An Indoor Landscaped Garden Blooms In Art Lounge Manila
Discover plant and art pairings you can bring home from this art show
The plant craze that gripped the nation toward the middle of last year’s ECQ was a pleasant surprise for many of us. In the confines of our homes, we rediscovered our love for the natural world, particularly for plants; and with this “plant fever” a new subspecies of passionate hobbyists emerged: the Plantitos and Plantitas.
Suddenly, it was fashionable for people to grow plants, and even more so, to engage in the lucrative buying and selling that caught the imagination of the nation. Almost overnight, plants became a status symbol, endorsed by celebrities, auctioned daily through Facebook live, and even became targeted by thieves who want to make a quick buck from expensive collector item plants.
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Anna De Leon
Time Lost, Time Found 36 x 48 Oil on Canvas 2021
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Carlo Magno
Joyeous Earth 36 x 26 Acrylic on Canvas 2021
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KRISTINE LIM
Leaving The 99 15 inches Diameter Mixed Media on Canvas 2021
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Tet Ureta Aligaen
Big Fern 55 x 15 Copper Sheet (20 Gauge) 2020
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Dindon Cordova
Ang Tagapagsaliksik (The Researcher) 48 x 36 Oil on Canvas 2021
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Looking into this social phenomenon, Art Lounge Manila opens the exhibition Plantitos y Plantitas with special partner Arid and Aroids, the company that contributed to this phenomenon so greatly. Combining their expertise in the visual arts and the delicate art of plant husbandry in Plantitos y Plantitas, Art Lounge Manila and Arid and Aroids present a unique art-and-plant exhibition where the gallery is not just a curated art gallery, but an indoor landscaped garden inside The Podium Mall.
"The pandemic, and the resulting community quarantines, allowed most of us to pursue passions at our own homes for extended periods. One of this was gardening. The plant selection was based on what became in demand during this time - plants that are beautiful and can successfully be kept indoors. A lot of these are found by the foremost purveyor of philodendrons, alocasias, colocasias and other foliage plants -ARID AND AROIDS - whom we have partnered in this exhibition of paintings and foliage plants," Ian Belleza of Art Lounge Manila explains.
Curated by two prolific minds, Ricky Francisco, for the art, and Mr. Bienvenido Haro of Arids and Aroids for the plants, the artists also had input on the plant and art groupings featured in the show.
"The painters were the ones who chose what to paint based on their personal preferences and what they found interesting when they went to Arid and Aroids as preparation for this exhibition," Belleza reveals.
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