Nelfa Querubin's Retrospective
Prof Joel Labos, Nelfa Querubin, Chancellor Glen Aguilar
and Prof Vinnie Tan
Nelfa Querubin, born in Concepcion, Iloilo and who now lives in Colorado, USA, has brought to fruition her creativity.
Seen in her exhibition "Retrospective" is the development of her art in two- and three-dimension as she moved from drawing and painting to printmaking, on to clay sculpture.
It is in her clay works that Nelfa integrates and synthesizes her art and life experience. At first experimenting with clay, natural glazing and firing techniques, we see color coming into the clay to a point that the skill working with line, engaging textures and infusing the works with colors created forms that contain all the elements of the earlier path of drawing, painting and printmaking.
Stylistically, she moved from realism to abstract expressionism and we, as viewers, get an opportunity to experience her path to freedom.
This exhibition is Nelfa's return as she revisits her home province and country and as she embraces the past in her present. (Brenda Fajardo, Professor Emeritus, UP Diliman and co-curator)