A collection of 14 surreal and hyper-realistic paintings by Filipino master Andres Barrioquinto are showcased during "Realistic Abstraction" at Tang Contemporary Art, until July 30.
The solo exhibition portrays his art in a new dimension -- a cosmos of almost immaterial images, where the constant tread is the vanishing of the physicality and carnality.
With this distinctive style, his subjects are almost dematerialised yet hyper-realistic, in an apparent contradiction that he wisely developed to reach excellence. In fact, his subjects, so realistically painted, become pure immaterial concepts and ideas.
