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Second of Two Parts: Marcel Antonio: by Christiane de la Paz
Do you ever include your personal experiences in your works?
I do sometimes. I can’t recall which ones but I know I’ve done a series of works that are biographical in nature.
Your paintings had some air of adultery in them…
Well, the problem with paintings is people tend to overanalyze them.
Is there a certain painting that has given you satisfaction?
Oh yes! I don’t remember the title but it’s in my mind, it’s a small work and red in color. There is a garden and there are just two figures. They are kissing, embracing, very representative of what I call my intuitive phase. It’s no longer mine. It’s an old work and I missed it.
Do you ever repeat your subject?
Definitely. Not the same compositions but same subjects.
How do you do that?
Definitely in the way of composition… but the idea is there. Like I got tired of doing harlequins, when I started doing that I thought it was always just paying homage to Picasso....
Artist Interview: Marcel Belleza Antonio: by Christiane de la Paz
The works of Marcel Antonio belong to an expressive and non-literary tradition of storytelling. He began his career in 1983 while still a sophomore in the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. He was talented and his art had a sense of magical realism, brimming with quirky contemporary mythologies through a feminine point of view. Much later, he very much impressed his professors and others with whom he came into contact.Through the years, Marcel Antonio’s career soared high and his works became deeply embedded in the viewer’s collective consciousness.
Now at age 41, Marcel Antonio in this interview talks about his beginnings, his art, his progress and development as a young artist of note, and a preview of his very personal life....