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    Napoleon Abueva was a renowned Filipino sculptor born in 1930 in Bohol. He studied at the University of the Philippines and briefly at Harvard University. Known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture", he helped shape the local sculpture scene. Some of his notable artworks include Nine Muses and The Transfiguration. Eduardo Mutuc is a Kapampangan master craftsman of religious and secular silver art. Born in 1949, he started as a woodcarver at age 29 and learned silver plating. He creates intricately detailed retablos, mirrors, and altars that are found in churches and private collections. Notable works include callado designs that feature intertw

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    Napoleon Abueva was a renowned Filipino sculptor born in 1930 in Bohol. He studied at the University of the Philippines and briefly at Harvard University. Known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture", he helped shape the local sculpture scene. Some of his notable artworks include Nine Muses and The Transfiguration. Eduardo Mutuc is a Kapampangan master craftsman of religious and secular silver art. Born in 1949, he started as a woodcarver at age 29 and learned silver plating. He creates intricately detailed retablos, mirrors, and altars that are found in churches and private collections. Notable works include callado designs that feature intertw

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    National Artists

    Napoleon Galamiton Abueva

    A. Background of the Artist


    Who is the artist?
    Napoleon "Billy" Veloso Abueva
    ● was born on January 26, 1930 (January 26, 1930 – February 16, 2018)
    ● was born in Tagbilaran, Bohol
    ● was known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture" Through Proclamation No. 1539.
    ● He was proclaimed National Artist for Sculpture in 1976
    ● He was 46 when he received the award making him the youngest recipient of the award to
    date.
    ● He was the first Filipino artist to mount a one-man exhibit at the Philippine Center in New
    York in 1980.
    ● One of the foremost modern artists in the Philippines, passed away on February 16 at the
    age of 88.

    What are their experiences on how they started as an artist?


    ● When Abueva was a schoolboy, he first noticed the sculptural quality of clay and began to
    mold it into the shape of carabao, or water buffalo common in the Philippines. These first
    experiments with clay soon turned into a fully fledged dedication to the visual arts as Abueva
    began to collect various scholarships that enabled him to study at the University of the
    Philippines College of Fine Arts in Manila—where he was mentored by a National Artist,
    Guillermo Tolentino—and, briefly, at Harvard University in the United States.
    ● Abueva helped shape the local sculpture scene to what it is now.
    ● He was the first Filipino artist to mount a one-man exhibit at the Philippine Center in New
    York in 1980.
    ● Abueva first made waves in the Philippine and international art scenes with his minimalist
    sculptures in the 1950s, and remained a trailblazer throughout his long career, working with
    a diverse range of materials that included wood, granite, bronze, steel and marble that retain
    their spirit of authenticity because of the artist’s fundamental belief that “a good piece of art
    transcends any period and has perpetual value.” The medium, style and technique matter
    little, compared to an underlying sense of beauty or goodness.

    Artworks:
    ● Nine Muses (1994), formerly in front of the now demolished Diliman Faculty Center of the
    University of the Philippines.
    - is a tribute to the arts, from the traditional media of painting and music to new media:
    cinema and computer art.
    ● The Transfiguration (1979) in the Eternal Gardens Memorial Park.
    ● Sunburst (1994) above the Peninsula Manila lobby.
    ● Blood Compact in his birthplace, Bohol.
    - Abueva sculpted Blood Compact as tribute to the friendship between Spanish
    explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Bohol chieftain Datu Sikatuna, which was
    sealed by blood in 1565, celebrating harmony between two races, religions, cultures
    and civilizations.

    References:
    Zubek, E. (2016). Napoleon Abueva: Modern Filipino Sculptor. Culture Trip.
    https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/napoleon-abueva-the-artist-who-created-
    modern-filipino-sculpture/
    Wang, E. (2018).Obituary: Napoleon Abueva (1930 - 2018). ArtAsia Pacific.
    http://artasiapacific.com/News/ObituaryNapoleonAbueva

    GAMABA Awardees (National Living Artist Awardees)


    Eduardo Mutuc

    A. Background of the Artist

    Who is the artist?


    ● Kapampangan master craftsman of religious and secular art in plated silver.
    ● He was conferred the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National Living Treasures Award
    in 2004.
    ● He dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze, and wood
    when he decided to supplement his income from farming for the relatively more
    secure job of woodcarving.
    ● His intricately detailed retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas are in churches and private
    collections. A number of these works are quite large, some exceeding forty feet, while
    some are very small and feature very fine and delicate craftsmanship.
    ● He is a known practitioner of the craft of pinukpuk which involved the stamping of
    embellishments on metal sheets.
    ● Mutuc is a Kapampangan from Apalit, Pampanga.
    ● He was born on October 12, 1949.

    What are their experiences on how they started as an artist?

    ● At the age of 29, Eduardo Mutuc started his journey in sculpting as a woodcarver.
    ● In his sixth year, he learned silver plating or locally known pinukpuk from a colleague and left
    the furniture shop where he was working to be an independent craftsman with another friend.
    ● He spent his first year as an apprentice to carvers of household furniture. It was difficult
    at the beginning, but thanks to his mentors, he was able to develop valuable skills that
    would serve him in good stead later on.
    ● At first he became an expert in copying available patterns but as years progressed he
    became more adept in introducing designs of his own. His favorite designs these days
    include the so-called callado which depicts intertwined leaves and flowers embossed on
    silver-plated yellow brass.
    ● The hardest challenge for him was learning a profession that he had no prior knowledge
    about, but poverty was a powerful motivation.

    Artworks:
    ● One of his first clients as an independent craftsman was Monsignor Fidelis Limcauco who
    commissioned him to create a tabernacle for a parish church in Fairview, Quezon City. He
    went on to create other religious works many of which are based on Spanish colonial
    designs although Mutuc also incorporates his own ideas. He also did works of secular
    nature, although even in this case relied on religious influence to create such works.

    References:
    Tobias, M.J.(n,d.). GAMABA: Eduardo Mutuc. National Living Treasures: Eduardo Mutuc.
    Republic of the Philippines National Commision for Culture and the
    arts.https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/national-living-treasures-
    eduardo-mutuc/
    Pangilinan, C. (2015). Pangilinan: Eduardo Mutuc: Living Treasure in our Midst. SunStar
    Philippines Publishing Inc. https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/393092/Lifestyle/Pangilinan-
    Eduardo-Mutuc-Living-Treasure-in-our-Midst

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