Plant-Painting Partnership by Art Lounge Manila and Arid and Aroids at the Podium Mall.
The plant craze that gripped the nation towards 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 celebrity, auctioned daily through facebook live, and even became targeted by thieves who want to make a quick buck from the very expensive collector item plants.
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!
Presenting their works are painter-sculptor Tet Ureta Aligaen, multi-awarded botanical painter Dindon Cordova, painters Julie Gil, Anna de Leon, Kristine Lim, Carlo Magno, Christian Mirang, Francis Nacion, Lisa Villasenor and mixed media artist Melissa Yeung Yap. Each of them have their unique take on the presenting botanical beauty inspired by the collectible plants brought by Arid and Aroids, namely, Philodendron Lelano Miyano, Philodendron SP Colombia, Anthurium Lingua, Anthurium Regale, Philodendron Bicolor, Anthurium Salgarense, Philodendron erubescens ‘Red emerald’variegata (Strawberry Shake), Philodendron Heterocraspedon, Pastazanum Green, Philodendron Joepii, Alantiundulatum, Squamecaule, Adansonii Obliqua, the Philippines’ own Amydrium Zippelianum, and the ultra-coveted Philodendron Spiritus Sancti which is extinct in the wild and goes for more than a million pesos a plant!
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