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Pacita Abad: I Have One Million Things to Say: Curated by Joselina Cruz and Pio Abad, MCAD Manila

Past exhibition
12 April - 1 July 2018
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Overview
Anilao at its best, 1986 Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons and rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas 116 x 125 in 295 x 318 cm
Anilao at its best, 1986
Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons and rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas
116 x 125 in
295 x 318 cm

There are no easy categories for Pacita Abad. The exhibition Pacita Abad: A Million Things to Say, hopefully allows for a more detailed consideration of her work and its expansive contemporaneity. Abad's understanding of the idea of the global preceeded many of her contemporaries, a complex understanding often disguised under the weight of colour, material, and her persona. In 2002, Abad said of how she goes about working on her art: "I think global, not racial. I go out, learn the wider horizon, develop and evolve..." Such a reflection can only come from, in Abad's case, her itinerancy, her continuous crossing of countries and cultures, plotting the variables and coordinates across a map while shaping a multiplicity of narratives rarely seen today.

 

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Installation Views
  • Installation shots courtesy of MCAD Manila

    Installation shots courtesy of MCAD Manila

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Works
  • Underwater Wilderness Anilao at its best, 1986 Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons and rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas 116 x 125 in 295 x 318 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    Anilao at its best, 1986
    Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons and rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas
    116 x 125 in
    295 x 318 cm
  • Underwater Wilderness Dumaguete's underwater garden, 1987 Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded can 85 x 118 in 216 x 300 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    Dumaguete's underwater garden, 1987
    Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded can
    85 x 118 in
    216 x 300 cm
  • Underwater Wilderness Hundred Islands, 1989 Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded canvas 72 x 94 in 183 x 239 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    Hundred Islands, 1989
    Oil, acrylic, glitter, gold thread, buttons, lace, sequins on stitched and padded canvas
    72 x 94 in
    183 x 239 cm
  • Underwater Wilderness My fear of night diving, 1985 Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons, rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas 130 x 170 in 330 x 432 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    My fear of night diving, 1985
    Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons, rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas
    130 x 170 in
    330 x 432 cm
  • Underwater Wilderness Puerto Galera II, 1983 Acrylic, buttons, rhinestones, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas 100 x 98 in 254 x 249 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    Puerto Galera II, 1983
    Acrylic, buttons, rhinestones, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas
    100 x 98 in
    254 x 249 cm
  • Underwater Wilderness Sepoc wall, 1985 Oil, acrylic, mirrors and buttons on stitched and padded canvas 116 x 112 in 295 x 285 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    Sepoc wall, 1985
    Oil, acrylic, mirrors and buttons on stitched and padded canvas
    116 x 112 in
    295 x 285 cm
  • Underwater Wilderness Shallow gardens of Apo Reef, 1986 Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons, cotton yarn, rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas 132 x 137 in 335 x 348 cm
    Underwater Wilderness
    Shallow gardens of Apo Reef, 1986
    Oil, acrylic, mirrors, plastic buttons, cotton yarn, rhinestones on stitched and padded canvas
    132 x 137 in
    335 x 348 cm
  • Abstract Emotions Sampaloc walls, 1985 Acrylic, mirrors, buttons on stitched and padded canvas 71 x 98 in 180 x 249 cm
    Abstract Emotions
    Sampaloc walls, 1985
    Acrylic, mirrors, buttons on stitched and padded canvas
    71 x 98 in
    180 x 249 cm
  • Abstract Emotions The sky is falling, the sky is falling, 1998 Oil, plastic buttons and beads, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas 118 x 106 in 300 x 269 cm
    Abstract Emotions
    The sky is falling, the sky is falling, 1998
    Oil, plastic buttons and beads, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas
    118 x 106 in
    300 x 269 cm
  • Abstract Emotions Through the looking glass, 1996 Oil, acrylic, sequins, plastic buttons on stitched and padded canvas 209 x 59 in 531 x 150 cm
    Abstract Emotions
    Through the looking glass, 1996
    Oil, acrylic, sequins, plastic buttons on stitched and padded canvas
    209 x 59 in
    531 x 150 cm
