Jigger Cruz
Jigger Cruz
9783954761081
100 pages
Distanz Verlag Gmbh Llc
Overview
The works of the Philippine artist Jigger Cruz (b. Malabon City, 1984; lives
and works in Manila, Philippines) scrutinize the role of figuration in contemporary
art. Cruz started his career in the underground. He was hot, and then
he was not; commercial success proved elusive. It was only after he went into
training with Manuel Ocampo at the Department of AvantGarde Clichés that
he gained a foothold in the arts scene. Whether he makes wall paintings or
objects, sculptures or installations, his work always grows out of the idea of
change and disfiguration—his practice not infrequently verges on vandalism.
His wall pieces are painted on found materials: framed wood panels Jigger
Cruz covers with historicizing motifs in an Old Master style and then destroys
in acts of "wild anarchy," covering them with mounds of pigment, spray lacquer,
or multiple layers of paint straight from the tube. With essays by Benny
Nemerofsky Ramsay and Lisa Ito.
