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Buen CALUBAYAN, Amoy Araw: Rhythms of Play and Labor: Solo Exhibition

Past exhibition
26 February - 12 April 2025 Seoul
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Buen CALUBAYAN, Amoy Araw: Rhythms of Play and Labor, Solo Exhibition
Buen CALUBAYAN (b. 1980) is an artist based in Manila, Philippines. His work unfolds at the intersection of art, labor, and education. He critically examines established systems, such as linear perspective, in his treatment of painting and landscape, and he endeavors to reconstruct both the inner and outer worlds of the body to challenge traditional models of power and oppression. His artistic practice emphasizes the importance of practical systems inherent in everyday life and the value of experiential learning, questioning the Western visual frameworks that have been instilled in us and reinterpreting alternative perspectives through painting, drawing, video and installation.
 
The exhibition held on the 3rd and 4th floors of the gallery space presents 21 new works that articulate the artist’s thematic concerns with critical pedagogy and sensory practice through the languages of painting, video, and installation. The exhibition title, “Amoy Araw,” means “smells like sun” in Filipino, referencing to the lingering traces of movement and rhythm, as seen in the scent left on children playing outdoors or on workers after a day’s labor. Here, the concept of “rhythm” signifies the fundamental force that enables the movement of light, bodily motion, changes in the environment and landscape, and the creation and transmission of knowledge. This exhibition is a presentation of his explorations into the dynamic rhythms that form the basis of learning, memory, and communal experience.
 
CALUBAYAN’s artistic universe is grounded in long-term, in-depth research. Under the broad framework of “critical pedagogy,” he investigates the history of landscape painting, educational practices, and indigenous land struggles and integrates art history with socio-cultural issues to explore the inseparable dynamics of the senses, knowledge, and politics through the language of art. He considers “movement” and “rhythm” to be the essence of learning, urging a rediscovery of one’s body and senses beyond fixed conventional viewpoints. As part of the concept of “grounding”, he deconstructs traditional learning and advocates for relearning and collective study. The exhibited works present his reflections on these themes and his strategic methods of practice through a diverse array of approaches. They interweave studies on the institutional frameworks of landscape painting and art history, Waldorf pedagogy, projects that revive memory and engage in art therapy, indigenous land struggles and education, along with practices that investigate movement and sensory experience. The video installation displays the collapse of natural rhythm against a contrived urban landscape, while the paintings and chalk drawings probe the interplay between the body and its environment. Additionally, diagrams and drawings reveal how basic actions, such as walking, breathing, and moving, influence perception and sensation. Additionally, the artist’s notes and sketches serve as a guide to his creative world.
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Works
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 1 생태적 배경의 조합 1, 2024
    Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 1 생태적 배경의 조합 1, 2024
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 2 생태적 배경의 조합 2, 2024
    Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 2 생태적 배경의 조합 2, 2024
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 3 생태적 배경의 조합 3, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 3 생태적 배경의 조합 3, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 4 생태적 배경의 조합 4, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, A set of ecological backdrops 4 생태적 배경의 조합 4, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 1 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 1, 2024
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 1 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 1, 2024
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 2 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 2, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 2 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 2, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 3 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 3, 2024
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 3 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 3, 2024
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 4 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 4, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Restless questionings of moving bodies 4 움직이는 몸에 대한 끝없는 질문 4, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 1 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 1, 2024
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 1 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 1, 2024
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 2 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 2, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 2 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 2, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 3 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 3, 2024
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 3 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 3, 2024
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 4 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 4, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw your face to erase the land, and vice versa 4 얼굴을 그려 땅을 지우고, 그 반대로도 4, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, (How to enjoy) a premature sunset (어떻게) 이른 석양을 즐길 것인가, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, (How to enjoy) a premature sunset (어떻게) 이른 석양을 즐길 것인가, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Put your worries behind your basic needs 걱정은 내려놓고 기본 욕구에 충실하기, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Put your worries behind your basic needs 걱정은 내려놓고 기본 욕구에 충실하기, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Notes and sketches 노트와 스케치, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Notes and sketches 노트와 스케치, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Rhythm of rhythms: on farming, learning, and living 리듬의 리듬: 농사, 배움, 그리고 삶, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Rhythm of rhythms: on farming, learning, and living 리듬의 리듬: 농사, 배움, 그리고 삶, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Where you stand doesn’t mean you are on a stable ground 당신이 서 있는 곳이 안정된 기반은 아니다, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Where you stand doesn’t mean you are on a stable ground 당신이 서 있는 곳이 안정된 기반은 아니다, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, We never left the kindergarten 우리는 결코 유치원을 떠나지 않았다, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, We never left the kindergarten 우리는 결코 유치원을 떠나지 않았다, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Drawing exercise for rhythm regulation 리듬 조절을 위한 드로잉 연습, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Drawing exercise for rhythm regulation 리듬 조절을 위한 드로잉 연습, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw on the land with your barefoot: a guide on placemaking 맨발로 땅에 선을 긋다: 장소 만들기에 대한 안내서, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Draw on the land with your barefoot: a guide on placemaking 맨발로 땅에 선을 긋다: 장소 만들기에 대한 안내서, 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Bodies remember everything you forget 몸은 당신이 잊은 모든 것을 기억한다, 2025
    Buen CALUBAYAN, Bodies remember everything you forget 몸은 당신이 잊은 모든 것을 기억한다, 2025
Press
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Amoy Araw: Rhythms of Play and Labor (duplicate)

    Editorial Team, Asian Art Contemporary, 4 April 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Amoy Araw: Rhythms of Play and Labor

    Sun Jungjin, Seoul City, 18 March 2025
  • Buen CALUBAYAN, Amoy Araw: Rhythms of Play and Labor

    Cho Ilha, The Preview, 9 March 2025

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