Exhibits at the Ateneo Art Gallery January–December 2013

• Main Author: Rivera, Kyla Halili
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2014
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol4/iss1/22; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1111/viewcontent/PAHA_204.1_2022_20For_20the_20record_20__20Buencamino.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Excerpt: The year opened with David Medalla’s exhibit, entitled Tuloy Po Kayo, Welcome! (November 27, 2012–January 30, 2013). It was his first show in the Philippines in more than thirty years. At the entrance to the exhibition were blown up photographs of significant times in Medalla’s life. Medalla painted whimsical portraits of expatriates that in his eyes contributed to Philippine culture: the American anthropologist H. Otley Bayer, Spanish poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, Mr. Po of Popular Bookstore, the Finnish beauty queen Armi Kuusella, and the American Journalist Bessie Hackett. There were also murals recalling Filipino children’s games and ditties, which Medalla worked on for the duration of the exhibition. His presence in the exhibition space allowed students and visitors the opportunity to chat with him and watch him work.