Images of a Nation: Vicente Manansala as a Social Realist

In celebration of the National Heritage Month 2010 and the birth centenary of Vicente Manansala, the Filipino Heritage Festival, Inc. and Ayala Museum in partnership with the National Commession for culture and the Arts, Department of Tourism and Friends of Manansala Foundation, presents the, Images of Nation: Vicente Manansala as Social Realist starting May 26,2010 up to July 4,2010 at the Ground floor Gallery and Museum Lobby of Ayala Museum.

Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a Philippine cubist painter and illustrator. Manansala’s canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city together. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys, Manansala combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city.

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