Neo-Angono Artists Collective mural: Difference between revisions
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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2007|2007]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Asia|Asia]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting | |||
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'''Artist:''' The Neo-Angono Artists Collective. | '''Artist:''' The Neo-Angono Artists Collective. | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' National Press Club (NPC) and Presidential Security Group (PSG) of the Philippines. | '''Confronting Bodies:''' National Press Club (NPC) and Presidential Security Group (PSG) of the Philippines. | ||
'''Date of Action:''' October 26th, 2007. | |||
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'''Location:''' The painting was installed at Headline Restaurant on the third floor of the NPC building at the foot of Jones Bridge in Intramuros, Manila. | '''Location:''' The painting was installed at Headline Restaurant on the third floor of the NPC building at the foot of Jones Bridge in Intramuros, Manila. | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The mural depicts a man reading a newspaper in the midst of a crowd on a busy street. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' The mural depicts a man reading a newspaper in the midst of a crowd on a busy street. <P> | ||
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'''The Incident:''' The Presidential Security Group (PSG) inspected the painting the day before it was to be unveiled, and questioned "certain leftist marks." This prompted the NPC president, Roy Mabasa, to call the Angono artists to retouch the mural. Since none of them were available, he tapped another artist to retouch the mural overnight. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' The Presidential Security Group (PSG) inspected the painting the day before it was to be unveiled, and questioned certain leftist marks." | |||
This prompted the NPC president, Roy Mabasa, to call the Angono artists to retouch the mural. Since none of them were available, he tapped another artist to retouch the mural overnight. <P> | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' The following changes were made to the mural: <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The following changes were made to the mural: <P> | ||
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4. Making Randy Davids hair and mustache longer. <P> | 4. Making Randy Davids hair and mustache longer. <P> | ||
5. Painting a beard and a mustache on the face of a man (depicted as columnist Juan Mercado) selling eggs and balut, and changing his hair color from white to black. <P> | 5. Painting a beard and a mustache on the face of a man (depicted as columnist Juan Mercado) selling eggs and balut, and changing his hair color from white to black. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Philippine Daily Inquirer. | '''Source:''' Philippine Daily Inquirer. | ||
[[Category:2007]] | |||
[[Category:2000s]] | |||
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[[Category:Asia]] | [[Category:Asia]] | ||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Painting]] | [[Category:Painting]] | ||
[[Category:The Neo-Angono Artists Collective.]] | [[Category:The Neo-Angono Artists Collective.]] | ||
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