Messenger of the Gods - A Duddley Diaz Retrospective
The exhibition aims to represent significant themes and periods in the development of sculptor Duddley Diaz as an artist and as a Filipino working within an Italian setting.
8 August to 30 October 2009
GF, The Lobby and The Edge Galleries
The UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum in cooperation with Galleria Duemila presents the exhibit Messenger of the Gods: A Duddley Diaz Retrospective which opens on 8 August 2009, Saturday, 4:00 PM at the Lobby and Edge Galleries (G/F of the UP Vargas Museum).
The exhibition aims to represent significant themes and periods in the development of sculptor Duddley Diaz as an artist and as a Filipino working within an Italian setting. The exhibition will include his early works, to his student days at the UP College of Fine Arts and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy. It will also highlight on Duddley’s technical prowess in working with different sculptural mediums--wood, cast bronze, marble, silver, and ox bone.
The exhibit will run until 30 October 2009. The Museum is open on Tuesdays to Sundays, 9 am to 4 pm. For more information, please contact the UPVM at numbers 981-8500 loc. 4034 (UP trunkline), 928-1927 (direct line), 928-1925 (fax), or send an e-mail to [email protected]. The Museum’s official website may be viewed at www.vargasmuseum.org.
The exhibit is also made possible with the support of its major sponsors: Jewellry Salon, Philippine-Italian Foundation, Tantoco Rustia Foundation; and also brought to you by Furn Italia , Icon Graphics, Metrobank, UP Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts, and Ralph's Wines and Spirits.
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Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center
Roxas Avenue, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines
Telephone Numbers: (+632) 928-1927, (+632) 981-8500 locals 4021 to 24
Fax Number: (+632) 928-1925
Website: www.vargasmuseum.org
Email addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
