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An example of this practice can be found in the triptych, Two Rings, in which Pastrana borrowed two rings from his mother which he melted down into a miniature sword. He used the sword to create a cut in his own arm deep enough to draw blood.
Dec 2, 2008 · Pastrana was the Philippine representative to the 2008 Busan Biennale in Korea, showing Collapsible Stream, a boat airmailed from Japan to Korea in pieces, created during his artist residency in Kyoto.
Drawn to breaking things down, cutting things in half and splitting things in two, Gary-Ross Pastrana’s work extends itself beyond a mere division of objects to its material origins and its source.
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For Two Rings (2008), the artist melted two of his mother’s rings and shaped them into a sword-like object to investigate whether that physical transformation would alter the material’s sentimentality or worth.
Gary-Ross Pastrana is a contemporary Filipino artist known for his multimedia works that explore themes of memory, history, and identity.
Jul 31, 2021 · Gary-Ross Pastrana’s art has been one of the most persistent in terms of combining concepts with objects. His conceptual pieces, although loaded with poetic intensity, remain unobtrusively subtle and even almost quaint in their appearance.
