Panacot Shoal (You don’t own us), 2019

An 18-carat gold sheet is cut into the shape of Panacot Shoal (a former name for Scarborough Shoal) based on a map dated 1748 that was published in Vienna. The gold is engraved with words from women whose consent was disregarded, but they could very well be protests against the administration.

Fragrant Filipina, 2018

white marble 14 x 10 x 4.5 cm inquire Share on facebook Share on twitter

Title Silenced (Unmentionables), 2009

Let us re-examine the processes and the system that has conditioned questions that gave rise to, case in point, feminism’s “woman problem.” These objects are a tribute to Linda Nochlin’s seminal essay titled “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? To which Nochlin herself answered, in a nutshell, that it is not the issue. The focus, rather, should be the question itself and the dominant male power elite eyes through which it was obviously viewed.

All texts are courtesy of the artist.

Dancing With A Dictator, 2018

Video still of burning wooden carved left pair of shoes worn by the Philippine President’s wife Imelda Marcos on the day her husband was sworn as the new commander in chief of the Philippines. The Marcos regime would span 20 years.

All texts are courtesy of the artist.