco
The Prayer
2018
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 in
Zorrick Enriquez
Teal
2017
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in
Joseph Hilario
Mother and Child #2 (Mangyan series)
2018
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 24 in
Rico Lascano
Heofon XXVIII-R
2018
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 10 in
Javier Antonio Laurel
A Study in Texture
October 2014
Kenneth John Montegrande
On Extended Wings
2018
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 60 in
Kenneth John Montegrande
Strong Like a Rock
2019
Acryclic on canvas
48 x 48 in
Betsy Westendorp
Luces en los Jardines de Amistad (#1503)
2018
Acrylic on canvas
26.5 x 35.5 cm
Betsy Westendorp
Presence (1406)
2016
Oil on canvas
20.6 x 33 cm
Betsy Westendorp
Rhapsody of Light (#1515)
2019
Oil on masonite
46 x 65 cm
Sir Levi Yu
Toledo, Spain
2019
Mixed media
30 x 24 in
William Yu
Yahuwah is the Life
2017
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 in