EVENT: Under a Different Light – Homecoming Exhibition of Edd Aragon
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WHAT: Under a Different Light
WHO: Edd Aragon
WHEN: February 21 – April 20, 2011
WHERE: Yuchengco Museum, RCBC Plaza, Makati City, Philippines
Sydney-based Filipino cartoonist and artist Edd Aragon—who has been creating editorial cartoons, caricatures, and comics for more than 20 years—has for the past few years been experimenting with pigments that react to ultraviolet (UV) light. In his latest Manila exhibition at the Yuchengco Museum, Aragon presents Under a Different Light, featuring paintings of human figures that can only be seen under UV light. The exhibit runs until April 20.
For the past three decades, Aragon has been creating editorial cartoons, comics, and caricatures for Australian and Filipino-Australian newspapers such as The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Philippine Bulletin Today, and Philippine Daily Express. Aragon began exploring UV light-reactive paint in 2004, when he was commissioned to paint murals for a Sydney restaurant which had blacklit fluorescent lights. He formulated his own pigments with the help of a chemist friend. Aragon has previously his exhibited UV light-reactive paintings in Sydney in 2007 and in Manila in 2008.
Under a Different Light is presented by the Yuchengco Museum with the support of the Australian Embassy Manila. The Yuchengco Museum is located at RCBC Plaza, at the corner of Ayala and Sen. Gil Puyat Avenues, Makati City. Museum hours are from Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, call 889-1234 or e-mail info@yuchengcomuseum.org.
Norby Ela
