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(MY REVIEW OF THE “PROPAGANDA” EXHIBITION, LOPEZ MUSEUM, February 6-May 30, 2015)

It’s the war I didn’t see that most intrigued me.

World War II killed 60 million people – among them, my grandparents. Pa and Ma were just kids then, but the horror of that conflict haunted them to their death.

Perhaps that’s why I came to Lopez Museum’s first 2015 exhibition, “Propaganda”, mounted to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end.

However, what I found wasn’t just displays of memorabilia and themed artworks on that last global carnage but traditional media combined with digital content about a battle which never ceased, a war for the Filipino consciousness.

To enrich and re-frame the exhibition issues, the Lopez Museum combined their permanent collection with the temporary one to “reflect on where we, as a country, have been and where we are going”, in the words of Co-curator Ethel Villafranca.

Hence, they displayed canvases of old masters Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, national artists Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Joya, Cesar Legaspi, Vicen

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Joey cobcobo, An artist

PRINTMAKER Sculptor JOEY COBCOBO Artist Painter Cobcobo is a painter, sculptor and printmaker. He is gaining recognition and winning art competitions. He was shortlisted for the Ateneo Art Awardsin 2010 and one of the recipient of 13 Artist’s Award. He is currently teaching at Technological University of the Philippines where he obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts. The interview was done through phone call. Contacts were retrieved from a blog dedicated for the artist. Introduction and the purpose of the interview was relayed to the interviewee. The interviewee was given an overview of how the interview will run. The interviewee was asked about how he would define art. Below is the artist’s definition recorded no verbatim. Napaka broad ng art. Sabi nga nila art is too long and life is too short. Ang artist kapag nawala, magaling man o hindi, ang art magpapatuloy yan. Magtutuloy tuloy kahit wala na ang artist. Ang pinaka maganda doon kapag naging kabahagi ng art. Kapag napagusapan o naging importanteng tao sa art. I define art as my ordinary life. It’s very

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WHEN ARTIST Joey Cobcobo was preparing for his exhibit at the Avellana Art Gallery in Pasay City, his eyes fell on a box filled with drawings made by his four-year-old son Ark - and then an idea hit him. He would print his son's drawings.

This active member of the Printmakers Association of the Philippines had just selected terra cotta bricks to use as his new printmaking plate, but when he tried using this material to print his drawings, he felt that this process didn't suit his drawing style. Maybe it will have a better effect if I use my son's drawings, he mused.

He tried it out and the results can be seen is his exhibit, I'm Doing My Father's Business. The title of the show is based on the Bible verse Luke 2:49, where after losing track of Jesus, his parents find him preaching in the temple. When the young boy gets a reprimand for leaving his parents' side, Jesus responds, Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be about my father's business?

It seems like Ark has also been doing his father's business. Pampatulog niya ang drawing (Drawing helps

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