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Jan 23, 2023 · Imao uses the sarimanok as the nexus of his visual world. His Sarimanok series (in acrylic or oil on canvas, in brass, relief on brass sheet metal, and print) are done in a variety of configuration that includes geometric and cubistic forms as well as vegetal design, with ferns tapering in graceful curls.
Sep 25, 2013 · Abdulmari Asia Imao, a native of Sulu, is a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary film maker, cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture.
Dec 29, 2014 · When Toym de Leon Imao took to the stage of the Cultural Center of the Philippines for the necrological service of his father, the late National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao, last Dec. 22, he...
Jan 14, 2022 · The #NationalMuseumPH celebrates the 86th birth anniversary of National Artist (NA) for Visual Arts Abdulmari Asia Imao #OnThisDay in 1936. Imao, the first National Artist from Mindanao, was a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, filmmaker, researcher, and writer.
Imao is known for using the okir, sarimanok and the naga as motifs in his artworks and is credited for popularizing the motifs to the Filipino national consciousness.
Throughout his prodigious life, National Artist for Visual Arts Abdulmari Asia Imao (1936-2014) seemed to have had at his beck and call the sarimanok, avian harbinger of good fortune in Maranao lore.
The nation may be grieving the loss of its first and only Muslim national artist, Abdulmari Asia Imao, but it is also true Filipinos now have another occasion to celebrate the life and legacy of the genius who made the Sarimanok soar.
Dec 22, 2014 · THE NATION may be grieving the loss of its first and only Muslim national artist, Abdulmari Asia Imao, but it is also true Filipinos now have another occasion to celebrate the life and legacy of the genius who made the Sarimanok soar.
Dec 29, 2014 · Master of sarimanok: In the necrological service and tributes, “Pagdadalamhati ng Bayan,” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the remains of the National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao were surrounded by the multi-colored, mythical birds...
Jan 14, 2023 · The #NationalMuseumPH celebrates the 87th birth anniversary of National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao, the first National Artist from Mindanao who was born #OnThisDay in 1936.
