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Manuel Ocampo

MANUEL OCAMPO

Promdi Ames Yavuz 25 June–25 July 2021 Singapore

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Press Release

Yavuz Gallery is proud to present Promdi, a solo exhibition by Manuel Ocampo in Singapore.One of the most internationally-acclaimed Filipino artists, Ocampo is known for his provocative works that present ironic commentaries and questions on personal identities, versions of culture and society. Deploying an arsenal of art-historical and literary references, religious and popular iconography, Ocampo’s complex paintings weave together various visual vocabularies, creating implied meaning through accumulation and its interrelationships. Presented to viewers in a way that remains deliberately opaque, the symbols and its formal properties that render them – their vivid colours, energetic gestures and course brushstrokes - open up a spectrum of interpretations that defies easy definitions.

In his latest exhibition Promdi, Ocampo brings to attention the arbitrary line between rural and urban life. Its title references the stereotypical and offending titular term, used in the Philippines to describe people who first arrive in a big city and wear unfashionable clothes or speak in a rural-like accent from the countryside. Using the artist’s personal experience and the recent move of his studio – from metropolitan Manila to the coastal and rural Bataan (a three-hour drive Northwest from the city) – as a starting point, the series of new paintings continue his fearless interrogations surrounding notions of personal identity, migration and culture in his characteristic irreverence.

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Selected Works

Untitled to mingle with the living by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Untitled (to mingle with the living), 2021 Oil on canvas
180 x 120 cm
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Cultured Duck 2 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Cultured Duck 2, 2021 Oil on canvas
30 x 30 cm
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Cultured Duck 1 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Cultured Duck 1, 2021 Oil on canvas
30 x 23 cm
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Bird of Bataan 9 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 9, 2021 Oil and acrylic on canvas
181.5 x 122 cm
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Bird of Bataan 10 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 10, 2021 Oil and acrylic on canvas
181.5 x 122 cm
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Bird of Bataan 8 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 8, 2021 Oil on canvas
129 x 96.5 cm
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The Cats Are Out Tonite by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo The Cats Are Out Tonite, 2021 Oil on canvas
121 x 91 cm
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Manilascape 5 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Manilascape 5, 2021 Oil on canvas
91.5 x 61 cm
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Manilascape 3 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Manilascape 3, 2021 Oil on canvas
91.5 x 61 cm
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Manilascape 2 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Manilascape 2, 2021 Oil on canvas
91.5 x 61 cm
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Manilascape 1 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Manilascape 1, 2021 Oil on canvas
91.5 x 61 cm
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Manilascape 6 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Manilascape 6, 2021 Oil on canvas
81 x 61 cm
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Manilascape 4 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Manilascape 4, 2021 Oil on canvas
81 x 61 cm
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Bird of Bataan 5 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 5, 2021 Oil on canvas
81 x 61 cm
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Bird of Bataan 7 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 7, 2021 Oil on canvas
76 x 56 cm
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Bird of Bataan 4 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 4, 2021 Oil on canvas
50.5 x 38 cm
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Bird of Bataan 6 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 6, 2021 Oil on canvas
45 x 35.5 cm
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Bird of Bataan 3 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting works on paper

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 3, 2021 Oil on canvas
30 x 30 cm
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Bird of Bataan 2 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 2, 2021 Acrylic on canvas
35.5 x 25 cm
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Bird of Bataan 1 by Manuel Ocampo contemporary artwork painting

Manuel Ocampo Bird of Bataan 1, 2021 Oil and acrylic on canvas
35.5 x 25 cm
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About the Artist

Manuel Ocampo (b. Quezon City, Philippines) attended California State University, Bakersfield, in 1985. Having exhibited his works extensively in France, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan and Philippines, Ocampo currently lives and works in the Philippines.

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Ames Yavuz embraces its diverse cultural background through a strong international focus and perspective. The gallery’s vision is underpinned by robust curatorial practices that form the core of our program and foster intercultural discourse on a global scale.

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Ames Yavuz contemporary art gallery in Singapore

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