Dr. Marco Stout Artwork

Dr. Marco Stout is a biologist, surgeon and doing advanced studies in metaphysics in New York City. Aside from that he is also a passionate artist. Who utilizes an outsider abstract expressionist-cubist influenced style. 

Lopez Museum, Graffiti Displays

I was invited to tour the Lopez Museum along with the other online media journalists. The paintings were truly amazing and captivating. I have seen different works of Filipino artists but none are as good as the collection at the Lopez Museum. The highlight for me was the Graffiti displays which showed the finer part of graffiti and turned them into art. Some of the paintings reminded me of the streets in Harlem and the Queens. Graffiti or street murals reflect raw emotions of someone else’s life experience. One of the nicest paintings I've seen was that of FPJ’s, the famous Filipino action star which the artist painted because FPJ was his hero in life.

Shoe Truck: One Project, One Team, You’re It Philippine Version!

One Project, One Team, You’re It Philippine Version!

I've seen this truck roaming around so grab a camera and tweet this Shoe Truck and Win Some Converse Gift pack. I have 1 already so your next????

The artists and the curator with their masterpiece

This seems to be a very cool truck i hope you'll find it!!!

You’ve seen what other countries have done to showcase the inspiration Converse brings to their life and their world of art, now it’s the Philippines turn to show what Converse inspires them to create for its You’re It campaign!

A team composed of a curator, MeAn Venturina-Bulanadi, and three artists considered masters of their respective disciplines, Buen Calubayan (interdisciplinary artist), J. Pacena II (multimedia artist) and Mark Ramsel Salvatus (cross-disciplinary artist), all proud to have hailed from the University of Sto. Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design, come together to create what they dubbed as “Speaceies”.

 

Even without its finishing touch, Space its already shows promise

With lights on, it’s a sight to behold at night!

At first glance, you’ll have to wonder what “Speaceies” means. It’s actually a play of words involving the terms “peace” and “species” as these serve the core of their inspiration. Using their combined imagination and creativity to conceptualize, they’ve produced something quite unusual and symbolic at the same time.

Incorporated with real live grasses, the up-cycle art embraces its nature-inspired theme

Each section has been given utmost thought, from the old shoes piled on top of the others, the revolving globe made of outsoles, the integration of twigs and real and growing grass, and the many creatures that had been born out of shoes – some somewhat recognizable, others downright alien in nature – that populate a world defined using Converse artistry. If you haven’t yet figured it out, it’s the artists’ interpretation of the cycle of life, from birth to death and the humans close association and affinity for nature. It is a scene that has been geared towards the perennial question of “Where did we come from and where we are going?”

With lights on, it’s a sight to behold at night!

 

And what’s great about this work of art? It’s built on wheels ready to roam the streets of the metropolis and touch you with its core message of peace among different species! And don’t forget to get your cameras at the ready and your twitter accounts hooked on Converse’s very own twitter account (www.twitter.com/converseph) and get a chance to win a Converse goodie bag. Check out the mechanics on Converse Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/conversephilippines), and don’t forget to drop by the converse website (www.converse.com.ph) for the latest and upcoming styles only from Converse!