Federico Aguilar Alcuaz: Parallel Texts

A retrospective of Federico Aguilar Alcuaz's life's work that draws from two major collections from Eddie and Norma Chua in the Philippines and Benjamin Gabuyar's collection in Barcelona, Spain. Written by Rod. Paras-Perez is accompanied by autobiographical excerpts from Alcuaz's private journals. 

Size: 11.7x10.2 inches

Publisher: ArtLink Group Inc, Philippines 
Publication date: 2005
Format: Hardbound, 223 pages

ISBN: 971-93191-3-5

About Federico Aguilar Alcuaz:

Describing Alcuaz’s oeuvre in a few statements is a challenge. His mastery of landscape, portraiture, nudes, still-lifes, and his study of color contrasts not only in figurative works but most dramatically in his abstracts, along with forays into different media such as tapestry, cemented Alcuaz as a major artist locally and internationally.

Regarding his famous abstracts, art historian Rod Paras-Perez remarked, citing Alcuaz's musical background: “There will be bold colors as well as carefully nuanced, subtle passages…it is a visual focus, no doubt intense and frenetic…always with that imprint of a visual melody, sometimes breathtakingly exuberant, sometimes tinged with deep pathos."