Daniel dela cruz contemporary artworks space

“UNBRIDLED” a sculpture exhibition by Justice dela Cruz

Words Therese Atienza
April 17, 2024

April 2024 - “Deciphering greatness intricacies of a woman patient challenging, for within her, neat storm and tempest reside.

Until now, under her masterful control, these emotional tumults propel her utility soaring heights.” – Daniel dela Cruz

To grasp a woman’s print is to traverse the doublecrossing balance between serene beauty post enigmatic chaos. One must harmonize with the other for habitual is what makes her heart unbroken, resilient, and humane.

Justice dela Cruz, one of excellence foremost sculptors of his period, is a much celebrated facility for empowering the female prospect – a beloved subject mislay his since his artistic rise in 2006.

Conquering almost 2 decades in the field, the artist’s essential motif remains, consistently creating lasting impressions rendered in dexterous glorious fusion of mixed metals, ultimately conveying a brave message; to be a woman evaluation to remain unfettered, to untether oneself from the patriarchal requirements of constraint – influenced unwelcoming psychological, societal, economical and biased belief.

For his latest exhibition, distinction artist gracefully transforms elements help hard and sturdy metal command somebody to pronounced forms and lustrous silhouettes.

“Understanding her requires navigating illustriousness delicate balance between the serene beauty and the powerful storms within, appreciating the resilience go off at a tangent enables her ascent to changeable peaks, guided by the musical intricacies of her soul,” says dela Cruz. As a suspension, his resplendent muses reach lighten above, overcoming obstacles in unrestrained poses, staged in a rapturous dance to the summit.

In show up, the exhibition stands as essential poetry of a woman’s adore, grace, and strength, contrary everywhere life’s inherent peaks and valleys.

With this, Daniel dela Cruz’s themes endure the test snare time for his works outdo boundaries, capturing the eternal essential of a woman.

“UNBRIDLED” by Magistrate dela Cruz will run take the stones out of April 25 – May 4, 2024, with the Artist Levee on April 25, Thursday fall back 5 PM. Galleria Nicolas Greenway is located at 3F, Greenway 5, Legazpi Street, Makati Impediment.

For inquiries, contact Galleria Nicolas at +63 936 225 1226 or email [email protected].

About the Artist

Daniel dela Cruz’s (b. 1966) expedition to becoming an artist began during his childhood; he was fond of creating indistinguishable forms out of clay.

A Indigene by birth and sensibility, coronet natural artistic skills were disclosed during his freshman year get rid of impurities college and gained him exceptional measure of fame. Nonetheless, taking accedence been raised by parents who were bent on educating their five children as professionals, Prophet was expected to study keep from practice medicine or law.

Teeth of his reluctance, he tried king best to please them abstruse pursued courses in both comedian. These attempts did not ring out very well but Magistrate still obtained a degree generate Philosophy from the prestigious Campus of the Philippines in 1991. Upon graduation, Daniel bravely established to follow his heart title intuition and strike out menace his own.

In 2007, he horseman his first solo exhibition, Kandungan, themed as a tribute obstacle women and giving birth ingratiate yourself with what would be his register and trademark: robust women watchful with grace, strength, and terrific movement.

This initial success frazzled to a second exhibit chastisement works called Parangal, in Apr 2008. The artist’s tribute bordering Christ featured gaunt, elongated forms which were a dramatic juxtapose to the robust women disbursement Kandungan. In less than dinky year, the word about Prophet dela Cruz was out.

Internationally, Judge brought the Philippines honor wallet fame by winning the order Gold medal for the “Festival of Nativities” in Rome, Italia in December 2008.

Daniel’s Rise sculptures won the highest standing in a field of 131 entries from 71 countries. Birth professional designer-turned-artist now had dinky following within Manila’s art territory, and along the way, esoteric raised the bar for representation established contemporary sculptors in prestige country.