I visited the Ayala Museum thrice last year for the Ambeth Ocampo lectures. After the lectures, we roamed around to see the artwork displayed on the ground floor. The Ilustrador ng Kabataan exhibit was my favorite among the three exhibits I had seen because there were lots of artwork there that appealed to my taste. I also loved the lively and fun way Ayala Museum displayed them -- brought my inner child out :)
The exhibit was in celebration of the 20 years since the Philippines' first (and only) organization for children's book illustrators was established.
There were also several 3D art...
If I had to choose a favorite, it would have to be the camote-eating mice, so cute and funny!
And I know it's already past Christmas, but I gotta say that I loved Ayala Museum's Christmas tree! I had to take a snapshot...
At this point, a guard approached me and told me that pictures were not allowed. Whoops! I guess people were only allowed to take pictures during the lectures, but not afterwards.
Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan: 20 Taon Art Exhibit
Ayala Museum
Makati City, Metro Manila
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beautiful I like it, ang gaganda,
ReplyDeleteI love their artwork exhibit! How I wish I can do that too. :P
ReplyDeleteThe Christmas trees back ground is really an eye catcher. ganda .ang you are right,I like the mice eating kamote too.
ReplyDelete...very creative artworks.
ReplyDeleteThe 3D art looks spectacular! :)
ReplyDeletethe 3d arts and all the things in the exhibit gives the kid out of me as well! well done! nice art! xx
ReplyDeleteay how nice! my daughter would love to see this!
ReplyDeleteWow, love everything in this exhibit! :) The illustrations look so creative and nostalgic. I feel like I'm transported back to my childhood.. :) Would love to personally see these!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the 3D art.
ReplyDeleteThumbs up.. Isa to sa dream ko dati.. :) i love to draw
ReplyDeletebakit dati? you can still realize that dream :)
DeleteAng cute naman! :D
ReplyDeleteso creative, were they done by children or were done for children? regardless they are all beautiful.. :D
ReplyDeleteas far as I know, they were created by adult (I assume) illustrators for kiddie books.
Deletevery beautiful artworks and very inspiring.
ReplyDeletehope you'll have a fruitful holy week =)
thanks! you too :)
DeleteYour photo of the eggplant-looking character made me remember our Filipino alamat of the ampalaya (I recall that was the same drawing)... This brings me back to my childhood, as I used to read a lot of alamat books that had interesting drawings like these.
ReplyDeleteso nice! i want the wall with the "photo frames" in my room!
ReplyDeletewow at first i thought the ilustrador exhibits is also by Ambeth Ocampo haha. thought that is his other side coz i identified him as one who spoke highly of our national hero. this is a fun exhibit for my nieces and nephews!!
ReplyDeletethe exhibits were separate but in his Ayala Museum lectures last year, entrance to the museum was already included.
Deletenow I wish I can draw like this...
ReplyDeleteThese are great pieces of art. I admire them. =)
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely work of art in there. The illustrations are cute. Illustrator is one of my dreams I wanted to be.
ReplyDeleteIs there an entrance fee?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, this is an old post. The exhibit ran from late last year til the end of February. Ayala Museum always exhibits art stuff aside from the historical relics they keep on the upper floors. you can check their FB page to see if their current exhibit interests you.
DeleteAyala Museum is really very diverse. I am also amazed with the Golden objects they have excavated somewhere in Mindanao that are considered as priceless and they are displayed here. I watched it in TV and I had goosebumps :)
ReplyDeleteYup they have a great collection of porcelain and gold on the upper floors. Got some paintings too and dioramas that look painstakingly done.
DeleteI adore the way it was crafted in their frames, and the layout. Very creative! Great shots as well!
ReplyDeleteI admire artists! ang gagaling!
ReplyDeleteArt is fun, and you have proven it through this post. How I wish my work of art will be displayed in museum like this in the future.
ReplyDeleteI love their artwork. But with the museum's restrictions on photography, nakakapanghinayang as the museum is only 5 minutes away from our office. ^_^
ReplyDeleteI was surprised because I thought photography was not allowed on the upper floors only (during the first Ambeth Ocampo lecture I attended, he mentioned that we could take pics but only on the ground floor). I went to the museum thrice and after the lectures, people took pictures and videos and there were no issues. The guard only approached me when we were only the last few people inside and I was taking pictures of the tree.
Deletei am a frustrated artist...
ReplyDeleteseeing these art works made me realize that i can still pursue my dream. why not? ART is something that involves beauty not outside but deeper than eyes can see.
yeah why not? it's never too late to start anything :)
DeleteThis is so cool! I love this!Boy I am glad that there are still artist out there who draw. I always draw doodles when I was little unfortunately my parents don't want me to be a cartoonist or a painter. I doubt if today's children still draw or doodle. I think they are so focus with modern computer games and gadgets that they don't like to write they prefer to type, right?
ReplyDeleteI think kids still draw on paper nowadays. Cursive handwriting, probably not so much since everyone's using printed letters and/or typing or texting. Too bad, a beautiful handwriting is also art imo.
DeleteI like the exhibit! Especially on how they divided the simple and white stuff with the colorful one. I like how they construct each of the designs! Kudo to them and to you for taking some photos while lecturing! XD
ReplyDeleteI liked that too. White made it look very clean and neat and prevented the different colors and design from clashing with one another.
DeleteWhat a fun exhibit...Sana makapunta ko. I enjoy exhibits such as this one.
ReplyDeleteSayang ... its probably over and done na :(
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