Leslie DE CHAVEZ
Leslie DE CHAVEZ(b.1978) is an artist who cautiously unravels his own inquiry on sensitive topics like colonial history, religion, cultural imperialism, corrupt politics, revolution in which experienced by his native Philippines with expressive and intense paintings and sensuous installations. His work, captures the story of the past, the people living in the present, and the will for the future, which mainly constitutes a country of the contemporaneous Philippines and offers an extraordinary insight into the past and features an interesting and colorful expression of various critical points that are seen in contemporary society by mixed with religion and symbolic figures.
The foundation of his creative work is a deep concern about what role and function art plays in society. DE CHAVEZ captures social change and criticizes irrationality and corruption and exposes them in front, has a mysterious, personal aspect, despite brings empathy from the majority. Fragmented memories of individuals scattered over large and rough historical facts, by using it with objects or people surrounding, connect the past and present, and social and individual relationships. Interest in objects that are commonly found is the starting point for his work. His carving work is a mix of materials, urban or mechanical production, such as LEDs and sand, as well as objects once used, such as wooden boards, old monitors and clothes. Regardless of the genre, the people and the stories it's behind in his work, it captures the painful past and reality that cannot be ignored. The stories are extremely based on Filipino society and history, but it is never just a story of a particular society, but anyone can relate to it.
Leslie DE CHAVEZ held solo exhibitions at Arario Gallery I Shanghai (Shanghai, China) in 2018, Arario Gallery I Seoul (Seoul, Korea) in 2016, Liverpool Hope University (Liverpool, UK) in 2015 and Silverlens Gallery (Singapore) in 2013. Other group exhibitions include the Danubiana Museum (Bratislava, Slovakia) in 2019, the Jeju Museum of contemporary Art (Jeju Island, Korea) in 2015, the Arario Museum in Space (Seoul, Korea) and the Lopez Memorial Museum (Manila, Philippines) in 2014. He participated in Singapore Biennale (Singapore) in 2013, Asian Art Biennale (Taiwan) in 2011, Nanjing Triennale (Nanjing, China) in 2008, Pocheon Asia Biennale (Pocheon, Korea) in 2007, and Beppu Biennale (Beppu, Japan) in 2005.
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Pablo, 2020
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Subjugating the Nuclear II: Ang Pagdadalisay, 2020
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Aninag (Glare), 2018
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Bangkulasi, 2018
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Bought and Sold, 2018
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Buro (Fermented), 2018
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Déjà vu, 2018
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Ego-Altered-Ego, 2018
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Every Drop, 2018
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Gold, Silver, Death, 2018
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Hide and Seen, 2018
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Higa sa Hangin (Lying Down in Air), 2018
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Imor(t)al: Those Who Do Not Move Do Not Notice Their Chains, 2018
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Lagabag ng Pangakong Katubusan (Fall of the Promised Deliverance), 2018
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Lason ang Tula at Panghimagas Nitong Talinhaga (Poem as Poison and Its Metaphor as Dessert), 2018
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Nightmare to the Peace in Heaven, 2018
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Pinalakpak: After Prometheus Unbound, 2018
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Props: Estados Aparatos (Props: State Apparatus), 2018
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Sandata ng Diwa, 2018
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State of the Nation II, 2018
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To the Person Sitting in Darkness, 2018
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What We Don't Know Won't Hurt You, 2018
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Memoir of Traitor's Love, 2017
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Apog, 2016
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The escape to being and becoming, 2016
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Dead Calm, 2015
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24 Men, 2014
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Highest quality, 2014
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I just can't stop loving you, 2014
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I Swallow Me Everyday, 2013
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DPWH Meme The Penetration , 2012
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Dengue, 2011
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Midnight shift, 2011
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Mondays are Forever, 2011
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PDA System Motherfuckers, 2011
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The Dictator, 2011
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Thy will be done, 2011
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Trick or Threat, 2011
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Vanity = Spectacle + Drama, 2011
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Bureau-Crazy, 2010
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Household Virtue No. 1, 2010
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Numb, 2010
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Pleghm , 2010
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Same Old Bananas, 2010
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Talampunay, 2010
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Asian Wave, 2007
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LBFM: Lilly, 2007
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Natamong Korona (Crowning Glory), 2003
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drawing series (30)
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Leslie DE CHAVEZ: The Allegory of the Cave
25 August - 21 October 2018 Shanghai -
VOICE OF ASIA
1 July - 27 August 2017 Shanghai -
Between the Street and the Mountain: Four Artists from the Philippines
26 July - 2 September 2016 Shanghai -
Leslie DE CHAVEZ: The Sleep of Reason
17 March - 1 May 2016 Seoul -
Artists with Arario 2011: Part 3
12 January - 26 February 2012 Seoul -
Leslie DE CHAVEZ: God is Busy
15 November - 15 January 2011 Cheonan -
Beacons of Archipelago
9 December 2010 - 13 February 2011 Cheonan -
Beacons of Archipelago: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia
9 December 2010 - 16 January 2011 Seoul -
Collection Show 2010
6 July - 15 August 2010 Seoul -
Artists with Arario
9 February - 21 March 2010 Cheonan -
Leslie DE CHAVEZ: Red Eyed Brother
31 July - 26 August 2007 Seoul -
Leslie DE CHAVEZ
15 April - 15 May 2007 Shanghai
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Leslie de Chavez: The Allegory of the Cave
2019 Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Arario Gallery
ISBN: 979-11-86399-41-5
Dimensions: 190 x 250 mm Read more -
Group Exhibition: Voice of Arario
2017 Hardback, 175 pages
Publisher: ArarioGallery
ISBN: 979-11-86399-224
Dimensions: 235 x 282 mm Read more -
Leslie de Chavez: Red-Eyed Brother
2007 paperback, 60 pages
Publisher: Arario Gallery
ISBN: 978-89-92262-26-2-93650
Dimensions: 255 x 257 mm Read more -
Leslie de Chavez: God is Busy
2012 Paperback, 64 pages
Publisher: Arario Gallery
ISBN: 978-89-922627-7-4
Dimensions: 208 x 267 mm Read more