Exhibition
The Columns Gallery Singapore
20 January 2026 to 31 January 2026
10am-7pm | Extended opening hours on 23 January 2026 until 10pm & 24 January 2026 until 9pm
Free admission
Synopsis
Featuring ten Filipino artists — Oca Villamiel, Pete Jimenez, Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, Elaine Navas, Manuel Ocampo, Dominic Mangila, Russ Ligtas, Eisa Jocson, and Leeroy New — the exhibition reimagines Amado V. Hernandez’s “sliver of sky” as a metaphor for hope, memory, and identity. Through painting, sculpture, and performance, fragments of the past illuminate the living fields of the present.
Artists:
Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, Bernardo Pacquing, Dominic Mangila, Eisa Jocson, Elaine Navas, Leeroy New, Manuel Ocampo, Oca Villamiel, Pete Jimenez, Russ Ligtas
Curators:
Dong Jo Chang
Artist talk:
Fragments of Memory, Fields of Now: Contemporary Filipino Art in a Global Context
Fragments of Memory, Fields of Now: Contemporary Filipino Art in a Global Context
20 January 2026, 2pm
Opening Reception:
23 January 2026, 6-10pm
Performance by Leeroy New at 6.30pm
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