7.8 – 8.3
Mag:net Gallery, Ayala Avenue (Manila)
Having shifted to two-dimensional mode in the recent past, this sculptor-animator-painter now returns to doing the witty bricolage he had come to be known for when he was cited as one of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists awardees in 2000. Alcazaren here crafts tool- and weapon-like objects that, in their portability and ambiguity, intend to puzzle and confuse. (Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez)