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The interior of Gravity Art Space featuring its inauguralexhibit ‘ALCOHOL’ Why does art matter? In distressing times, we see more value in art. It is escapist, but also restorative, evolutionary as it is revolutionary. As John Tusa once wrote, “The arts matter, because they are universal; because they are non-material; because they deal with daily experience in a transforming way; because they question the way we look at the world; because they offer different explanations of that world…” The Filipinos revel in art. In fact, Metro Manila’s art scene is booming despite the pandem...

Art with a message: Angeles adding expired paint and shredded plastic wrappers into a painting at his studio in Plaridel, Bulacan province. — Reuters WHEN Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles found out that his country was one of the world’s biggest contributors of plastic trash in the ocean, he felt compelled to take action. He decided that the best way to show how discarded waste could be given a new life in a different medium was to incorporate materials ranging from shredded plastic to old paint and leftover construction wood in his art. Since 2019, he has made over two dozen paintings of...

"I make these artworks to raise awareness so we can fight against the trash in our area, to make us more responsible in how we dispose of our trash, and to make us aware of where our trash goes," said the 49-year-old Gilbert Angeles said.

2 Min Read MANILA (Reuters) - When Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles found out that his country was one of the world’s biggest contributors of plastic trash in the ocean he felt compelled to take action. Angeles decided the best way to show how discarded waste could be given a new life in a different medium was to incorporate materials ranging from shredded plastic to old paint and leftover construction wood in his paintings. Since 2019, he has made over two dozen paintings of this kind. “I make these artworks to raise awareness so we can fight against the trash in our area, to make us more...

Filipino artist fights waste by using recycled trash in paintings 789 '); MANILA — When Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles found out that his country was one of the world’s biggest contributors of plastic trash in the ocean he felt compelled to take action. Angeles decided the best way to show how discarded waste could be given a new life in a different medium was to incorporate materials ranging from shredded plastic to old paint and leftover construction wood in his paintings. Since 2019, he has made over two dozen paintings of this kind. “I make these artworks to raise awareness so we ...