Salcedo Private View, the private sale and gallery arm of Salcedo Auctions, opened the exhibition, Paradise Found: Contemporary Philippine Art & Design, last Friday, 25 October in Sydney in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry through the Philippine Trade and Investment Center, Sydney.
This is Salcedo’s second overseas art exhibition this year, following Taipei in June 2024.
The exhibition was opened by Philippine Ambassador to Australia Hellen dela Vega on behalf of Trade Secretary Ma. Cristina Aldeguer-Roque.
The well-appointed event held in the city’s exclusive harbourside suburb of Darling Point was attended by leading lights of the Sydney art, fashion, lifestyle and social scene, as well as prominent members of the Filipino community in the most important city in the Southern Hemisphere.
Taking its cue from objects of beauty and a storied archipelago once ‘lost’ and now slowly returning to the spotlight, Paradise Found plays on the concepts of identity, materiality, locality, and our desire for the idyll.
Joel Geolamen’s ‘Habilin (Binalodan, Maranao),’ 2024, oil on canvas, 24 x 48 inches, was recently acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane for the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
Consul Sheila Tario, Philippine Consul General in Sydney Charmaine Rowena Aviquivil, Vice Consul Frances Cleofas, Nova De Lara, cultural officer
The show features the works of five of the country’s leading contemporary artists and designers: Nazareno/Lichauco, Poklong Anading, Aze Ong, Ferdie Montemayor, and Davao-based Joel Geolamen whose work was recently acquired for the permanent collection of the world-renowned Queensland Art Gallery for the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
Kirstie Clements, the best selling author and long-time Vogue Australia editor-in-chief, was among the guests.
Set against the iconic backdrop of Sydney Harbour, this milestone exhibition recreates, recovers, and represents the concept of paradise.
Karen Lerma and Maritess Tantoco-Enriquez
Filipino-Australian artist Marikit Santiago, winner of the 2024 La Prairie Art Award
The well-attended opening night
Philippine Trade Consul in Sydney Alma Argayoso and Arlene Amor
Raul Amor, Rafael Toda, and Renato Enriquez
