- Pacita Abad
Born in the Philippines in 1946, Pacita Abad studied painting at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and the Arts Student League in New York Her paintings are characterized by color, constant change and experimentation from the 1970s right up to her passing in 2004
- Artworks - Pacita Abad
Pacita Abad's painting is characterized by color, constant change and experimentation from the 1970s right up to her passing in 2004 Pacita's most extensive body of work is her vibrantly, colorful, trapunto paintings, mixed media painted textile collages and abstract assemblages
- Pacita Abad (1946-2004)
Pacita holds a joint exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila entitled 'Thinking Big' with Paz Abad Santos, curated by Cora Alvina, showing her large trapunto paintings
- Exhibitions and Art Fairs | Pacita Abad
Pacita Abad made a point to exhibit her artwork in a wide variety of venues, not just in galleries and museums During her 32-year artistic career Pacita's paintings were shown in more than 200 museums, galleries and other sites in the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and Latin America
- Immigrant Experience, Filipina: A racial identity crisis . . . - Pacita Abad
Done in acrylic on handwoven cloth and embellished with dyed yarn, beads, and gold thread, Pacita Abad's large-scale trapunto is entitled "The Filipina: a Racial Identity Crisis " It focuses on two women, the austere Maria Isabel Lopez who is mestiza and the earthy Liwayway Etnika who is kayumangqi Together they
- Masks and Spirits, Marcos and his cronies, 1985 | Pacita Abad
Pacita's Exorcism of the Philippine Dictator - "Marcos and His Cronies" This painting by Pacita Abad was inspired by a wooden Sanni mask she saw in Sri Lanka when traveling on the back roads down the mountains from Kandy to Galle in 1984
- Events - Pacita Abad
Originally painted in 2004 by Pacita Abad, the Alkaff Bridge's (Pacita's painted bridge) featuring the artwork of Filipina artist Pacita Abad has become a landmark in Singapore’s tourism and arts scene
- Publications - Pacita Abad
Numerous books have been published about Pacita Abad's paintings and artistic career, with commentary by art critics and museum curators Most of her solo exhibitions and many of her group shows were also accompanied by catalogues
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