A group of Filipinos living and working in Singapore came together to organize an art exhibition, is the voice of experience of migrants.
The exhibition presents 31 works and most of the images of 19 members of SininGapor, a group of artists Filipino based in Singapore.
The group's name is a mash-up of the Tagalog word "Sining" meaning "art" and "Gapor" a term that Filipinos to Singapore use to refer.
Titled Bagahe or "baggage" in Tagalog, the show features many works that integrate travel patterns and and transmit the idea of emotional baggage. The work is in the sale of $ 500 to a few thousand dollars.
VERLO / BAGAHE: Art as remittances
WHERE: Level 1 Suantio Gallery, School of Economics and the Faculty of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 90 Stamford Road
WHEN Today 11:00 to 18:00, Tuesday to Friday, 10: 00-19: 00
Admission: Free
Orosa artist Jasmin, 50, who has lived in Singapore for more than 10 years, he said through his paintings convey hoped feelings of fear and insecurity that feel Filipinos when they leave their homes and families in order to work abroad ,
She said: "Some people might think that Filipinos who work abroad to have a better life, but they are often treated as foreigners in a foreign country and miss their families and culture."
For the creative director Orland Punzalan, 46, her mixed media work that is sold at a stall on the other streets in Manila, the smoked fish, is a reminder of the taste of home. Snack street is that packages, when he returned to his luggage to Singapore, where he has lived since of 2005.
The reason for the discount dominates the conceptual painting Manny Francisco, 46, an executive artists from The Straits Times, who was in Singapore for nine years.
His work, which shows a heart with Mickey Mouse ears covered and placed in a box, suggesting that the gift package presents a Filipino home is inevitably imbued with his new identity in their adopted country.
Architect Marc Zara, 41, construction of inspiration close his council flat rented house in The Woodlands for his painting, a crane with luggage shows that symbolize the dreams of migrant workers.
Zara, who was nearly a decade in Singapore, he said the exhibition hopes visitors will contribute to realize that there is an active art scene here of Filipinos assembled in Singapore to work, who continue to pursue their creative goals, through their daily work ,
The exhibition is part of the Philippines Art Trek, organizes an annual art exhibition in the Philippines, which is in its 10th year and from the Philippine Embassy in Singapore.
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