Written by: Ruth L. Navarra
The grand prize winner of this 12 months’s Watsons’ Sustainable Artwork Competitors is a sensible man.
Noli Española went to junk retailers to scavenge for the supplies he wanted to finish his artwork reasonably than purchase new supplies.
Noli Española
“As an artist, you must be resourceful,” he mentioned. Española has already collected sufficient recyclable supplies for a sculpture in preparation for subsequent 12 months’s competitors.
He submitted two entries and each of them are actually a part of the sustainable artwork exhibit titled, “Reimagine, Recycle for a Higher Future” on the Drybrush Gallery at SM MOA Sq. in Pasay Metropolis. The present runs till Aug. 16.
Española’s artworks are titled “Alay sa Inang Kalikasan” and “Yamang Dagat,” and each blended media on canvas. Each have a inexperienced border to represent home windows that open to the scene earlier than them. “Alay” options barren land in opposition to a vibrant blue sky; on the backside is a lush terrarium being lifted by arms. The greenery spills out of the bottle and crops develop subsequent to it. Apparently, a few of the leaves he used are the natural plant pakpak lawin, which is the topic of Española’s different artworks.
Competitors judges Caesar Sario, Roland Rosacay, Jojo Liao,
Nemi Miranda, Grand Prize Winner Noli Espanola. Sharon Decapia,
Senior AVP for Advertising and marketing, PR & Sustainability-Watsons
Philippines and Senior Advertising and marketing Supervisor for Sustainability-
Watsons Philippines Lexie Coloma
“The pink circle symbolizes international warming attributable to greenhouse gasses. This portray serves as a reminder that we should be vigilant concerning local weather change and the way all of us should deal with Mom Nature,” he mentioned throughout his presentation.
The human contact seen in his work impressed the judges. It emphasised the function of humanity in making a distinction.
Whimsical
Sven Wilbur Lim
The runner-up is a sculpture titled “A Cinderella Story” by Sven Wilbur Lim. It takes a whimsical method in sending its message throughout. Lim, 35, tried to seize the transformation of Cinderella into her stunning ball robe. She is caught elevating one foot as she suits her glass slipper in whereas her winged buddies delicately raise the ribbons within the air to complete off her look.
Lim used diff erent magnificence product bottles to offer it construction and physique. A number of the product logos are uncovered so as to add depth and texture. He made use of plastic trimmings to create waves beneath the costume.
“Cinderella’s story is from poverty to royalty, rags to riches. So I made use of waste supplies following that concept. These gadgets you’re purported to throw out can nonetheless turn out to be stunning artwork,” he mentioned.
To attain the ivory search for his work, Lim wrapped his sculpture with a Cinderella e-book earlier than coating it with resin to make it sturdier. The sculpture stands on the identical e-book. That is Lim’s fashion in sculpture. His different works may be seen on his Instagram @livingpages.
It’s the second 12 months Watson is mounting a sustainable artwork exhibit. It has 34 artworks for this spherical, that includes 31 artists, in keeping with Sharon Decapia, Watsons senior AVP for advertising, PR and sustainability. The artists are of varied ages, too.
“All of the artworks will likely be on the market. All of the proceeds will go to the artist. This occasion was created to assist drive consciousness and encourage everybody to reimagine, reuse and recycle. Your empty bottles and containers might be was one thing stunning,” Decapia mentioned. “We all know that artwork and sustainability may be interconnected as a result of artwork is a really highly effective dialog driver.”
Inventive freedom
Decapia realized just a few issues from final 12 months’s competitors. Beforehand, they would offer the supplies for the artists to work on. They realized that this limits their creativity and freedom, therefore they got a free hand on the supplies to make use of.
“The one standards that we required was that they use recyclable supplies like bottles and paper and combine them into their artwork. We gave them artistic freedom in any format, therefore you see work and sculptures,” she mentioned.
This freedom resulted in numerous interpretations. Some coated the recycled supplies fully with paint like Denise Cacanando’s “Reclaimed Magnificence,” fabricated from crumpled paper topped with flowers produced from plastic bottles. Different artists made certain to point out precisely what supplies they used.
Lorna Tagle Margate’s “Mariya Makeover” reveals a younger woman who realized the best way to use magnificence merchandise, her buying escapade in full show in entrance of her. Then there are stunning assemblages of discovered objects akin to “Recycle At the moment, Our Future” by Ferdinand Bernales and “Subterranean Oracle XIV” by Ariel Villalobos.
A number of the tales behind the artworks are memorable. Grandjoy Agdigos’ “Panacea I” tells her love story with a particular skincare model that she swears by, so she completely used it for her work. Ann Rachelle Gatdula merged her different advocacy into her work: The sculpture “Love Want No Phrases” makes use of scrap wooden, hair conditioner jars, and hand cleaning soap containers to point out a mom and her baby with autistm. The mom is seen listening to her baby’s coronary heart.
The ultimate artwork showcased is the sculpture “Sunctuary” by Rinald Sotto. The artist died just a few days earlier than the exhibit opened.
This 12 months, the prize cash was doubled. For the grand prize, Española took house P100,000, and Lim P50,000 as runner-up.
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