While the Tanghalang Pambansa (CCP Major Constructing) is undergoing its much-needed rehabilitation, the Cultural Center of the Philippines has been in search of ways to attach with audiences and presents its artistic programming by partnering with exhibition spaces and performing arts venues in and outdoors of Metro Manila and maximizing its existing spaces within the CCP Complex.
The leading arts institution has partnered with various museums and galleries in Metro Manila and the regions. Except for that, the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division has been rolling out traveling exhibitions; the most recent of which is the on-going exhibit titled “Woman: Thesis and Antithesis” in partnership with the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City.
To proceed its visual arts programs and projects, the CCP transforms the third floor of the Tanghalang Ignacio B. Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater) right into a gallery and exhibition space, dubbed BULWAGANG ROBERTO CHABET.
Deemed a fitting move to create an exhibition space, the brand new gallery hopes to enrich the philosophy of the CCP Blackbox Theater. The blackbox theater has been designed to cater to latest works which are out-of-the-box; the identical principle that the Bulwagang Roberto Chabet (CCP TIG Gallery) upholds. In time, the brand new gallery will host contemporary and experimental exhibitions, in addition to revolutionary collaborations.
“As its mandate, the CCP creates a balance between being in contact with Philippine art history and making space for contemporary methods of artmaking. We hope to perform and fortify that responsibility through Bulwagang Roberto Chabet,” said CCP President Margie Moran-Floirendo.
The brand new exhibition space goals to increase the CCP’s thrust of promoting artistic excellence and nurturing of art making and appreciation while the Major Constructing undergoes rehabilitation.
The CCP plans to utilize Bulwagang Roberto Chabet as artistic space for young artists with limited exposure in addition to fresh and revolutionary ideas that artists and curators would love to explore through the CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division’s Exhibition Venue Grant program.
“We hope the brand new gallery will turn out to be a dynamic space to showcase works from the CCP 21AM collection, reframed and recontextualized to answer the interests and concerns of a wider audience. The CCP has been encouraging explorations and innovations in artmaking and exhibition-making by providing not only space but additionally curatorial assistance,” said Moran-Floirendo.
The brand new gallery is known as after a Filipino conceptual artist recognized as one of the vital influential Filipino artists within the post-war generation. Naming the exhibition space after Roberto Chabet honors the numerous contributions of the late visual artist within the Philippine art community. It represents his recognition of the potential and energy young and emerging artists bring and contribute to the trajectory of local contemporary art.
Known for his diverse works that sought more inclusive methods to arts, Chabet was the primary museum director of the CCP from 1967 to 1971. A Gawad CCP Para sa Sining Awards recipient, he was instrumental in acquiring a number of the pieces included in the present CCP 21AM Collection, in addition to in establishing the CCP Thirteen Artists Awards in 1970 as a curatorial project. The stage curtain of the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) is predicated on the painting of Chabet, rendered on a tapestry made in Kyoto, Japan.
The CCP’s Bulwagang Roberto Chabet (TIG Gallery) officially opens to the general public with “Space/Place,” an exhibition by the Association of Pinoyprintmakers, on May 16, 6pm that may run until June 18, 2023.
Do take a look at the brand new gallery and its debut exhibit on the Tanghalang Ignacio B. Gimenez, situated on the CCP Complex (fronting PICC). Follow the official CCP social media accounts in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok for the most recent happenings.
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