A Dull and Dead Thing
Kaloy Olavides, Paul Mondok
11 February – 11 March 2012
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11 February – 11 March 2012
Ironically, A Dull and Dead Thing is not about stasis. For one thing, Paul Mondok and Kaloy Olavides work on a great deal of irony. Their practices furnish cues of “Play in the name of Solemnity” or “Seriousness in the name of Fun.” Certain elements remain incongruous—be it found in medium, imagery, or the individual parts that make up a work. Paul and Kaloy share a certain effacing characteristic in their practice, all the while gathering potency in the quasi-ephemeral and lo-fi property of their respective works. Coming together for A Dull and Dead Thing, Paul and Kaloy re-introduce their practice inclined towards the sculptural and performative—always negotiating spaces past coplanar frames.
Some keywords to Paul Mondok’s works: Peculiar Equations, Found Objects, Reconstructed, Totemic, As-if-landed-in-the-place-it-is-in-presently, As-if-asleep, Balanced, Asymmetrical, Burrows to the Unknown, Totally Unlikely Narratives
Some keywords to Kaloy Olavides’ works: Cross-overs, Live & Lethargy, Routine in One Act, Routine as Everyday Sequence, an Army, Untempered Anatomy, On-and-on-and-on, Activity, Purpose, (In)Animate.
About the Artist
About the Artists
Kaloy Olavides graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) with a Bachelor degree of Fine Arts. Aside from his visual arts practice, he has been doing production design for films, music videos, and audio visual presentations. He is the guitar and vocals for the bands Pastilan Dong! and Grows, and is also a member of the experimental sound collective, Elemento. Since 2012, Olavides has been teaching at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. He is a recipient of the Philippine Art Awards Juror’s Choice Award of Merit (2013), and the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award (2012). He has had solo exhibitions at several galleries including Green Papaya Art Projects, West Gallery, 856 G Gallery, and Light and Space Contemporary. He has also shown in group exhibitions at Osage Gallery Hong Kong, Osage Gallery Singapore, the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, California, the Central Trak Gallery in Texas, Silverlens Gallery and Post Gallery.
Paul Mondok (b. 1978) graduated with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He has been exhibiting since 1998 in alternative art spaces such as in Big Sky Mind, Future Prospects, and Green Papaya Art Projects, and other exhibition spaces that ponder contemporary art practice and formats. He has also participated in both solo and group shows at various galleries and institutions, such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Museum, Osage Gallery Hong Kong, the Philippine Center in New York, among others. He was the Philippine representative for the Jakarta Biennale (2013) and 98B COLLABoratory’s representative to the Koganecho Bazaar (2014) in Japan.
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About the Artists
About the Artist
Kaloy Olavides graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) with a Bachelor degree of Fine Arts. Aside from his visual arts practice, he has been doing production design for films, music videos, and audio visual presentations. He is the guitar and vocals for the bands Pastilan Dong! and Grows, and is also a member of the experimental sound collective, Elemento. Since 2012, Olavides has been teaching at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. He is a recipient of the Philippine Art Awards Juror’s Choice Award of Merit (2013), and the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award (2012). He has had solo exhibitions at several galleries including Green Papaya Art Projects, West Gallery, 856 G Gallery, and Light and Space Contemporary. He has also shown in group exhibitions at Osage Gallery Hong Kong, Osage Gallery Singapore, the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, California, the Central Trak Gallery in Texas, Silverlens Gallery and Post Gallery.
Paul Mondok (b. 1978) graduated with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He has been exhibiting since 1998 in alternative art spaces such as in Big Sky Mind, Future Prospects, and Green Papaya Art Projects, and other exhibition spaces that ponder contemporary art practice and formats. He has also participated in both solo and group shows at various galleries and institutions, such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Museum, Osage Gallery Hong Kong, the Philippine Center in New York, among others. He was the Philippine representative for the Jakarta Biennale (2013) and 98B COLLABoratory’s representative to the Koganecho Bazaar (2014) in Japan.
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