R I B S
September 1 - 30, 2007

Acclaimed visual artist Ramon Diaz returns to Galleria Duemila for his latest exhibit, “Ribs” on September 1, 2007, after a great show at Le Souffle, The Fort, and Steuben Glass in New York City. 

       In this exhibit, Diaz returns to one of his favorite topics…seascapes and boats.  He was inspired by the ribs of the boats, how they are so much like the ribs of animals and humans. In “Ribs”, he puts down his impressions of the sea on mixed media, painting on different surfaces such as Braille paper and handmade paper, as well as making sculpture out of the sides of a salvaged boat that was sunken in Manila Bay. Ramon Diaz has always liked adding texture to his paintings; seldom will he paint on just smooth canvas. He considers this exhibition to be a prelude or a prequel to his next body of work, which will expound on this topic even more.  

      Many artists through the years have portrayed nature’s majesty through soaring mountain vistas or idyllic farmland scenes. Diaz prefers the magnificence of marine life, fascinating coral reefs…so much so, that he is known for these scenes, one expects the carp he paints to leap off the canvas.  This time, he still paints the sea…but these paper works are subtler, and serene. 

     He showcases another side of himself- with modern interpretations and expressions of boats and their riggings, sails and sea. 

      He tells stories with his works: of how, for example, the Polynesians would navigate by wind and by the direction of the waves, by the birds flying overhead, by the currents and clouds.  How they would navigate differently during the day as opposed to the night.  These directions were then translated into diagrams made of straight and curved sticks and by shells or small stones…like a map. 

     Ramon Diaz studied printing, painting and photography in Germany, England and Belguim.  He has had many successful art shows in Galleria Duemila, Le Souffle and Astra Galerie in Manila; his works are hanged in Yacht Clubs, Resorts, Presidential Residences, and abode of private collectors.  Carleton Carney, a renowned interior designer commercially reproduced Diaz’ works on Nishikigoi unto designer’s clothing. 

For exhibition inquiries, please call (632) 831-9990 and (632)833-9990, or email duemila@mydestiny.net