We are pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition of work by noted Filipino artists Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan. They are widely acclaimed for their elaborate installations, in which they address themes of displacement, change and memory by way of community engagement.
Collaboration has always been an integral part of the Aquilizans’ practice, not just as partners in marriage and art making, but as a tool to give voice to underrepresented populations. Many of their projects include workshops with groups directly affected by the subject matter explored in their art.
This exhibition will showcase work from the couple’s newest series, The Left Wing Project, a body of work fabricated with help from rural communities across Asia. Also included in the exhibition is Commonwealth: Project Another Country (2013), an interactive installation comprising tin crowns handmade from recycled oil cans.
Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan have exhibited their projects worldwide, including at the 50th and the 56th Venice Biennale, 2003 and 2015; the 5th Gwangju Biennale, 2004; the 15th Biennale of Sydney, 2006; the Singapore Biennale 2008; the 3rd and the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, 1999 and 2010; the Liverpool Biennial 2010, held at Tate Liverpool; and the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and the Sharjah Biennial 11, both in 2013. Most recently, their work was featured in the Singapore Art Museum’s group exhibition Odyssey: Navigating Nameless Seas, which closed in August 2016.

Opening Reception with the artists: Thursday October 13, 6 to 8 pm

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