Pockets of pandemic memories
Abe Orobia Abe Orobia is known for his artworks of women wearing paper dresses. For him, these paper dresses, fragile and crumpled, are a symbol of protective armor that are sturdy, intricate, yet beautiful. But when the pandemic happened, Orobia has lost his muse. Artists were among those considered as non-essential at the beginning of the pandemic and the exhibit Orobia was preparing for was put on hold. Little did he know that the global catastrophe would become the inspiration to his newest collection, “Images of the Nation,” at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. “’...
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