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May 25, 2005
050525 Tha Brockas at Saguijo
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May 25, 2005
050525 An Article About Me In Malaya Newspaper
By SANDRA DIEZ
Andy Maluche "goes back" to his art
By SANDRA DIEZ
My whole life is art because every
thing I do, I do consciously, thus
says Andy Maluche. He adds that life should be loads of fun as well.
This Pinoy born in Germany has been roaming around Asia for the last 18 years, 10 of which he spent immersed in the comforts of the real world, in some kind of hiatus from the art world.
But in 2002, Andy again resumed work as a full time artist. He mounted nine solo shows in Hong Kong, San Francisco and Manila. He also writes and takes photographs for several local and international magazines and newspapers.
Starting tomorrow until May 16, Andy pays witty homage to the multiplicity of art and its conveyors in"Polycreationists," his first solo exhibition at Mag:net Gallery Paseo de Roxas, Makatifrom. The show is curated by conceptual artist Nilo Ilarde.
Andy considers himself a "poly creationist" which he says is basically a fancier term for multi-media artist. To express his thoughts, he does ink drawings, sculpture, large-scale acrylic paintings and photography.
In "Polycreationists", Andy celebrates the multiplicity of contemporary individuals and media through an entire collage wall of large-scale colored photographs. The gallery's white-washed walls are populated with an array of approximately 20 photographs (the largest of which measures 6 x 4 feet) representing various "polycreationists" captured by his lens during his travels from San Francisco to Hong Kong and Manila. This celebration of individual creative energies is seen in the way Any frames his subjects: centered, vivid, constantly in flux. This choice of mode and subjects can also be traced to the fact that he is also currently preoccupied as a lifestyle/fashion photographer, producing regular articles, photo-columns and images for local and international magazines and newspapers. Such a position enables him to "explore the similarities and conflicts" prevailing in the borders of art and fashion.
Maluche, however, adds his own dose of meaning to the concept of "polycreationists", also using it to refer to the fact that he himself utilizes "a lot of different media to express his thoughts", such as ink drawings, sculpture, large-scale acrylic paintings And photography. He also uses the term to allude to the fact that he distributes these individual artworks and spurts of creativity using various contemporary channels, such as the world-wide accessibility of the internet and the no-holds-barred genre of independent publishing. Thus, while the entire collage installation becomes a room-sized representation of others, Maluche also adds a tangential reference to polycreationism as part of his identity in a self-portrait hung in the central display area of the gallery.
Andy's first solo exhibition of paintings in 1988, entitled "Ome", was sponsored by the Geothe Institute at the Heritage Art Center in Manila, followed by two simultaneous shows in 1991 at the Brix Gallery entitled "Face Value" and "The House of the Reincarnated Swan".
Also available for viewing is his self-produced magazine and online exhibition entitled in his website : "The Aggressively Shy Stick Insect Hunter" (http://dont-touch-my.com)
When I go out to document something
I want to be as innocent and ignorant as possible.
How else can you learn something
if you know everything already?
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May 22, 2005
050522 EIS Summer Fest
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Good eyes are very important for photography
But it's balls that get you great shots.
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May 12, 2005
050512 The 2005 Manila Pony Panty Sniffing Contest
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In the framework of FHM Philippines top 100 cover girls we also had the 2005 Manila Pony Panty Sniffing Contest. Men's Room Rj Ledesma and Tim Tayag fought hard. Unfortunately RJ got a little over-excited and ended up not only sniffing the panties of our lovely volunteers. He wouldn't stop until he sucked every toe of all the girls. Of course we had to disqualify him.
I rather hear something that makes me think,
than something that confirms my thoughts.
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May 8, 2005
050508 Boy George and Marc Vedo in Manila
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Actually It Didn't Really Hurt
Boy oh Boy did we have fun. I sneaked up on stage pretending to be somebody important and part of the crew. British DJ Mark Velo, Tito Manapat who organized the event, Andy Davies who did the great light show and I frolicked around the stage and entertained the audience. Eventually Boy George showed up and blew my cover. Just before I was carried off the stage I overheard somebody say. "Oh, but if THAT is Boy George, who than was the guy with the blue hair?" The bouncers who know me by now pretty well treated me leniently. Only slightly bruised I joined the crowd on the dance floor where Atom and Danny Henares, Phoemela (who looked extremely cute) and hundreds others shook their booties to Boy's 80's mixes. Boy, or George as his crew calls him, was well worthy my replacement on stage . That guy is multi- talented. He can even teach US something about Filipino time. Although slightly eccentric he seems to be a fun guy and we got quite cozy. I had to draw a line though when he insisted on getting my phone number. After all I am a professional and i rather date girls born in the eighties than guys who were famous then.
As published in my column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Saturday Super on May 14. Check it out.
An artist is a permanent provider of newly introduced thinking templates
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May 8, 2005
050508 Poly Creativists Part 2
The Opening
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Hey everybody,
Thank you all very much for coming to my show.
It was a smashing success.
I have no idea how many people showed up but there were many.
At some point a whole bunch of the MAD DOGS showed up as well.
Hey , who said that bikers can't be sensitive art lovers too?
Although the free booze from my sponsor "Jack Daniel's" might have had some influence on that.
I am reorganizing my website and one part of that is that I will no longer have single pages for each photo/art series. Instead I am posting my pictures now on Flickr.
Now here is a weird story.
I just decided to post on Flickr today and this very morning, my best buddy Dick, opened a Pro account on Flickr for me without telling me.
In case you couldn't go to the show here are the pictures I am showing. Ok, now guys have fun.
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May 6, 2005
050506 L'Oreal Party
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A few days ago I joined a party by L'Oreal. Won't tell much about it because it will still come out in the Inquirer. Have fun.
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May 1, 2005
050501 Poly Creativists
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All of you are hereby cordially invited to join me to the exhibition of my latest series of photographs:
Poly Creativists
At Magnet Gallery Paseo Center.
Opening cocktails (by Jack Daniel's) and culinary gems (by Island Gourmet) on Tuesday May 3, 6:30 pm
I hope to see you there
Andy Magnet Gallery, Paseo Center, Paseo de Roxas & Sadeno sts., Makati City, tel 8177895
