The Only Way Out Is Through
PIN CALACAL
November 10 - December 9, 2022
With works that are anchored in her understanding of the body and its control, Pin Calacal revisits the foundation of her practice through a re-introduction to drawing. The exhibition highlights fragments of familiar images in the artist’s previous body of works--- roots, veins, and anthropomorphized subjects. These scenes contribute to Calacal’s inward reflection on the possibilities and limitations of body and being.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Pin Calacal (b. 1988) is a visual artist from Manila, Philippines. Most of her works are anchored in her understanding of the body and its control, sickness and temporariness. Using the body also as a “lens”, her concerns extend to identity, the fleetingness of human connections, the definition of home and place, and the social structures tied to these.
Calacal works with a variety of mediums and materials, which include graphite, acrylic, pen and ink, yarn, textile, paper, found objects and hair. She received her BFA in Painting (summa cum laude) from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.