ABOUT THE WORK

The word ‘companion’ appears to be an inadequate word for the comforting embrace of this mother to her husband. She cradles his face bowed in grief and gives strength to his shoulder burdened by an unspoken sadness. The man holds her in a tired embrace. Emmanuel Garibay is known for his larger than life themes and even greater symbolisms of courage and wisdom, of the blindness of men and the weakness of society. Karamay is an expression of sympathy to one’s family, friends, and fellow Filipinos. That is not to say that this social realist is not also a master at the microcosm of human emotion. This moving portrait of a sheltering courage says it all. (Lisa Guerrero Nakpil)