Recently, a group of young artists called the Neo-Angono artists were commissioned to paint a mural for the National Press Club. It was to be unveiled at an event of the NPC. After finishing the work, the piece was revealed on the 55th anniversary celebration. The mural was tasked to visually depict PRESS FREEDOM. 
On revelation, the mural was edited by another artist, covering elements that were deemed to be "leftist." (viva press freedom!) 
Here's a portrait of Prof Randy David given a sloppy make-over.
Here's a headline change, with the faces of the Burgos family also altered.
Let's talk to the Neo-Angono artists. What do they stand for?
How free is free for a visual artist? How free is free for a human being, for that matter?
On revelation, the mural was edited by another artist, covering elements that were deemed to be "leftist." (viva press freedom!) Here's a portrait of Prof Randy David given a sloppy make-over.Here's a headline change, with the faces of the Burgos family also altered.Let's talk to the Neo-Angono artists. What do they stand for?
How free is free for a visual artist? How free is free for a human being, for that matter? Here's Andres Bonifacio's alibata "K" tattoo edited because it might be misconstrued as "leftist."
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14 comments:
oh my gosh! I heard about your mural and how it was defiled! grabe. how do you feel? I'm curious. Where can I see this mural? How insulting naman!
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Iba naman ang brewrats sa RockEdRadio, mas MALAKI naman ang educational pArts nila ma'am gang at sir lourd kaysa kina Tado..... pero magbarkada aTa silang lahat....... totoo po ba?? magbabarkada rin sila ----idolz!
ay, oo! cool talaga ang BrewRats ng HitFM. Fan ako nun!
-Gang
Pag "commissioned" ba ang isang artwork does that mean the one who commissioned it (NPC for example) is the one who'll decide what's on the artwork? Tapos is the artist just someone who paints what he's told? How free is the artist to depict what he wants to depict? kesyo commissioned pa iyon o hinde?
tama! samn to makikita??
wasak talaga ang brewrats show andami ko natutunan na words!! hehehe may alternative na ba sa marang as horny fruit?? heehe natanong lang..
maganda ang dalawang show! brurats is different from rock ed radio but they are from the same people of rock ed phils. brewrats is more entertainment and humor, rockEdradio is more of learning and being entertaining at the same time, wooot! sa mga tao ng brurats at rockEd taas kamay mga bro at ma'am!
It seems that the Neo-Angono incident is the latest in a long line of controversies surrounding the current NPC leadership.
There was the disputed election last year, the sale of a valuable Manansala portrait for P10 million, a and a subsequent lawsuit from GSIS for qualified theft because of this sale.
Check this article from the Inquirer's Neal Cruz:
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=98827
[url]http://opinion.inquirer.net/columnist/?colid=725[/url]
eto pala. :)
Tsk tsk tsk. Now that's vandalism in its most elegant form.
dami nag-react ah...well... every sunday rocked naman ako eh...
galing kaya ni ms. gang and sir lourd!!!
oo lam ko friends sila ng brewrats...peace po sa lahat...
I'm a Philippine Arts student, and super natuwa ako last Sunday dahil nag-guest si THE Bienvenido Lumbera. Pero hindi nadiscuss yung tungkol sa role ng Filipino lit sa society. Pero ayos lang.
Regarding this issue, super nainis ako kasi binago. And to think, THE Angono artists pa yung ginawan nila ng ganung act. Ayun lang, sharing...
@anarcho
haha! kasi off-topic kaya ayan, ang daming nagreact sa comment mo.
@topic
ako rin nabadtrip kasi naman, sino hindi magagalit kung biglang binago yung ginawa mong obra? "bastos" (sorry sa term) ang tawag dun.
medyo may pagka ingrata ang ginawa nila. anu nga ba ang dapat nating pakinggan? me as an artist also, i hate it kapag binabago yung gawa ko ng walang pasabi (at kung nagsabi man hindi ako papayag) it's my work, ayun ang nasa imagination ko, ayun ang nararamdaman ko. so kung ikaw ba, matutuwa ka ba if baguhin ng isang tao ang pinaghirapan mo which is nagmula pa sa puso mo. dba? that's "bullsh*t?" sorry sa term.
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