The exhibition highlights my musings on how things come about, thrive, and expire. It is a cycle – mundane, puncturing, yet beautiful all at the same time – that we as humans live with.
This collection of work talks about impermanence and the knowledge that eventually, all things bloom then wither. There is then an appreciation of life when there is an acceptance of an end.
SUNLIGHT. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
PASSAGE. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
MOTHER. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
PIGMENT. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
MERMAID. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
QUEEN MORI. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
RED DOLL. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
CROWN. 24” x 18” / Acrylic Paint on Acid Free Paper, 2020
About the artist
MJ Aquende is a Filipino artist with a degree in Fine Arts. He has joined several group exhibitions here in Manila and abroad. He is currently working on his first solo art exhibition in London. Aquende also does international and local commissions such as album art, graphic design, and book illustration. If not busy with being an artist, he puts on his hat as the art teacher for his two young daughters.