TRAVERSE, a collaborative exhibition featuring the works of father-and-son Aris and Dale Bagtas. Organized by Pintí´ Art Museum and curated by Carlomar Arcangel Daoana, the exhibition shines a spotlight on their deep dive into abstraction as well as their experimentation with the sculptural medium.
Both known for their broad stylistic choices, exuberant use of color, and coherently elegant manner of composition, the artists nonetheless demonstrate their respective forays into the non-representational idiom. The senior Bagtas presents his overlapping geometric and curvilinear shapes, endowed with a shimmering translucence, whereas the younger Bagtas displays his organic and seemingly mutating forms, redolent with texture, tactility, and presence.
The highlight of the exhibition is the titular work, “Traverse Series 1,” a monumental five by ten feet collaboration that reflects upon the recent visit the Bagtas duo undertook in Europe. Encapsulating the essence, contrast, and evolution of their individual artistic practices, the painting juxtaposes the father’s jagged and soaring lines with the son’s stupendous and proliferating spheres.
The father-and-son collaboration in Traverse holds significant importance as it not only TRAVERSE will be on view from 17 to 30 May 2023 at ArtistSpace located at Ground Level, Ayala Museum Annex, Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City.
