Figuring the human
‘Figured Realities’ draws from a rich diversity of perspectives — spanning generations, disciplines, and approaches to figuration.
‘Breed’ (acrylic on canvas, 45 by 55 inches, 2025) by Carlo Angelo Saavedra.
Daily Tribune‘Figured Realities’ draws from a rich diversity of perspectives — spanning generations, disciplines, and approaches to figuration.
‘Breed’ (acrylic on canvas, 45 by 55 inches, 2025) by Carlo Angelo Saavedra.
‘Rampa’ (oil on canvas, 36 by 24 inches, 2024) by Antipas Delotavo.
‘Metamorphosis I’ (oil on canvas, 28 by 21 inches, 2025) by Jackie Hontiveros Lozano.
‘The Owl and the Octopus’ (acrylic on canvas, 48 by 36 inches, 2025) by Emman Acasio.
Figured Realities is a group exhibition that brings together 17 artists whose practices explore the enduring power and complexity of the human figure. Through a range of materials and visual languages, the exhibition reflects on the nature of life, existence, and mortality. The figure — at times tender, fractured, symbolic, or deeply personal — serves as a vessel through which the artists navigate memory, identity, emotion, and transformation. These works ask us to consider not only how we see others, but how we come to see ourselves.
Featuring artists Anthony Palomo, Antipas Delotavo, Carlo Angelo Saavedra, Efren Madlangsakay Jr., Emman Acasio, Eufemio Rasco IV, Jackie Hontiveros Lozano, Jayme Lucas, Jerson Samson, Jessa Almirol, Jomari Caya, Jonathan Joven, Joshua Torres, Kim Jerome Santiago, Martin Honasan, Reyna Raymunda, and Rommel Joson, the exhibition draws from a rich diversity of perspectives — spanning generations, disciplines, and approaches to figuration.
Some artists draw on classical traditions; others engage contemporary narratives, symbolic language, or socio-political themes. Together, their works offer an introspective and expansive view of what it means to live, to witness, and to be seen.
In Figured Realities, the human form becomes more than subject — it becomes a site of inquiry, empathy, and connection across time and experience.
The exhibit runs from at 12 April to 24 May at the Altro Mondo Creative Space, 1159 Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City.