ABOUT THE WORK

In the 1960s, Chabet’s works were collages that consisted of maps, drawing on handmade paper, children’s scrawls and drawings, and envelopes without addresses. There was always the sense of a multileveled kind of art in terms of materials, genres, and diffusion over various publics and over a large global space. The work itself becomes a charged site, which spontaneously attracts elements from all over the natural and intellectual universe. Chabet’s practice significantly dealt with the notion of repeating. His position as a studio art professor at the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines and his stint as artistic director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines from 1960 to 1971 enabled him to pursue this mission. From here on, Chabet’s art would always have the sense of a multilayered kind of art in terms of materials, genres, and diffusion over various publics.