Congratulations to Paloma Press book designer & co-founder C. Sophia Ibardaloza, one of the artists featured in the Inaugural de Young Open!
About the Exhibit:
“In celebration of the de Young museum’s 125th anniversary, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco [hosted] The de Young Open, a juried community art exhibition of submissions by artists who live in the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
The de Young Open continues the museum’s long-standing tradition of engaging the local community and showcasing the talent of Bay Area artists, who offer their pieces for sale and retain 100 percent of the proceeds.”
The exhibit ran from October 10, 2020 – January 31, 2021.
Artist Statement:
“My art poses questions about belonging and at the same time celebrates the human experience. I like experimenting with various media and recycling found objects to show that nothing is irredeemable. In my time-based media installation, “panahon / time,” I incorporate video art, visual arts and poetry to reconstruct perceptions of time. Time is relative even as in the West we think of it as unidirectional. For example, my installation opens with an old film clip of a traditional rice millstone to represent my culture’s belief in “gulong ng palad” or wheel of fate. The installation as a whole is a way of reclaiming stories passed down through generations such as the right to love and the meaning of home in exile. The third part of the anthology shows unfinished sketches of racial struggle coming together over time to form a more complete image that is representative of that famous arc as it finally bends toward justice.”
