Blog Posts on danny sillada

Art, Music & School from Industrial Scraps by CuadroFilipino on Aug 27, 2010Jonahmar Salvosa's steel sculpture, Illac Diaz's bottled wall, and Lirio Salvador's sandataArt, Music & School from Industrial ScrapsBy Danny Castillones SilladaPublished in Manila Bulletin, Style Weekend, August 20, 2010“The activist is not th...

Poetry & Live Art Performances at Cesare Syjuco’s ‘Ancestry of Stone’ by CuadroFilipino on Aug 1, 2010Poetry & Live Art Performances at Cesare Syjuco’s ‘Ancestry of Stone’By Danny Castillones Sillada“I don't think artists can avoid being political. Artists are the proverbial canaries in the coalmine. When we stop singing, it's a sure...

Something about Sarah & Her Art by CuadroFilipino on Jul 8, 2009Something about Sarah & Her ArtBy Danny Castillones Sillada“Because we are also what we have lost.”– From the movie “Amores Perros” “If there’s anything bleaker and darker in this world,” says Sarah on the caption of her pen and i...

WILLIAM YU and His Art of Divine Worship by CuadroFilipino on May 8, 2009William Yu and His Art of Divine WorshipBy Danny Castillones Sillada“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."- Michelangelo (1475-1564) Published at Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Section (Art & Culture), pp. E1-2.His bariton...

Revelation of Secrets & the Aesthetics of ‘Syjuco Tres Marias’ by CuadroFilipino on Oct 2, 2008"The things we keep secret are always bigger and more frightening in the darkness than they are in the light of day."– Elspeth AllcottDanny C. Sillada, "Revelation of Secrets & the Aesthetics of ‘Syjuco Tres Marias’", Man

INTELLECTUAL ORGASM & THE ESSENCE OF A WOMAN by on Jul 6, 2008Mother & Child, 1997, by Danny C. Sillada (The Artist’s Tribute to Women)Text and artworks by Danny C. SilladaPublished at Manila Bulletin as “Intellectual Stimulation & the Essence of a Woman”Page F1, Lifestyle Section (Art &

Everything is Distant by on Jul 3, 2008Fallen, pen & ink on paper by Danny C. Sillada, 1999My soul is glidingamong the falling leavesthis summer.i long for reposein a far-off placewhere there isno more sorrownor tearsor hunger…© Danny C. Sillada...

Aesthetics of Collocation & the Women of Bencab by CuadroFilipino on Jul 2, 2008“The society based on production is only productive, not creative.”- Albert CamusPublished at Manila BulletinLifestyle Section (Arts & Culture)Page F 1-2, June 30, 2008“Mass Culture,” as part of popular culture, produces diverse products..

Daughters of Eve and its Aesthetic Incongruity in Philippine Cinema by CuadroFilipino on Jun 28, 2008“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”- George OrwellPublished at Manila Bulletin Lifestyle Section (Art & Culture), Pages F 1-2, June 9, 2008Man is intrinsically inclined to invent his own reality as..

Lives and Loves of Artists & their Nude Models by CuadroFilipino on May 19, 2008The Luncheon on the Grass (1862 - 1863) by Édouard Manet (left photo). Published at Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Section (Art), Page F 1-2, May 19, 2008The most controversial and, perhaps, the greatest work of a French painter Édouard Manet is “Le...