Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art

Edd Aragon

 Early in 2001  Edd was commissioned to do art murals for a Sydney restaurant and disco venue;  which thus presented him a challenge : How to view his paintings under UV-light (disco blacklight) conditions?

This query  quickly launched Edd's search engine;  and by some stroke of luck,  he was able to gain access to fluorescent & phosphorescent pigments with the help of  an old friend who works for the pigment industry. Excited, Edd searched and "discovered" via the internet  other UV-reactive pigments, optical brighteners, binders, polymers, varnish, retardants, driers and other related substances and materials including UV-reactive plastic neon tubes.

Likewise via the internet,  Edd found out  more about UV professional lamps & tubes (mostly manufactured in USA); how to work safely  under UV light conditions; and how to install  and illuminate Aragonite Art paintings effectively with an ordinary 36-watt UV fluorescent tube.

Working on these unusual (if not rare) industrial substances, Edd was astounded upon realising he's been actually working on Aragonite mineral base pigments.

It is of a weird coincidence that the artist's name is Aragon and the main pigment he had just adapted as his personal "in" medium  is called Aragonite.

Edd is now able to create "invisible paintings" or dual-imagery artworks. Aragonite pigment when mixed with various polymers is virtually clear or invisible.

Kulay-Diwa  is a venue for Philippines and Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Inaugurated on February 7, 1987, Kulay-Diwa, is strategically located within a cluster of communities South of Manila.  It has five independent exhibition areas able to accommodate large-scale works and a garden ideal for programs, performances and sculpture installations.  The goals of the gallery are to discover and promote the works of young, talented but deserving Filipino Artists and to foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay (Colour)

Diwa  (Spirit, Thought)

Edd Aragon, "Goya by Goya by Aragon", Acrylic, 150 x 120 cms., 2000-2002

Edd Aragon, "Paradise Lost", Acrylic, 90 x 60 cms., 2002

Edd Aragon, "Kneeling Nude", Pastel, 1996

Edd Aragon, "Jane" (with blacklight), Aragonite/Acrylic on Masonite, 1.7 x 1.2 cms., 2001

Edd Aragon, "Jane" (without blacklight), Aragonite/Acrylic on Masonite, 1.7 x 1.2 cms., 2001

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