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Pacita Abad: Colors of My Dream: Tina Kim Gallery, New York

Past exhibition
18 May - 24 June 2023
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Pacita Abad: Colors of My Dream, Tina Kim Gallery, New York

Spotlighting Pacita’s abstract body of work created between 1985 and 2002, this exhibition offers a close look at the development of a vibrant and distinctive style as she pushed the traditional boundary of painting over the course of her 32-year career.

 

Pacita’s oeuvre was informed by her itinerancy and deep engagement with and awareness of issues of globalization, transnationalism, and migration. Incorporating materials and techniques from Manila, Seoul, and Jakarta, the works in this exhibition highlight Pacita’s travels across Southeast Asia. This presentation simultaneously considers her use of color and material ornamentation as a strategy of resistance against the homogenizing modernist paradigm, while forging a transcultural solidarity.

 

Read Exibition Catalogue: Colors of My Dream HERE 

 

Watch Exhibition Video HERE

 

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Installation Views
  • Installation views courtesy of Tina Kim Gallery. Photo by Charles Roussel.
    Installation views courtesy of Tina Kim Gallery. Photo by Charles Roussel.
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  • Tina Kim Gallery 2023 Install 3
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  • Tina Kim Gallery 2023 Install 1
Works
  • Colors of my dream, 2002 Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas 98 x 71 in 249 x 180 cm
    Colors of my dream, 2002
    Oil, painted cloth stitched on canvas
    98 x 71 in
    249 x 180 cm
  • Orchid fever, 2001 Oil, painted batik cloth stitched on canvas 97 x 76 in
    Orchid fever, 2001
    Oil, painted batik cloth stitched on canvas
    97 x 76 in
  • Sampaloc walls, 1985 Acrylic, mirrors, buttons on stitched and padded canvas 71 x 98 in 180 x 249 cm
    Sampaloc walls, 1985
    Acrylic, mirrors, buttons on stitched and padded canvas
    71 x 98 in
    180 x 249 cm
  • Hey sugar!, 2001 Oil, batik stitched on canvas 104 x 61 in 264 x 155 cm
    Hey sugar!, 2001
    Oil, batik stitched on canvas
    104 x 61 in
    264 x 155 cm
  • Stella by starlight, 2002 Oil, Nias batik, batik, printed cloth stitched on canvas 91 x 71 in 230 x 180 cm
    Stella by starlight, 2002
    Oil, Nias batik, batik, printed cloth stitched on canvas
    91 x 71 in
    230 x 180 cm
  • I want something in yellow, 1990 Acrylic, plastic buttons on silkcreened, stitched and padded canvas 56 x 81 in
    I want something in yellow, 1990
    Acrylic, plastic buttons on silkcreened, stitched and padded canvas
    56 x 81 in
  • Intense, 1992 Oil, acrylic on silkscreened, stitched and padded canvas 84 x 58 in 213 x 147 cm
    Intense, 1992
    Oil, acrylic on silkscreened, stitched and padded canvas
    84 x 58 in
    213 x 147 cm
  • Yellow spider (Flame), 1990 Acrylic, buttons, mirrors on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas 56 x 79 in 142 x 200 cm
    Yellow spider (Flame), 1990
    Acrylic, buttons, mirrors on silk screened, stitched and padded canvas
    56 x 79 in
    142 x 200 cm
  • Palengke, 1986 Oil, acrylic, mirrors, buttons on stitched and padded canvas 82 x 99 in 208 x 251 cm
    Palengke, 1986
    Oil, acrylic, mirrors, buttons on stitched and padded canvas
    82 x 99 in
    208 x 251 cm
  • I feel for you too, 2003 Oil, painted batik cloth stitched on canvas 96 x 71 in 244 x 180 cm
    I feel for you too, 2003
    Oil, painted batik cloth stitched on canvas
    96 x 71 in
    244 x 180 cm
  • Bandung, 1999 Oil, painted batik cloth stitched on canvas 80 x 53 in

    Bandung, 1999

    Oil, painted batik cloth stitched on canvas

    80 x 53 in

  • Strange Fruit, 2002 Oil, painted cloth, painted tin stitched on canvas 35 x 24 in

    Strange Fruit, 2002

    Oil, painted cloth, painted tin stitched on canvas

    35 x 24 in

Press
  • Pacita Abad: Dreams in Color

    Luis H. Francia, Inquirer, May 22, 2023
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