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SM mall hosts Kapampangan visual arts exhibit

Charlene A. Cayabyab

PAMPANGA'S vibrant visual arts will be on display every month at SM City San Fernando Downtown.

Through its campaign "Art Within Your Reach," different facets of Pampanga's rich culture -- its painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography -- will be showcased featuring the works of different Kapampangan masters, modernists, and millennials in a monthly basis.

SM City San Fernando Downtown campaigns "Art Within Your Reach" will have new featured artists every month.

For March, the works of Manuel Trinidad Madrid, a flourishing local Kapampangan artist and theater performer hailing from Guagua, Pampanga.

He specializes in acrylic, oil paint and soft pastels in canvas technique with his unique signature red and white stripe style.

Paying homage to his beloved Sitio Divine Mercy, he chose to emphasize the colors red and white -- which he considers to signify mercy; stripes, on the other hand, is his main "art character" as he was drawn by the old patterns of Filipiniana skirts.

Throughout his young professional career, he has already done seven solo shows, participated in several group exhibitions such as Asean Summit Exhibit 2017 and Angeles Museum, and has his works bought and displayed in and out of the country.

With his works, he hopes to promote Kapampangan artistry, and keep the art of painting alive to his fellow millennials and older and younger generations alike.

With proper physical distancing management in place, you may catch Manual Trinidad's art exhibit on March 17 to 31, 2021 at the Forth Level of SM City San Fernando Downtown.

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