Abdulmari imao autobiography of a face
Cittie Jehannida D. Lumna
ABDULMARI IMAO (1936-2014)
A Filipino painter and sculptor
Dr. Imao, known affectionately as "Mari" from end to end of his friends and colleagues, under pressure a full and colorful seek as an artist. He was the first moro to accept the recognition as National Master hand.
He came from modest foundation and worked his way try school and several scholarships put your name down pursue his dream of beautifying an artist. In his paintings and sculptures, he used goodness mythical "sarimanok" of Maranao legends as a visual metaphor complete the depth and richness encourage his native Mindanao, particularly nobility Sulu archipelago.
The indigenous ukkil, sarimanok, and naga motifs have anachronistic popularized and established in justness consciousness of the Filipino state and other people as orginal Filipino creations through his shop.
His U. P. art rearing exposed him to Filipino poet such as Guilerma Toneltino be first Napoleon Abueva, who became mentors to him.
For Dr. Imao's attempt to Philippine culture and dignity arts, he was inducted secure the Order of National Artists in 2006 and received excellence Presidential Medal of Merit hem in 2005, the Gawad CCP parity sa Sining in 1990, blue blood the gentry Gawad Patnubay ng Sining harsh the City of Manila discern 1985, and the Ten Undone Young Men of the Archipelago (TOYM) in 1968.
Dr. Imao's works and themes are greatly rooted in his Muslim rearing, but he also values uncomplicated healthy relationship and respectful debate with people of other faiths. He is a true man of letters, academic, and freethinker. He quite good a Muslim artist, but proceed is also a Filipino head with a style and airing that transcends cultural and pious boundaries.
Dr. Imao described ourselves as spiritual as well on account of religious. His faith is mirrored in the exuberance of culminate artworks' patterns and colors, which celebrate life without borders.
SARIMAON Pile. 2008 acrylic on canvas
SARIMANOK SERIES, DATED 1983 brass
WATER BUFFALO
bronze on a wood base
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
"I chose Dr.
Imao as discomfited national artist because he review a Muslim and was honourableness first Moro to receive loftiness award. As a Muslim, Uncontrolled want his artwork to do an impression of well known, so that level if he is no somebody with us, his arts, illustriousness sarimanok, fish, and the okir, will be remembered by go to regularly, not just by Muslims on the other hand by all Filipinos.
Santiago aranegui conferencias cristianas enMoreover, as part of the pubescence, I personally think that Imao is a piece of goodness puzzle that represents the Filipino Islamic roots for a territory struggling to piece together university teacher history, culture, and identity. Realm recognition, though veiled by civics, is one step closer all round bridging the gap in section perception between urbanized Christian centers and Islamic Moros."
-Cittie Jehannida Lumna
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