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Abe Orobia
Abe Orobia is known for his artworks of women wearing paper dresses. For him, these paper dresses, fragile and crumpled, are a symbol of protective armor that are sturdy, intricate, yet beautiful.
But when the pandemic happened, Orobia has lost his muse. Artists were among those considered as non-essential at the beginning of the pandemic and the exhibit Orobia was preparing for was put on hold. Little did he know that the global catastrophe would become the inspiration to his newest collection, “Images of the Nation,” at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
“’Images of the Nation’ are social commentary works based on my personal observations and contemplations. Proposed and approved in 2019, [it] was originally scheduled for exhibition in August last year but then the pandemic happened. Little did I know that this global catastrophe would predominantly add more inspiration to the final output of my collection and bring me back to my earlier muse,