DRAWINGS

A collection of static, performative, and participatory drawings by Gabi Nazareno from selected exhibitions.

"PLACE I - XVI"

This is a master compilation of my third series of draw-erase drawings*, which I presented at VIVA Excon's, "Kalibutan: The World In Mind". With areas of human convergence (that I've frequented during the pandemic) as the subject, I drew and erased my drawings, as a nod to Richard Galpin's concept of the perverse palimpsest.

In my previous show ("Where Are We?" at the NCCA gallery) I'd invited actual strangers to destroy my work through erasure. Since Covid-19 has made it unsafe to explore this concept, I introduced "The Stranger" wearing a blindfold, as the element of destruction for my current work.

The final work was exhibited at Orange gallery, Bacolod, and at Art Fair Philippines. To view all the process videos for this draw-erase drawing series, check out my Youtube channel by clicking the button below.

* term from the departed Prof. Leo Abaya's curatorial notes for my solo show on Alzheimer's Disease, "Where Are We?" at the NCCA Gallery back in 2020

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(NO) DISCRIMINATION

A timelapse video of my work for the Green Go Home Exhibit at the UP Vargas Museum. In which I drew an image on the museum wall, and gradually erased it in the duration of the exhibit. Green Go Home is an exhibit by Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija with Buen Abrigo, Mike Adrao, Renz Lee, Gabby Nazareno, Archie Oclos, Iggy Rodriguez, and Jo Tanierla.

KINSA SILA?
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Erasing Graphite Portraits: A Metaphor to Memory Loss from Alzheimer’s Disease

This is my undergraduate thesis, which aimed to show the process of erasure, as a metaphor to one of the destructive outcomes of Alzheimer's disease. Set in my grandmother's point of view, the final output of my thesis is a series of eleven, erased, full body, graphite portraits, and this video documentation of the process of erasure. This thesis was an attempt to depict my family's gradual metaphorical death in the memory of my grandmother. It was part of Panimula: An Undergraduate Theses Exhibition, shown at the UP College of Fine Arts on May 26 - June 5, 2017.