Leeroy New’s Partake Harder is still life gone wrong. It explores another realm of the deep subconscious and re-articulates the traditional themes ubiquitous in human history. The inanimate is given new life. The mundane intersects with the sublime. Human forms undergo reconfiguration. Sacred banquets turn into profane feasts. Religious iconographies are demystified. A misrepresentation of the classics where no place is left for the commonplace. Where viewers are compelled to create new narratives. Where a series of wrongs can be right.
About the Artist
About the Artists
Leeroy New (b. 1986, General Santos City, Philippines) is a Filipino artist-designer. He graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. Aside from his visual arts practice, he also engages in fashion design, production design, and other commercial work. He is a recipient of the Ateneo Art Awards (2009), the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award (2013), and the artist residency program of La Trobe University in Bendigo, Australia (2009). New has also participated in the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (2009), and the Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival (2016). He has had solo exhibitions at Artinformal, 1335Mabini, Altromondo Gallery, Galleria Duemila, The Drawing Room, and Artesan Gallery + Studio in Singapore, among others. New is also famous for creating Lady Gaga’s costume for her music video, “Marry the Night.”
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About the Artists
About the Artist
Leeroy New (b. 1986, General Santos City, Philippines) is a Filipino artist-designer. He graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. Aside from his visual arts practice, he also engages in fashion design, production design, and other commercial work. He is a recipient of the Ateneo Art Awards (2009), the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award (2013), and the artist residency program of La Trobe University in Bendigo, Australia (2009). New has also participated in the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (2009), and the Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival (2016). He has had solo exhibitions at Artinformal, 1335Mabini, Altromondo Gallery, Galleria Duemila, The Drawing Room, and Artesan Gallery + Studio in Singapore, among others. New is also famous for creating Lady Gaga’s costume for her music video, “Marry the Night.”
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