While each artist takes a different path, their works create a dialogue on how painting reflects the ways we perceive and measure experience. Manalang’s balance of control and instinct resonates with Partosa’s attention to distortion and shifting truths, both drawing us to question how perception is shaped. Cruz’s long-term counting project extends this questioning into the realm of persistence and repetition, while Abrugena pushes it toward reflection on systems of belief and knowledge. Seen together, their works form a layered conversation: painting as a site where material, perception, and time intertwine, offering audiences multiple ways to engage with the act of seeing and the weight of meaning.

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Artist Overviews: Rinne Abrugena, Maria Cruz, Pep Manalang, Matina Partosa