Made by:

Koishiro Geneive Igharas,

12 STEM - B

” Intellection, 2015 “ - An Abstract Painting

Artist:
Martin Honasan
He is a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies. Honasan is a Philippines-based artist who works with
collage, acrylic and various water-based media. He has done individual and group
exhibitions in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, and U.S.A., in local and
international art conventions such as Art Fair Philippines, Art in the Park, Art Taipei,
Bazaar Art Jakarta, Manila Art, and Volta New York.

Elements and its Meaning:

" The paintings in this series are metaphors for one of the most universal of human
impulses, the act of worship and how it shapes our identity. My work begins with
damage as its starting point. Almost every bit of painted scrap of canvas collected
from my workspace is recycled and added to the succeeding series of works,
producing new sheddings in the process. I brought these fragments to Neyagawa-shi
Made by:
Koishiro Geneive Igharas,
12 STEM - B
and combined them with new materials I bought in Osaka. With blade and shears, I
puncture, cut up, and tear apart portions of fresh canvas and older paintings. These
scraps are folded, crumpled, and collaged onto new surfaces. They are painted with
broad, arbitrary strokes that progress into narrower, delicate brushwork until
recognizable elements of a human face emerge. We use our faces as instruments to
express our most immediate and internal emotions. In this series, I used elements of
my own face, and people close to me, to convey the intimate nature of worship and
our experiences. " - Martin Honasan

Why I chose the painting:

To understand the value of this painting to me, one must first listen to the song,
"Simula", made by the Filipino band Minumuni.

The song is an emotional story of hope and comfort. The lyrics carry heavy emotions
only the afflicted people would understand; those who carry the world on their
bruised and broken shoulders, those who unjustly endured hell, those who are haunted
by demons of the past.
Rather than demanding the healing, the song comforts in a way only a survivor would
fully understand. It's a survivor's song, giving the afflicted the strength to be brave
and to push on.

The painting perfectly suits the song.

The man's face is seen in layers; dark and colorful. Individually, the layers look like
heaps of trash. As a whole, it is beauty and reality personified.
We are that painting. Every experience, every flaw and peculiarities, all serve the
purpose to transform your being into art: imperfect, odd, and beautiful...without
measure, a masterpiece. An art so great and transcending that would make anyone
think that only God could have created such an thing.

And to be able to understand the beauty in artwork proves true intellect; an

intellection.