  • Endless Blues I have one million things to say, 2002 Oil, painted muslin cloth stitched on canvas 96 x 71 in 244 x 180 cm
    Endless Blues
    I have one million things to say, 2002
    Oil, painted muslin cloth stitched on canvas
    96 x 71 in
    244 x 180 cm
  • Endless Blues Colors of my dream, 2002 Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas 98 x 71 in 249 x 180 cm
    Endless Blues
    Colors of my dream, 2002
    Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas
    98 x 71 in
    249 x 180 cm
  • Emotional Rescue The sparks, the heat and the glow, 1998 Oil, acrylic, buttons, sequins, painted and dyed cloth stitched on canvas 83 x 58 in 211 x 147 cm
    Emotional Rescue
    The sparks, the heat and the glow, 1998
    Oil, acrylic, buttons, sequins, painted and dyed cloth stitched on canvas
    83 x 58 in
    211 x 147 cm
  • Endless Blues Blue, 2002 Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas 91 x 59 in 231 x 150 cm
    Endless Blues
    Blue, 2002
    Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas
    91 x 59 in
    231 x 150 cm
  • Endless Blues Put a lime in my coconut, 2002 Oil, painted batik and printed cloth stitched on canvas 99 x 71 in 251 x 180 cm
    Endless Blues
    Put a lime in my coconut, 2002
    Oil, painted batik and printed cloth stitched on canvas
    99 x 71 in
    251 x 180 cm
  • Immigrant Experience L.A. Liberty, 1992 Acrylic, cotton yarn, plastic buttons, mirrors, gold thread, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas 94 x 58 in 239 x 147 cm
    Immigrant Experience
    L.A. Liberty, 1992
    Acrylic, cotton yarn, plastic buttons, mirrors, gold thread, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas
    94 x 58 in
    239 x 147 cm
  • Masks and Spirits Bacongo VII, 1987 Acrylic, cowrie shells, plastic buttons, mirrors, rick rack ribbons, rhinestones stitched on silk screened, padded canvas 100 x 59 in 254 x 150 cm
    Masks and Spirits
    Bacongo VII, 1987
    Acrylic, cowrie shells, plastic buttons, mirrors, rick rack ribbons, rhinestones stitched on silk screened, padded canvas
    100 x 59 in
    254 x 150 cm
  • Masks and Spirits Masai Man, 1982 Acrylic, plastic beads, rick rack ribbons, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas 80 x 56 in 203 x 142 cm
    Masks and Spirits
    Masai Man, 1982
    Acrylic, plastic beads, rick rack ribbons, painted cloth on stitched and padded canvas
    80 x 56 in
    203 x 142 cm
  • Masks and Spirits Bacongo III, 1986 Acrylic on stitched, silk screened and padded canvas 103 x 60 in 262 x 152 cm
    Masks and Spirits
    Bacongo III, 1986
    Acrylic on stitched, silk screened and padded canvas
    103 x 60 in
    262 x 152 cm
  • Masks and Spirits Bacongo VI, 1986 Acrylic on stitched, silk screened and padded canvas 105 x 61 in 267 x 155 cm
    Masks and Spirits
    Bacongo VI, 1986
    Acrylic on stitched, silk screened and padded canvas
    105 x 61 in
    267 x 155 cm
  • Endless Blues Endless blues, 2001 Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas 101 x 73 in 258 x 186 cm
    Endless Blues
    Endless blues, 2001
    Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas
    101 x 73 in
    258 x 186 cm
  • Masks and Spirits European Mask, 1990 Acrylic on stitched, silk screened and padded canvas 103 x 60 in 262 x 152 cm
    Masks and Spirits
    European Mask, 1990
    Acrylic on stitched, silk screened and padded canvas
    103 x 60 in
    262 x 152 cm
  • Abstract Emotions Recluse, 1995
    Abstract Emotions
    Recluse, 1995
Press
  • Pacita Abad (Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila; Curated By Joselina Cruz And Pio Abad)

    Pauline J. Yao, ArtForum, December 1, 2018
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  • Pacita Abad: A Million Things to Say Share

    Carol Wang, The Artling, July 4, 2018
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  • Hungry to create: re-exploring the work of Filipino Pacita Abad – artist profile

    Javelyn Ramos, Art Radar, June 24, 2018
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  • Pacita Abad: the global Filipino artist who had a million things to say

    Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Business World, June 6, 2018
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  • A Million Things to Say: Pacita Abad

    Josephine V. Roque, ArtAsiaPacific, May 1, 2018
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  • Pacita Abad: Still here, unraveling minds

    R. C. Ladrido, Vera Files, April 21, 2018
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  • An important show of Pacita Abad's trapuntos reveal her discipline behind the exuberance

    Jerome Gomez, ABS-CBN, April 19, 2018
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  • Conversation | Curator and director, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila: Joselina Cruz

    Stephanie Bailey, Ocula, April 13, 2018
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  • Pio Abad on Pacita Abad: ‘A Million Things to Say’

    Eric S. Caruncho, Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2018
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