DUAL/ITIES
The Henry Resort | Dumaguete
Artworks in this exhibition are forcefully marked by the pandemic. Taniguchi and Duwenhöegger are siblings and live close to each other. While one imagined the desolate streets of Manila, the other summoned sweet memories in the playful company of animals. Duran meanwhile created anthropomorphic beings out of the rudimentary kulon (‘pot’ in Cebuano).
Their artistry reminds us that we exist in contrast to temporary conditions. A global lockdown made us witness the worst and the best of human endeavours. The key out of it was to nurture connectivity to one’s history and narrative, juxtaposing opposing forces to face and make amends with each of our distress.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
HEMROD DURAN, b. 1980
Seasoned terracotta sculptor who hails from a family of potters. He grew up working in a brick factory that his grandfather built in Daro. Duran trained under Japanese ceramists (2007) and has been conducting publicly-sponsored workshops and private tutorials from his studio in Dumaguete.
AMELIA S. DUWEHÖEGGER, b. 1957
B.A. in Theatre Arts at Silliman University (1981). She taught at Foundation University while directing theatre plays before moving to Germany to live for twenty years. She continued to paint calendars and aquarelles that she sent to sister Kitty until she decided to return to Dumaguete before the pandemic.
CRISTINA ”Kitty” S. TANIGUCHI, b. 1952
M.A. in English and American Literature at Siliman University (1985). She has served through affiliations in an all-Filipino women art group, KASIBULAN, the NCCA Committee on Art Galleries, and through her artist-run space, Mariyah Gallery in Dumaguete where she currently lives and works.
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