Booth 72, Level 7
A montage is formed from casts made of Julie Lluch's past works: Philippines heroes, politicians, personalities, mingle with her other more personal works, forming the cast of the artistic life of Lluch; a brief summary of her life's work, and at the same time, an unintended reflection of our nation's history. What Lluch has intended to be an introspection of her work and a meditation on the ephemeral nature of beauty, particularly when materiality is cumulatively affected by time, weathering, and chance; uncannily parallels the dystopic state of our nation, as a product of our tumultuous histories, as all her past works surround, as if in agitation and confusion, the newly made three-dimensional tableaux of a man dragging the body of a slain gladiator - a scene we are familiar with - from Juan Luna's Spoliarium.
All of the earlier works, which were made mostly to showcase the highlights of our nation and the collective achievement of our country – the heroes, the politicians, and personalities – stand witness to this seen of abject horror and defeat: the fallen warrior unceremoniously dragged across the dirt, about to be divested of whatever properties are on his body, bereft of honor and dignity. By faith - or by willful negation - we can choose to see how the horror of the Spoliarium, once the metaphor of our nation, has once won our Luna a coveted gold medal, and inspired Rizal to claim that "genius has no nation," staking our claim in equal humanity. Perhaps, as Lluch suggests, art will be parcel of the grace that will finally allow us to transcend our condition.
curated by Ricky Francisco
Julie Lluch is a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Santo Tomas. She has had many roles in her full life as a woman, daughter, friend, student, wife, mother, educator, believer, and artist. She expresses both her creativity and her accumulated wisdom through fired clay – a medium which fascinates her because in many beliefs, it was what the Creator used to fashion all humanity. It is an abundant medium in our country, a soft and sensual medium which undergoes a magical transformation when earth, water, air, and fire harmonize with human labor. She is a founding member of the female group Kasibulan, and of Kalayaan.

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