Aniwaas (September 3-20, 1009)
Sculptor Riel Hilario reinterprets the folk belief in the animating spirit in Aniwaas, an exhibit of his recent sculptures in wood. Aniwaas is an Ilocano term for the earthbound spirit. In ancient Ilocano mythology the aniwaas is one of the four souls believed to comprise the life-force of a living person, which is left behind in the earthly plane in the transition to the afterlife. Being fully attached to its former existence, the aniwaas lingers within its familiar environs and is said to inhabit the bodies of small animals, insects and even statues or pictures.
For the artist, the animating principle of the aniwaas is a creative process in sculpture where the maker?s thoughts, memory and consciousness take residence in forms. The sculptor engages the concept of the aniwaas as a metaphor for the residual consciousness that lingers after the creation of a work, which brings an affective presence or living sense to the form. For Hilario, his aim as a sculptor is to make sculptures that ?seem to exist on their own will?. Aniwaas is the second of a series of wood sculptures on the four Ilocano souls, following his show Kadkaduwa in 2005. The exhibit is the artist?s eight solo show.
Hilario studied santo-carving under Jose Lazo Jr. in Ilocos Sur in 1994 and took up painting and art history at the University of the Philippines. His wood sculptures were featured in the national traveling exhibit Sungdu-an 3 in 2003, a project of the national Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Works
Birds in my ear and the specter on my shoulder
30 x 13 x 5 inches
plychrome wood (048)
2009
Riel Hilario
Even monkeys fall out of trees
27 x 12 x 6.5 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (048)
2009
Riel Hilario
Even monkeys fall out of trees (side view)
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques
2009
Riel Hilario
Flock, birds of the same: whispering St. Francis
26.5 x 11 x 6
polychrome wood (048)
2009
Riel Hilario
No longer to dream but to be dreamt of
28 x 7 x 5.5 inches
polychrome wood (043)
2009
Riel Hilario
No longer to dream but to be dreamt of (side view)
Riel Hilario
At sea, one weekend journey
20 x 13 x 7 inches
polychrome wood, coin, corals (034)
2009
Riel Hilario
Affirmative manifestation votives
20 x 15 7 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (048)
2009
Riel Hilario
The reverie of reason produces...
21.5 x 8.5 x 7 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (020)
2009
Riel Hilario
Better to burn than fade away
18 x 7 x 5.5 inches
wood (015)
2009
Riel Hilario
The Fire Girl
12 x 6 x 5 inches
polychrome wood (08,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
Ni?a dela Suerte
22 x 8 x 8 inches
Wood (022)
2009
Riel Hilario
Balasang
15 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches
Wood (08,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
The Wandering One
14 x 5 x 4 inches
Wood (08,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
A Difficult Landing
5 x 6.5 9 inches
polychrome wood (008)
2009
Riel Hilario
Alight
5 x 8.5 x 5.5 inches
polychrome wood (008)
2009
Riel Hilario
Hiding From Seeking
7.5 x 8.5 x 4 inches
Wood (008)
2009
Riel Hilario
A piece of bread: St. Roch
11 x 5 7 inches
Polychrome wood
2009
Riel Hilario
The Unit Sparrow
5 x 5.5 5.5 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (005)
2009
Riel Hilario
Crossroads Chicken
6.75 x 13.75 x 5 inches
Polychrome wood
2009
Riel Hilario
St. Exupery\'s guardian
9.5 x 5 x 7 inches
polychrome wood (008)
2009
Riel Hilario
The complaining fowl
5 x 4.5 x 5 inches
polychrome wood (005)
2009
Riel Hilario
The tree guardian
10.5 x 10.5 x 8.5 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (012)
2009
Riel Hilario
The field guardian
8.5 x 11.75 x 6 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (008)
2009
Riel Hilario
Message sent
4 x 6 x 5.5 inches
polychrome wood (007)
2009
Riel Hilario
Aniwaas
5.5 x 5 x 8.5 inches
polychrome wood (08,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
Aniwaas Charm 1
4 x 2.75 x 4 inches
polychrome wood (03,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
Aniwaas Charm 2
4.5 x 3.75 x 4.25 inches
polychrome wood (03,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
Nevermore
6 x 2.75 x 5 inches
polychrome wood (005)
2009
Riel Hilario
The Egyptian Ibis
8.5 x 12 x 5 inches
polychrome wood and epoxy appliques (08,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
The Rukh\'s Egg
17 x 5 x 5 inches
wood and epoxy appliques (09,5)
2009
Riel Hilario
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