Norberto Roldan continues his fascination with assemblages and installations in his upcoming show at Now Gallery. Opening on July 18, 2013, Roldan’s The Beginning of History and Fatal Strategies II is a continuation of his 2011 show at Now Gallery. The show, which will run until August 3, comments on society’s geopolitics, system of beliefs, pop culture and history.
Recently represented in an important exhibition No Country: Contemporary Art For South/Southeast Asia at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Roldan’s practice was cited as “rooted in social, political and cultural commentary through the collection and assembly of found objects with image or text fragments. Often employing the material embodiments of various genres and themes in one collage, Roldan harnesses a poignant consideration of biography and history.”
Roldan, currently the artistic director of Green Papaya Art Projects, carefully assembles various objects, mostly used and discarded ones, whose functions have long ceased. But for him, “objects and images have an inherent life of their own and are not predisposed to merely become waste in the dustbin of history.” Discarded objects, once found, assume a second life. For him, “found objects and found images acquire validity precisely by being found, re-constructed, re-framed and assimilated into a context relevant to the present.”
Roldan, trained at the UST’s Visual Communications program, has represented the Philippines in various international exhibitions in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the USA, and in international symposia and conferences on independent art spaces, international art exchanges, residencies and artists mobility. His works can be found in private and institutional collections here and abroad. Some of the institutions of note that have collected him include the Singapore Art Museum, Solomon Guggenheim Museum NY, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Deutsche Bank and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Now Gallery is located at its new space at G05 Ecoplaza Building, Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Makati City. It is open Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm. For exhibit details, please call 555-0683/84 or email [email protected].
Cover: Sanya Smith
